M K TURNER
MEREDITH & HODGE SERIES
PREQUEL
On the surface, John Meredith appears to have it all. He’s blessed with good looks and a successful police career, and he’s never short of female attention.
But is everything as it seems? What lies beneath the smooth, confident exterior? Is he a man who has simply plastered over the cracks of a dysfunctional childhood, betrayals and heartbreak? Can he allow anyone close or will they see the joins and the damaged person that he really is?
The Making of Meredith explores not only what made the man but also how his past could destroy his future.
A must read for all Meredith & Hodge fans.
BOOK ONE
When it seems that all is lost, and you have no hope, you need someone to look after your best interests – be careful – Misplaced Loyalty can prove fatal.
Detective Patsy Hodge has left her old life behind to start a new job with Bristol CID. She attends a suspicious death with her new boss: straight talking, no nonsense, Detective Inspector John Meredith. Within days the body count begins to rise, as victims, old and new, are discovered to have died by lethal injection. Assisted suicide or euthanasia? Meredith calls it murder.
There is an attraction between the two detectives, but both Meredith and Hodge are carrying an enormous amount of emotional baggage, and soon their pasts threaten to overwhelm their future.
As the investigation gathers pace, tension mounts within the team, and someone takes an unhealthy interest in Patsy, threatening her life, and she no longer knows who to trust.
Misplaced Loyalty is the first book in the Meredith & Hodge series. If you like great story telling, surprising plot twists and compelling characters, then you are ready to meet Meredith & Hodge. Pick up your copy of Misplaced Loyalty today.
BOOK TWO
Meredith is keeping secrets from Hodge which can only lead to trouble, and raises questions as to whether their relationship can survive. But their personal issues must take a back seat as Meredith investigates a series of mysterious and motiveless murders. His interest in proving the innocence of the main suspect is raising eyebrows. Patsy Hodge takes her first major case as a private investigator. She needs to find out if a successful business woman was raped by a colleague.
Both cases need to be solved before Meredith and Hodge join the murder victims.
Ill Conceived is the second book in the Meredith & Hodge series. If you like great story telling, surprising plot twists and compelling characters, then you are ready to meet Meredith & Hodge. Pick up your copy of Ill Conceived today.
BOOK THREE
A self-confessed murderer has kidnapped one of DCI John Meredith’s officers. The reason: they want Meredith to prove an apparent suicide was in fact murder. It’s a race against time as the kidnapped officer has been left alone with limited food and water.
Hodge takes a job searching for the ex-husband of a prison inmate. She needs to establish he’s still alive or her client could be charged with his murder.
Meredith and Hodge are brought back together as their cases overlap, and they find that one man holds the key to both investigations, and he might be dead.
The Wrong Shoes is the third book in the Meredith & Hodge series. If you like great story telling, surprising plot twists and compelling characters, then you are ready to meet Meredith & Hodge. Pick up your copy of The Wrong Shoes today.
BOOK FOUR
DCI John Meredith’s team are horrified when the daughter of one of their own is abducted, but her disappearance is only the start of a series of attacks on young girls in Bristol. To catch the abductor, they must first work out what motivates him, but time is running out, and he might just slip their net.
Hodge begins to question her new career as a private investigator. But a seemingly mundane case soon finds Patsy, herself, being interrogated and hand-picked for a very different assignment.
In the midst of the tension, Meredith’s ex-wife drops a bombshell that may change their lives forever.
Tin Soldiers is the fourth book in the Meredith & Hodge series. If you like great story telling, surprising plot twists and compelling characters, then you are ready to meet Meredith & Hodge. Pick up your copy of Tin Soldiers today.
BOOK FIVE
DCI John Meredith is stuck between the Russian Mafia and the Secret Intelligence Service. Whose side is Meredith really on? Despite the team investigating a series of horrific murders involving the Russians, Meredith’s colleagues question where his loyalties lie. Even Patsy Hodge has her doubts.
Hodge is working on an assignment that appears to be safe and boring. However, there is a dangerous connection to the Russians, and her relationship to Meredith may get her killed.
Has Meredith overplayed his hand? The secrets and lies are mounting up and not everyone will get out alive.
One Secret Too Many is the fifth book in the Meredith & Hodge series. If you like great story telling, surprising plot twists and compelling characters, then you are ready to meet Meredith & Hodge. Pick up your copy of One Secret Too Many today.
BOOK SIX
DCI John Meredith has one day left in the job when his friend, Ben Jacobs, is arrested for murder. Numerous witnesses in the nightclub where Jacobs works, witness Jacobs stab Aiden O’Brien in a motiveless attack. Meredith is determined to prove his friend’s innocence, even if it means letting down Patsy Hodge, allowing the Secret Intelligence Service to call the shots, and ignoring his increasing ill health.
Hodge is furious that Meredith has changed his plans without consulting her and is keeping her in the dark, and doesn’t tell him she’s been hired to find the bodies of two murdered women.
It soon becomes apparent that their cases are intrinsically linked and Hodge’s case might be the key to unlocking the mystery as to why Aiden O’Brien was murdered.
Mistaken Beliefs is the sixth book in the Meredith & Hodge series. If you like great story telling, surprising plot twists and compelling characters, then you are ready to meet Meredith & Hodge. Pick up your copy of Mistaken Beliefs today.
BOOK SEVEN
Meredith & Hodge are stranded up a mountain with two dead bodies and a murderer on the loose. Christmas is put on hold until they can catch the killer.
John Meredith has been coerced into joining a group of friends in a castle on top of a mountain for the Christmas holiday. His irritation at being dragged away from home soon dissipates, as he relaxes in the picturesque surroundings, enjoying the company of good friends. Even the sudden snow storm is accepted without complaint; it will be a white Christmas. But then Patsy Hodge discovers a dead body in the salt box.
The shock discovery of a second body reveals that either someone has keys to the castle, or an intruder is one step ahead of them. A trap is set to catch the killer before anyone else is murdered, but will it succeed?
Pick up your copy of Quite by Chance today, for an exciting read that will keep you turning pages right up to the unexpected climax.
BOOK EIGHT
Meredith is impatient to get back to work following his illness, but has a few matters to sort out, and a wedding to attend before that happens. The wedding is ruined when Meredith is arrested and his half brother turns up with a body in the boot of his car.
The investigation reveals that Patsy and Amanda are being stalked and are in the sights of a sadistic killer. It seems an old adversary is trying to ruin Meredith’s life before he wipes out everyone Meredith cares about.
While Meredith tries to track down who's behind it, Hodge goes off on a mission of her own - straight into the clutches of the man who wants to ruin Meredith, step by painful step. He makes it clear she won't survive their meeting.
An exciting edge of your seat read, Family Matters is the eighth book in the Meredith & Hodge series.
BOOK NINE
After being cast out by his father, Jeremy Rossiter drove away from his friends and into a wall, leaving a trail of broken hearts. Some forty years later, half those friends are dead, and Amy Cleaver, who was present on that fateful night, predicts her own death. In her will instructs her solicitor to appoint someone to find out who is killing her friends. He appoints Patsy Hodge.
Meredith is investigating a gruesome murder. Wealthy jeweller, Christopher Kentish has been leading a double life, which was brought to an end in the most violent manner. Did his double life lead to his murder? Or was it the wrong place, wrong time?
As their cases collide, Meredith & Hodge join forces to find a killer. When Meredith homes in on a vital clue, he thinks its case shut, but is he too late to prevent the last and most devastating tragedy?
BOOK TEN
After being cast out by his father, Jeremy Rossiter drove away from his friends and into a wall, leaving a trail of broken hearts. Some forty years later, half those friends are dead, and Amy Cleaver, who was present on that fateful night, predicts her own death. In her will instructs her solicitor to appoint someone to find out who is killing her friends. He appoints Patsy Hodge.
Meredith is investigating a gruesome murder. Wealthy jeweller, Christopher Kentish has been leading a double life, which was brought to an end in the most violent manner. Did his double life lead to his murder? Or was it the wrong place, wrong time?
As their cases collide, Meredith & Hodge join forces to find a killer. When Meredith homes in on a vital clue, he thinks its case shut, but is he too late to prevent the last and most devastating tragedy?
BOOK ELEVEN
Jason Wright has been missing, assumed dead, for six years.
His dying mother, Sandra, is desperate to know what happened to her son. Believing the police have let her down, Sandra hires Patsy Hodge and the Bearing Witness team to find out the truth behind Jason’s disappearance, however devastating.
When Meredith meets the Bearing women at a Christmas do, he introduces them to Patsy. The women begin working together to solve the mystery. But as they dig deeper into Jason’s last days, they put other lives in jeopardy. Can Meredith help them solve the mystery of what happened to Jason before the murderer strikes again?
This is the eleventh book in the Meredith & Hodge series, and the fourth in Bearing Witness – a captivating, page-turning treat you won’t want to miss.
BOOK TWELVE
Hotelier Stephen Sanderson is found dead. Stabbed after hosting a police officer’s wedding. Chief Superintendent David Ashworth is a family friend of the victim and assigns the case to Meredith. Sanderson had a past that the family would rather keep quiet if it’s not related to his murder, but Sanderson’s life style provides the police with many suspects, including some in his own family.
Patsy Hodge is trying to track down a dangerous stalker with very little to go on, and is surprised when one of her suspects is required to supply an alibi for one of Meredith’s.
As their investigations gather pace, it is revealed that all their suspects are connected one to another in a web of deceit. But who will untangle the web, and will it be in time to stop others being harmed?
If you like to get caught up in an exciting murder mystery, this is the book for you. Grab your copy today!
BOOK THIRTEEN
Six-year-old Trixie Cole disappeared.
Trixie was within yards of her mother and other shoppers in a busy supermarket, yet no one witnessed her disappearance. Trixie died within hours of being taken, her body discovered two days later.
The original investigation team got nowhere, and the case was shelved as unsolved. Now it’s up to Meredith & Hodge, and the cold case review team (CCRT) to find out what happened to Trixie and catch her murderer.
Things go well until Meredith is told that the funding for the CCRT is in question. They could be shut down before they’ve really got started. Can they solve what happened to Trixie? Will it be in time to save the department?
With Chief Constable Elizabeth Carrington looking over his shoulder, Meredith fears the worst, but is determined to get justice for Trixie.
BOOK FOURTEEN
Cases for the cold case review team are coming in thick and fast, but they’re coping, and coping well.
With so much going on, Meredith & Hodge have more than enough to deal with. But when a fledgling journalist contacts Meredith, he jumps feet first into a miscarriage of justice. With so many plates spinning, will Meredith become a victim of his own success?
When a personal tragedy looms, Hodge makes a mercy dash, and Meredith is not convinced he has what it takes to cope.
With high tension, multiple cases, and lives at stake, the pages turn themselves. Pick up you copy today!
BOOK FIFTEEN
Maggie Carter has had enough. Enough of working with politicians, enough of her husband, and enough of keeping secrets. The trouble is if she tells her secrets, dangerous people will be angry, and the one person she loves might end up hating her even more. A risk worth taking? Maggie lets her conscience guide her and Meredith and Hodge find themselves on the hunt of a serial killer.
With four murders and four prime suspects, all in the right place at the right time, it appears to be a straightforward case of elimination. But life is never that easy, and the killer doesn’t think he’s done enough. The question is, have Meredith and Hodge?
Another page-turning investigation, which will have you on the edge of your seat. Order your copy today.
