Nowhere to Run (DS Peter Gayle thriller series, Book 1)

Jack Slater

Jan 2017 · DS Peter Gayle thriller series Book 1 · Sold by HarperCollins UK

About this ebook

‘There are lots of twists and turns in this book and it has the makings of a great series’ – Annette (Netgalley) A missing child. A dead body. A killer on the loose.

Returning to Exeter CID after his son’s unsolved disappearance Detective Sergeant Peter Gayle’s first day back was supposed to be gentle. Until a young girl is reported missing and the clock begins to tick.

Rosie Whitlock has been abducted from outside her school that morning. There are no clues, but Peter isn’t letting another child disappear.

When the body of another young victim appears, the hunt escalates. Someone is abducting young girls and now they have a murderer on their hands. Time is running out for Rosie, but when evidence in the case relating to his own son’s disappearance is discovered the stakes are even higher...

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No Place to Hide What reviewers are saying about NOWHERE TO RUN

‘a lot of suspense and tension as the story twists and turns.’ – Carol (Goodreads)

Ratings and reviews

My first book by this author and I must say I am not disappointed. A good storyline to follow and a book continuation that will follow the lives of this officer and his family. I'm looking forward to the next book.

4.5 Stars DS Peter Gayle is returning to work several months after his teenage son disappeared. The boy has not been seen or heard from since. Gayle's plan was to ease back into work, however, a young girl has been reported missing. Rose Whitlock was abducted from her school that morning. Gayle is determined that no other child will remain missing on his watch. While investigating, another girl's body shows up. She's been assaulted and strangled. Has the abductor become a murderer? Or is there something else going on in this small town? Gayle and his team are doing everything they can, chasing down any lead no matter how small. What they find is astonishing ... evidently there is a ring of predators that have gone unnoticed ... until now. The case takes an unexpected turn as evidence points to Gayle's missing son .... This is the first book in series ... and it's off to a terrific beginning. Warning --- there is a cliff hangar. This will continue in Book 2 ... NO PLACE TO HIDE. I really like the characters, although Gayle's wife got a little on my nerves. But I cut her a lot of slack because of having a missing child. Gayle is putting up with a lot himself .... his wife sits and does nothing and then turns around and accuses him of all sorts of things. His team members are treating him with kid gloves, which does nothing but anger him. He's got a great team .... all of them are solid characters. Many thanks to the author / HQ Digital / Netgalley for the digital copy of this very well-written crime thriller. Opinions expressed here are unbiased and entirely my own.

excellent read

About the author

Raised in a farming family in Northamptonshire, England, Jack Slater had a varied career before settling in biomedical science. Jack has worked in farming, forestry, factories and shops as well as spending five years as a service engineer.
Widdowed by cancer at 33, he recently remarried in the Channel Islands, where he worked for several months through the summer of 2012.
Jack has been writing since childhood, in both fiction and non-fiction. Nowhere to Run is his first crime novel and the first in the series of DS Peter Gayle mysteries.