Author: catherinefearns
Liverpool is in the grip of an intense heatwave, and strange things are happening.A woman dies in an apparent case of Spontaneous Human Combustion; a truck explodes on the dock road; the charred corpses of pets litter the city; forest fires ravage the pinewoods…and there are birds everywhere, silent flocks drawing in ominously.Detective Inspector Darren Swift thinks there are connections, and his … connections, and his investigation delves into the worlds of football, nightclubs and organised crime. But is he imagining things?Dr. Helen Hope doesn’t think so. And she believes the key lies in a mysterious seventeenth-century occult book which…
Are you one of the elect?Dr. Helen Hope is a lecturer in eschatology – the study of death, judgement, and the destiny of humankind. She is also a Calvinist nun, her life devoted to atoning for a secret crime.When a body is found crucified on a Liverpool beach, she forms an unlikely alliance with suspect Mikko Kristensen, lead guitarist in death metal band Total Depravity. Together, they go on the … Together, they go on the trail of a rogue geneticist who they believe holds the key – not just to the murder, but to something much darker.Also on the…