Andrew Barrett

My name is Becky. I arrived home to find my husband, Chris, stabbed to death and a gang of men ransacking our house. Turns out that Chris had something that belonged to them. And if I want to stay alive, I have to find it and return it. They’ve given me seven days. And a beating. There is nowhere to hide and no time left to look. So I will stand my ground as the deadline approaches. All I have is a head full of lies and a very bad plan.

If lies could kill

The End of Lies

The Dead Trilogy

Death Warning

When you're accused of murder, you'd better hide, run, or fight. The Third Rule is England's new infallible capital punishment where absolute proof of guilt is not required. There's always a queue at the Slaughter House doors. CSI Eddie Collins hasn't killed anyone, but he knows who has. That’s why he’s on the Slaughter House list, and when a government hunter tracks him down, Eddie has to fight or die. “If you want to kill serious crime, you have to kill serious criminals.” Sir George Deacon, Minster of Justice.

A gripping and moving masterpiece

The Third Rule

How much trust can you put in forensic evidence? They discovered her naked body with a puncture wound to her neck and blood everywhere. And brutal though her death was, this was the second such case West Yorkshire Police had running. Both unsolved. Until they found that one elusive piece of evidence. Scenes of Crime Officer Roger Conniston has worries aplenty as he tries to catch a fellow officer dealing arms. The last thing he needs right now is arresting for a girl's murder. But the evidence against him is compelling.All he has to do is prove his innocence and find the true murderer. Not so easy when no one believes him, and when the officer holding him in the cell is the one he's been spying on. What people say about A Long Time Dead: ~ Completely surprised by the final plot twist ~ This book is written by a SOCO about a SOCO so you know it is accurate ~ I've read all the usual suspects - Ian Rankin, Mark Billingham, Peter Robinson, Peter James, Stuart McBride, etc - and was looking for something similar. I wasn't disappointed with Andrew Barrett. ~ Just enough technical information to aid understanding but without it becoming a tedious lecture ~ Absolutely brilliant ~ Exciting right to the last chapter and what a last chapter, superb ~ Humour, sadness, violence it has it all ~ Had me hooked from the beginning. A real whodunnit that keeps you guessing to the end. ~ The sort of book that kept me saying, "I'll just read one more chapter," till way past my bedtime. ~ I have just spent the whole night reading this thriller, a proper page turner. SOCO Roger Conniston series: A Long Time Dead [Roger Conniston 1] Stealing Elgar [Roger Conniston 2] No More Tears [Roger Conniston 3] CSI Eddie Collins series: The Third Rule [Eddie Collins 1] Black by Rose [Eddie Collins 2] Sword of Damocles [Eddie Collins 3]Ledston Luck [Eddie Collins 4]The Lift - An Eddie Collins Short StoryThe Note - An Eddie Collins Novella

A Long Time Dead

Propelled by a wave of atrocities, the government introduces a severe code of capital punishment. They designed The Rules to rid England of serious crime, but they failed. They said The Rules were infallible, but they lied. Christian Ledger, an innocent man and a talented artist is charged with a fatal stabbing. Christian is heading for the 'slaughterhouse' because no one will listen to his pleas. Is the secret he carries enough to save his life? CSI Eddie Collins, a reluctant hero with one failed suicide attempt behind him, suddenly wants to live when the police hunt him down for shooting a colleague. And now he's on the government's list too, and he's running. But they're getting closer by the minute...

Black by Rose is the key to it all. When CSI Eddie Collins resigns from the job, it triggers a series of life changing events; but not only for him. Operation Domino is the Major Crime Unit's investigation into gang boss, Slade Crosby, and the death of an undercover officer. But when Eddie finds a gangland victim dead in his house, he confronts Crosby and instantly wishes he hadn't. There is a gun at his head. And no way out. Even the MCU cannot save him. Eddie is missing. Tampered evidence halts Domino's progress, and with Eddie out of the way, Slade is in the clear. There's only one way to get him off the streets...

Black by Rose

This Side of Death. When the past comes back to hunt you. Alex Sheridan believes the only way she can be free of her demons is to kill the men in her life. She has a list, and Crime Scene Investigator Eddie Collins is on it. Death misses Eddie by inches, and Alex is locked away in Juniper Hill high-security hospital. Everything is fine for Eddie until one day four years later, when Alex escapes. This time she’s better prepared. The week that follows ruptures Eddie’s life and shatters the belief he had in his own past, leaving him wondering what really happened, and facing one stark choice: who to kill and who to save. This Side of Death is the most revealing CSI Eddie Collins novel to date. Prepare to see inside his past and understand what makes him the angriest, most feared, and yet most respected CSI in England. If you like fast-paced and gripping crime thrillers with a strong forensic element, you'll love Andrew Barrett's This Side of Death. It will appeal to fans of Kathy Reichs, Robert Bryndza and Angela Marsons. To experience Eddie’s battle to stay alive, buy This Side of Death today. What people say about This Side of Death: ~ This is another great book, written with Barrett’s usual attention to detail and sprinkled liberally with a super-sized helping of Eddie’s black humour. ~ Having the talent to weave a tale interspersed with humor among sometimes grotesque elements of an edgy thriller, never ceases to amaze me. ~ This latest chapter of Eddie Collins’ life is a fantastic thrill-ride, full of suspense and just enough gut-wrenching terror to keep you up at night. Unputdownable. ~ The many twists and turns kept me guessing, right up to the final sting in the tail. A brilliant read. ~ The ending of this book left me breathless. I was nearly exhausted. My reaction was WOW!!! ~ One of Barrett's real writing talents is to put you in the place and time of an event, not to mention in the middle of a scene. You can feel the rain, empathize with the pain, taste the dust, see the stars. ~ If you read this book, or any of the books that feature Eddie Collins, you will not be disappointed. You may even, like me, become addicted. ~ Despite the dark, dangerous criminal there is quite a lot of humour woven in between the more tension-filled parts. ~ I was amazed at how clearly the author described what was going through Alex’s mind through colours, voices, spikes, pain. Also available by Andrew Barrett: The Third Rule - CSI Eddie Collins 1 Black by Rose - CSI Eddie Collins 2 Sword of Damocles - CSI Eddie Collins 3 Ledston Luck - CSI Eddie Collins 4 The Death of Jessica Ripley - CSI Eddie Collins 5 This Side of Death – CSI Eddie Collins 6 The Lift - An Eddie Collins Short Story The Note - An Eddie Collins Novella The Lock - An Eddie Collins Novella The Crew – An Eddie Collins Novella A Long Time Dead - Roger Conniston 1 Stealing Elgar - Roger Conniston 2 No More Tears - Roger Conniston 3 The End of Lies – a psychological thriller with teeth

When the past comes back to hunt you

This Side of Death

This is the story of how I saw a dead man die. I'm Eddie Collins, a CSI. I was finishing up at a sudden death in an old house, waiting for the body snatchers to arrive, when I heard a noise from the cellar. I had time to kill, so I went to investigate. Turns out I wasn't the only one with killing on his mind.

Don't go in the cellar

The Lock

Christopher Harrison

Designed to complement "Crime and Punishment: An Introductory History" UCL Press, 1996, this sourcebook contains documents specifically selected to illuminate major issues raised in the textbook. In the first part of the book, extracts of laws and royal, local and church records from Anglo- Saxon England to the 18th century reveal changing patterns of crime and punishment. The first sociology of English crime Harman's Caveat, 1566 as well as Henry Fielding's reform proposals of the mid-eighteenth century are included and the growing use of imprisonment is reflected in the later sections.; The second part covers the 19th century. Documents range from commentaries on the day-to-day crimes of theft, drunkenness And Assault To The Sensationalism Of Garroting And Murder. Documents charting the impressive growth of the police force are included. Criminal justice is approached through the minutiae of police charge books and newspaper column's, the personal reminiscences of magistrates, the sweeping arguments of law reformers and the pleading voices of Petitioners For Mercy. In A Chapter On Punishment, The Emotions Unleashed by public hanging and transportation can be compared with the relentless monotony of prison life.

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