They were the perfect family. It was the perfect crime.

The new gripping DCI Matilda Darke crime thriller about the dark secrets that lie within a perfect family. For fans of Patricia Gibney and Angela Marsons.

It’s the most disturbing crime scene DCI Matilda Darke has ever seen…The morning after a wedding reception at a beautiful suburban home in Sheffield, the bride’s entire family are stabbed to death – in a frenzied attack more violent than anything DCI Matilda Darke could have imagined. Forensics point to a burglar on the run across the country. But cracks are starting to appear in Matilda’s team, someone is playing games with the evidence – and the killer might be closer to home than they thought…

bestthoroughly enjoyable‘Matilda Darke is Sheffield’s answer to Northumberland’s Vera and Wood’s stories are up there with the . Fast-paced, crisp writing and a read’ David Young, bestselling author ofStasi Child

utterly addictiveHis best yet‘Gory, brutal, devastating, and yet so finely written. This deserves to be huge – and I think it will be. ’ Louise Beech Praise for :The Murder House