Dead Silent

‘Superb, tense, action-filled tale with lots of human interest and totally unputdownable.'

The Bookseller



‘… a whirlwind of a novel…a serious contender to match the giants of the crime fiction world'

Crimesquad.com on Fallen Idols



‘Fast-moving, brutally realistic and utterly compelling stories...White is proving more than a match for the likes of Val McDermid.'

Lancashire Evening Post on Last Rites



‘Totally gripping'

Closer Magazine on Lost Souls



Twenty years ago, Britain was rocked by the disappearance of Claude Gilbert without a trace on the night of the murder. The corpse of his pregnant wife was discovered buried in the garden. Worst of all, scratches were found inside her makeshift coffin – she had been buried alive! Everyone believes hotshot barrister and handsome TV presenter Gilbert murdered his wife and then killed himself, but with no body ever found, the mystery has remained unsolved. Until now…



When Lancashire crime beat reporter Jack Garrett is contacted by someone claiming to be Gilbert's girlfriend, asking him to write the story proving his innocence, Jack eagerly leaps at the chance to clear a decades-old enigma.



But as Jack sets off on the trail of Gilbert – and the news scoop of his career – he soon uncovers some dark secrets. Jack and his girlfriend DC Laura McGanity, attempting to earn her sergeant stripes in the local police force, quickly realise that they are now pawns in a twisted game and the rules are about to get real nasty…



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