A Price to Pay (DCI Warren Jones, Book 6)

Paul Gitsham

Jun 2020 · DCI Warren Jones Book 6 · Sold by HarperCollins UK

About this ebook

If you play with fire, you’re going to get burned...

It should be an easy solve: a murder in broad daylight with two eyewitnesses. But the victim is the son of a notorious local crime family who has a habit of hitting on other men’s wives; the witnesses are Serbian nationals who speak limited English.

For DCI Warren Jones, this is his most challenging case yet. As the suspects pile up, the victim’s family work to protect their son’s memory by destroying any evidence that could betray his criminal past – or might have led to his killer.

Somehow Warren must uncover the truth about the murder – but there are secrets at the heart of the case more dangerous than anyone could have imagined, and the fallout could tear Warren’s team apart...

Readers LOVE A Price to Pay!

‘Kept me hooked till the last page... Gripping... Kept me guessing till the last surprise... An excellent read that I strongly recommend.’ NetGalley reviewer, 5 stars

‘A great story from start to finish!’ NetGalley reviewer, 5 stars

‘Rollercoaster of a read where the action never stops... An excellent addition to the series... Definitely recommended.’ NetGalley reviewer, 5 stars

‘Brilliant as always. Definitely a series worth reading.’ NetGalley reviewer, 5 stars

The DCI Warren Jones series
1 The Last Straw
2 No Smoke Without Fire
Blood is Thicker than Water (Novella)
3 Silent as the Grave
A Case Gone Cold (Novella)
4 The Common Enemy
A Deadly Lesson (Novella)
5 Forgive Me Father
At First Glance (Novella)
6 A Price to Pay
7 Out of Sight
8 Time to Kill
9 Web of Lies

Ratings and reviews

This 6th in the series finds DCI Warren Jones and his team investigating the murder of the son of a well known crime family. The family is determined to destroy any evidence .. are they protecting their son's memory .... or are they protecting the killer? The plot is well developed with a cast that is deftly drawn. It's an action packed page turner with twists and turns and lies and secrets that lead to a surprising conclusion. Although 6th in the series, this is easily read as a stand-alone. Many thanks to the author / HQ Digital / Netgalley for the digital copy of this crime fiction. Read and reviewed voluntarily, opinions expressed here are unbiased and entirely my own.

This cleverly plotted mystery starts off small, with the murder of a local troublemaker who had more than his fair share of enemies. Despite there being several witnesses to the killing, DCI Jones and his team begin to suspect there is more to it than meets the eye. Plenty of twists and turns keep them (and the reader!) on their toes as the story builds to a payoff which I found tense, thought-provoking and surprising.

About the author

Paul Gitsham started his career as a biologist working in the UK and Canada. After stints as the world’s most over-qualified receptionist and a spell ensuring that international terrorists hadn’t opened a Child's Savings Account at a major UK bank (a job even duller than working reception) he retrained as a Science Teacher.