Matt Hilton

This action-packed standalone sees two brothers saved from a cult as children, now grown up, and drawn into the complicated web of a serial killer. . .All angels are not goodness and light. In fact . . . they''re some of the most murderous creatures you''ll ever come acrossFormer detective Nate Freeman just wants to be left alone as he recovers from the case that ended his career two years ago. As a child, he and his brother Will were saved from a religious fanatic compound in the US and brought to the UK. Now, as an adult, Nate has no idea where Will, or any of the other surviving ''Children of Hamor'' are, until they suddenly start turning up dead - minus some skin . . .When his old boss DCI Openshaw asks him to assist in finding the serial killer who is hell bent on collecting the symbols so brutally branded onto the children''s backs in the name of Berith - the Fallen Angel - Nate finds himself conflicted. As one of ''the promised'' Nate is in mortal danger, and as the case builds momentum Will becomes the prime suspect. It''s an intense race against time for Nate to uncover the identity of the ''angelic'' serial killer and save his own skin in the process!

This eerie tale sees a group of men haunted by one traumatic event from their childhood. They thought they''d moved on . . . but someone - or something - won''t let them!1988: Thirteen-year-old Andy Miller and his friends ? Carl, Brian, Johnny and Gavin ? become witnesses to the vicious attack of their classmate, Poppy, and the brutal murder of her sister at a flooded railway line they call the frog ponds. They lead the police to a suspect, a vulnerable older boy whose differences single him out. But when he commits suicide, his guilt is never proven. And the crime goes unpunished, until . . .Now: Carl?s body is found beside the same body of water ? and the lives of the four remaining friends start to unravel. Is the hag-like woman terrorizing their every waking moment really a grown-up Poppy hellbent on revenge? Or something else . . . something steeped in childhood nightmares? Something determined to reveal the truth and punish the wicked.For those who love spooky fairy tales with a twist - this first in a new series will not disappoint!