Where the Silence Calls

Play with fire, and you're going to get burned. The unputdownable new Ridpath crime thriller
In Manchester, a block of flats is burning. The only victim is a middle-aged man, sat watching TV. Are the fire and the man's death an accident or is something more frightening at work?
Meanwhile, DI Ridpath is back with his wife and enjoying work at the Coroner's Office, his myeloma still in remission. But the quiet life is soon shattered by a new threat.
More corpses start appearing; charred, burnt, silent bodies, strewn in the streets and lodged in buildings. Next to each one is a chilling message sprayed in orange ink.
Fighting on all fronts, Ridpath will be drawn into the dark past of his city and the youth football clubs of the 1990s. He must find the link before any more people die. Before the flames come close to home...
An absolutely gripping, nerve-shredding crime thriller from master storyteller M J Lee, perfect for fans of Mark Billingham, Robert Bryndza and Patricia Gibney.

About the author

M J Lee has worked as a university researcher in history, a social worker with Vietnamese refugees, and as the creative director of an advertising agency. He has spent 25 years of his life working outside the north of England, in London, Hong Kong, Taipei, Singapore, Bangkok and Shanghai.

Product details

• Authors: M J Lee
• Publisher: Pan macmillan Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.11.2019
• EAN: 9781788635844
• ISBN: 978-1-78863-584-4
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 23 mm
• Series: DI Ridpath Crime Thriller
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Police Procedural, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Crime, Crime & mystery, FICTION / City Life, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Traditional, FICTION / Political, FICTION / Psychological, FICTION / Thrillers / Political, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Hard-Boiled, FICTION / Thrillers / Psychological, FICTION / Thrillers / Crime, FICTION / Legal, FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense, TRUE CRIME / Organized Crime, TRUE CRIME / Murder / Serial Killers, FICTION / Noir, FICTION / Thrillers / Legal, TRUE CRIME / Forensics, 21st Century, TRUE CRIME / Murder / Mass Murder, Thriller / suspense, Political / legal thriller, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Psychological thriller, Organized crime, Violence in society, Criminal investigation & detection, Crime and mystery: hard-boiled crime, noir fiction, Crime and mystery: police procedural, Classic crime and mystery fiction, Criminal investigation and detection, Early 21st century c 2000 to c 2050, FICTION / World Literature / England / 21st Century, FICTION / Urban & Street Lit, Street crime, Street Crime / Gun Crime, True crime: serial killers and murderers, Violent crimes, Adventure / action fiction, Thriller: serial killers, Thriller: organised crime / gangland crime