What the Dying See - An utterly gripping and fast-paced crime thriller set in Manchester

The system is broken - and it wants you dead.An elderly ex-soldier is found dead in his home starved, alone and long forgotten. No one notices. No one cares.
The same day, a man walks into a Manchester police station and calmly confesses: I just killed my father.
DI Thomas Ridpath is called to investigate both cases. But what begins as two unconnected deaths soon unravels into something far more chilling. Behind the polite doors of suburban streets, someone is twisting the very systems meant to protect the vulnerable and turning them into weapons.
As the body count climbs, Ridpath realises he's not chasing a lone killer. He's fighting an entire machinery of death. And the next name on the list is his.
A gripping crime thriller from the bestselling author. Perfect for fans of Mark Billingham, Neil Lancaster and Stuart MacBride

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
• Release: 02.07.2026
• EAN: 9781835983119
• ISBN: 978-1-83598-311-9
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 18 mm
• Series: DI Ridpath Crime Thriller
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Police Procedural, FICTION / Crime, Crime & mystery, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Traditional, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Hard-Boiled, FICTION / Thrillers / Crime, Thriller / suspense, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Crime and mystery: hard-boiled crime, noir fiction, Espionage and spy thriller, Crime and mystery: police procedural, Thriller: serial killers, Thriller: organised crime / gangland crime