The Body in the Stairwell

You can run. You can hide. But you can't escape...
Jonathan Hale is terrified. The wealthy property lawyer and money launderer is back home in Surrey after a nightmare experience in a U.S. jail. The police have him under secret surveillance.
But Hales's fears lie elsewhere. His plea bargain has earned him the enmity of The Reptile, a notoriously cold-hearted gangster, now confined for life in a maximum-security jail in Arizona thanks to Hale. He's taken precautions, moved house, hidden his identity and installed security for his wife and family. But still... what if The Reptile escapes?
For DCI Gillard it should be just another week at work. But before long he is involved in a desperate manhunt that will test him to his very limits.
Be prepared.
Strap yourself in for an intense and unforgettable crime thriller that won't let go, perfect for fans of Karin Slaughter, Cara Hunter and Mark Billingham.

About the author

Nick Louth is a million-copy bestselling thriller author, and an award-winning journalist. After graduating from the London School of Economics, Nick was a foreign correspondent for Reuters, working in New York, Amsterdam, London and Hong Kong. He has written for the Financial Times, Investors Chronicle, Money Observer and MSN. His debut thriller, Bite, was a Kindle No. 1 bestseller and has been translated into six languages. The DCI Craig Gillard series and DI Jan Talantire series are published by Canelo, and in audio by WF Howes. He is married and lives in Lincolnshire.

Product details

• Authors: Nick Louth, Louth Nick
• Publisher: Pan macmillan Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2022
• EAN: 9781800329300
• ISBN: 978-1-80032-930-0
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 25 mm
• Series: DCI Craig Gillard Crime Thrillers
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Police Procedural, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General, FICTION / Thrillers / General, FICTION / Crime, Crime & mystery, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Traditional, FICTION / Thrillers / Crime, FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense, TRUE CRIME / Murder / General, FICTION / Small Town & Rural, Thriller / suspense fiction, Thriller / suspense, Organized crime, Crime and mystery: hard-boiled crime, noir fiction, Crime and mystery: police procedural, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Street Crime / Gun Crime, Victimology and victims of crime, Violent crimes, Crime and / or mystery fiction