Bad Tidings (The Henry Christie Mysteries #19)

By: Nick Oldham

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Synopsis: The search for a Christmastime serial killer leads Det. Supt. Henry Christie into the crossfire of warring Lancashire crime families. Lancashire&’s Chief Constable lures Det. Superintendent Henry Christie away from his much-needed Christmas vacation with the possibility of catching a serial killer. Though he has a new fiancée to celebrate with and an ailing mother to care for, Henry can&’t refuse the chance to bring a murderer to book. In his thirty years with the Lancashire constabulary, Henry&’s never dealt with a case like this. Multiple victims disappeared on Christmas Eve, only to turn up gruesomely murdered on New Year&’s Day. But as he follows the leads to the likely next target—who happens to be the mentally deranged son of a Lancashire crime family—Henry finds himself stepping into a blood-soaked turf war. &“Oldham shows just how exciting a proper police investigation can be in this top-notch procedural.&” —Publishers Weekly