The Bala Lake Killings - A Snowdonia Murder Mystery

There's no place to hide...A local MP is murdered by a far-right extremist gang in Snowdonia. DI Ruth Hunter and DS Nick Evans arrest one of the killers, Raymond Clarke, who agrees to give evidence if he and his family are taken into protective custody. Ruth is sure they'll be out of harm's way in the remote wilds near Bala Lake.
But the location of the safe house is leaked and Clarke's family is kidnapped.
Ruth and her team must pursue the gang across North Wales and work out where the leak came from before it's too late.
An edge-of-your-seat thriller that will keep you reading into the early hours. Perfect for fans of Neil Lancaster, Sarah Ward and LJ Ross.

About the author

Simon McCleave is a multi-million copy bestselling author. Before writing crime novels, he worked in television and film. He was a Script Editor at the BBC, a producer at Channel 4 and a Story Analyst in Los Angeles. He worked on films such as The Full Monty and television series such as the BBC Crime Drama Between The Lines. As a script writer he wrote on series such as Silent Witness, Murder In Suburbia, Teachers, Attachments, The Bill, Eastenders and many more.

Product details

• Authors: Simon McCleave
• Publisher: Pan macmillan Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.10.2025
• EAN: 9781835982839
• ISBN: 978-1-83598-283-9
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 22 mm
• Series: DI Ruth Hunter
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Police Procedural, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths, FICTION / Crime, Crime & mystery, Fiction: special features, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Hard-Boiled, FICTION / Thrillers / Crime, Thriller / suspense fiction, Thriller / suspense, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Crime and mystery: hard-boiled crime, noir fiction, Crime and mystery: police procedural, Snowdonia (Eryri), Narrative theme: politics / economics, Crime and mystery: women sleuths / detectives