The Winter Killings
As winter settles over Yorkshire, DCI Emma Gardner is hoping that work will calm down for everyone. Distracted by the continued disappearance of DI Paul Riddick Emma can’t seem to get her head back in the game. But when a human skull is discovered in a local pub, Emma knows it’s time to get a grip.
With no one local reported missing, and with no body to be found, the team have their work cut and no obvious clues to follow. Who could the skull belong to and what message is the killer trying to leave them? And then the first body is found…
As Emma and the team try desperately to identify the body and the killer, secrets from the past begin to reveal themselves. A home for single mothers. Babies who tragically didn’t make it. A coverup at the highest level.
With the clock ticking, winter has one final cold reveal for Emma. Her old friend Riddick…
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Wes Markin
Wes Markin is a bestselling British crime author and creator of the DCI Yorke novels set in Salisbury, the Yorkshire Murders series featuring the unflinching DCI Emma Gardner, and the dark, haunting Whitby’s Forgotten Victims books led by DCI Frank Black. His twist-filled stories blend gritty realism with emotional depth, exploring how ordinary lives are shattered by extraordinary crimes against the atmospheric backdrops of Salisbury, North Yorkshire and the wild North Sea coast. Now the author of more than twenty-five novels across multiple series, Wes lives in Harrogate with his wife and two children, not far from some of his fictional murder scenes
The Yorkshire Murders
The Yorkshire Murders consists of eight books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
