Last Whisper

She can still feel the cold ground beneath her, but the light is dimming now, the sound fading. With her last breath, she whispers the name of the woman she hoped would save her: ‘Kim Stone.’

Chelsea Taylor’s fall looked like an accident. But hours before she died at the bottom of the unforgiving concrete steps, she came to the police station desperate to talk to Detective Kim Stone.

Kim has no idea who this woman was, what she wanted, or why she called for Kim in her last moments alive. But she doesn’t believe her death is innocent. And when she realises Chelsea left behind a baby girl who will never know her mother, she makes a vow: she might not have been able to save Chelsea’s life, but she will bring her justice.

Then another man falls to his death and now Kim is sure: this is murder. She and the team dig into the victims’ pasts and uncover a shocking link. They were both patients at Rayburn: a quiet clinic, deep in the countryside, surrounded by trees and flowers, which treats people with serious personality disorders.

Kim rushes to the clinic to interrogate the staff. Everyone seems only too happy to talk. But do the doctors really help people as much as they claim? And why does one of the patients seem scared of her? Is this peaceful place hiding a killer?

Kim is convinced that Rayburn holds the answer to why Chelsea urgently sought her out. But is her own traumatic past blinding her? Or is she hunting the most terrifying murderer of all – someone who will never, ever stop…

A completely unputdownable, twisty crime thriller that will have you racing through the pages. Perfect for fans of Val McDermid, Robert Dugoni and JM Dalgliesh.

Can be read as a standalone.