The Ex-Wife

An exclusive short story from the DS Cross Thriller series, based on a true case.

A cold case. A cremated body. A killer brought to justice.

David North was convicted of murdering of his fiance. To the rest of the courtroom, it was an open-and-shut case. But as DS George Cross sees the man smile as he's led away from sentencing, he becomes certain something crucial had been missed.

After all, two partners dead within six years of each other couldn't be a coincidence.

What really happened to North's ex-wife? As Cross takes on this new cold case, he encounters an insurmountable the body he's looking into has been cremated.