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THREE BROKEN BODIES (Detective Jack Macintosh #5) by Michelle Kidd

MEET DETECTIVE JACK MACINTOSH IN THIS BRILLIANT CRIME SERIES.

An absolutely gripping crime thriller with a massive twist.

Detective Jack is called out to a body on the South Bank. The victim’s hands and feet are bound, her skin badly bruised, her lips crudely sewn shut.

Inside the dead woman’s mouth is the severed head of a rat.

This is the second body in two days.

The following night, a third body is discovered in a derelict brewery. The same bruising, the mouth sewn shut, a rat’s head. This time it’s a young man — and he’s been dead at least a week.

With no witnesses and no clues to who the victims are, Jack’s investigation is going nowhere.

Then he gets a call from journalist Jonathan Spearing. There’s no love lost between the two men — but now Jonathan needs Jack’s help. Katie Spearing is missing. She’s been gone for two days. And Jonathan just received a text: We have your wife.

Jack uncovers a connection between Katie Spearing and the three broken bodies. Now he’s in a desperate race against time.

Perfect for fans of Helen H. Durrant, Biba Pearce, Lynda La Plante, Angela Marsons and Rachel McLean.

READERS LOVE THE JACK MACINTOSH SERIES:

‘Truly gripping and suspenseful . . . keeps you guessing throughout.’ Bob

‘Gripping and twisty. Couldn’t put it down.’ Sue W.

‘Full of unsuspected twists and turns . . . Incredibly fast-paced and puzzling.’ Nicola H.

‘Brilliant . . . This series gets better and better.’ Colin B.

‘A real page-turner.’ Lynda C.

THE DETECTIVE
Detective Inspector Jack MacIntosh is a dedicated police officer, the one person you would want to fight your corner. But he has been known to cross the line to get the job done. As a four-year-old boy he discovered his mother’s body swinging from a light fitting. Jack and his younger brother were taken into care — Jack did OK, his brother not so much. A bit of a loner, Jack has never married — although plenty of women would like to give it a shot. He lives in a charming mews cottage in central London. No one is quite sure how he can afford it on a detective’s salary.

ALSO BY MICHELLE KIDD
DETECTIVE JACK MACINTOSH
Book 1: SEVEN DAYS TO DIE
Book 2: FIFTEEN REASONS TO KILL
Book 3: SIXTEEN CARVED PIECES
Book 4: TWENTY YEARS BURIED
Book 5: THREE BROKEN BODIES

DI NICKI HARDCASTLE
Book 1: MISSING BOY
Book 2: THE TROPHY KILLER

MICHELLE KIDD – Author Bio
Michelle Kidd is a crime fiction author best known for the DI Jack MacIntosh and DI Nicki Hardcastle series. Michelle qualified as a legal executive in the early 1990s, spending ten years practising civil and criminal litigation.
But the dream to write was never far from her mind and in 2008 she began writing the first book in what would later become the DI Jack MacIntosh series. Michelle now works full time for the NHS and lives in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. She enjoys reading, wine and cats — not necessarily in that order.
BOOKS BY MICHELLE KIDD:
DI JACK MACINTOSH SERIES:
· SEVEN DAYS TO DIE
· FIFTEEN REASONS TO KILL
· SIXTEEN CARVED PIECES
· TWENTY YEARS BURIED
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My Review What if I told you there is a dead body with a rat sewn up in the mouth? Intrigued? I sure was!! Hooked literally hooked immediately. Nice short chapters which makes it easier with home life, you can say just one more chapter and it’s not an eon later. I wish I had read previous books as it has more character development over time, but I found it as it’s own book I wasn’t lost or left lacking in anyway. A bit of a cliffhanger as well, second book I’ve read with a loose end not finished, is this a new trend? But it will make me hunt out the next one. Been on a journey of finding new authors and it’s been amazing, the creativity of writers is just inspiring. Not a gangland crime girlie but this was so well done, I’m not mad it included gangs.