Games with the Dead: A PC Donal Lynch Thriller

Games with the Dead: A PC Donal Lynch Thriller
James Nally

When a young woman is kidnapped, Donal is brought in to deliver the ransom money. But the tightly-planned drop off goes wrong, Julie Draper is discovered dead, and Donal finds his job on the line – a scapegoat for the officers in charge.But when Donal is delivered a cryptic message in the night, he learns that Julie was killed long before the botched rescue mission. As he digs further into the murder in a bid to clear his own name, dark revelations make one thing certain: the police are chasing the wrong man, and the killer has far more blood on his hands than they could even imagine.A gripping, brutal and addictive thriller, perfect for fans of Ian Rankin and James Oswald.

JAMES NALLY

Games with the Dead

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Source ISBN: 9780008149574

Ebook Edition © December 2017 ISBN: 9780008270971

Version 2017-11-09

Dedication (#ue580d115-badb-5a20-acdb-be6c6188c379)

For Bridget, James and Emma.

Table of Contents

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Title Page (#ub0ee29c7-6af6-59d5-a427-3384b10dc44a)

Copyright (#ua06681e5-1a1b-5ce0-b8db-8e84012721f4)

Dedication (#u6abd0183-8831-5e74-9052-7fb88c2b6880)

Prologue (#ubc0b0887-2209-5b9d-97ec-56902346575c)

Chapter 1 (#u1885f679-f2ea-5944-88c9-e44832b0a224)

Chapter 2 (#u46b7f888-3187-529a-b434-381f98d8765b)

Chapter 3 (#u4c0e145f-647b-5009-acb8-d640a86f6705)

Chapter 4 (#ubc2a91b9-fecb-5df3-9c29-db1dc444a17a)

Chapter 5 (#u983b45f0-1afb-5826-8cc8-93df6fbbba86)

Chapter 6 (#ue11c8eab-b937-56df-aa97-e69d1b5328a5)

Chapter 7 (#ucccadca8-7f0f-5fce-be64-a08366ae73c5)

Chapter 8 (#u3e8efed0-2a8e-5c1b-b753-2858e9657a95)

Chapter 9 (#uf6c02513-3871-5567-a91c-21b69cd169d6)

Chapter 10 (#u2a2b765c-4f7f-54a0-8a40-be6c0276dfcc)

Chapter 11 (#u2d789426-0dec-5536-be62-e1a4cb47d381)

Chapter 12 (#u2d7387c5-0d35-566d-be36-8ba6ddf965ad)

Chapter 13 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 14 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 15 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 16 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 17 (#litres_trial_promo)

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Chapter 20 (#litres_trial_promo)