Hunted

Hunted
Paul Finch

Get hooked on Heck: the maverick detective who knows no boundaries. A grisly whodunit you won’t be able to put down, perfect for fans of Stuart MacBride and TV series ‘Luther’.Heck needs to watch his back. Because someone’s watching him…Across the south of England, a series of bizarre but fatal accidents are taking place. So when a local businessman survives a near-drowning but is found burnt alive in his car just weeks later, DS Mark ‘Heck’ Heckenburg is brought in to investigate.Soon it appears that other recent deaths might be linked: two thieves that were bitten to death by poisonous spiders, and a driver impaled through the chest with scaffolding.Accidents do happen but as the body count rises it’s clear that something far more sinister is at play, and it’s coming for Heck too…

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First published in Great Britain by HarperCollins Publishers 2015

Copyright © Paul Finch 2015

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Cover design © Andrew Smith 2015

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Source ISBN: 9780007492336

Ebook Edition © May 2015 ISBN: 9780007492343

Version: 2017-10-25

Dedication (#uf630308b-9f48-5e3d-84ad-6a1e3811f601)

For my lovely wife, Catherine, whose selfless and unswerving support has been the bedrock on whichI’ve built my career.

Table of Contents

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