Jane Adams - Page 1
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First British Edition Macmillan (2002) |
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Angel Eyes
`I’ve started seeing him and I see him clear as day. I see him and I hear his voice. He’s warning me, Ray. Telling me I’m getting in too deep and that I’m just like him. That I’m about to drown.’
On a cold Sunday morning, ex-copper Ray Flowers has little more to worry about than tackling the unwieldy honeysuckle in his garden. But his weekend peace is suddenly interrupted by an unexpected phone call.
Martin Galloway, Ray’s old colleague, has become emotionally involved in one of his cases. Three years ago, Damien Pinsent fell into a coma, having taken a drug that had just hit the streets. The drug supplier went by the name of Angel Eyes, and he was never caught. Now Galloway has evidence that Angel Eyes is back.
But Galloway’s hands are tied. He has been suspended and he is powerless to investigate Angel Eyes further.
When Ray hears that Martin has crashed his car, and is now lying in a psychiatric ward, an unknown drug found in his system, he knows that he cannot avoid the case.
And the ensuing investigation turns out to be far more threatening than he had ever imagined . . .
Praise for Jane Adams
'Takes the psychological suspense novel into new realms of mystery' Val McDermid
'This is the art of the truly great suspense novel, an art which Adams has mastered.' Crime Time
'The elaborate duel between hunter and hunted makes absorbing reading' The Times
'Gripping, scary, a wonderful read. She could rise to the top of the genre' Yorkshire Evening Post
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Like Angels Falling
'It was eleven years later, on a dull February day, when Katie walked into her foster mother’s living room, her pale face grave.
"He's coming back," she said.'
With his resignation from the police force now approved, Ray Flowers's plans to set up a detection business are in full swing. And for one of his first cases he undertakes to help an acquaintance whose daughter has joined the cult known as The Eyes of God.
The Eyes of God are disturbingly familiar to Ray. For eleven years earlier he led the
inquiry into the ritualised murders of three young boys. The man convicted of the killings was cult leader Harrison Lee, whose arrest had led to the mass suicide of cult members. But now Lee has died in prison, and his evil can be finally laid to rest. Or can it?
For as the cultist is being cremated a nine-year-old boy disappears - his body found in the exact same circumstances as the young victims eleven years earlier . . .
This terrifying novel of murder and alchemy confirms Jane Adams's place as the queen of supernatural crime.
'A chilling fusion of crime and alchemy… A crime thriller that dares to be different' Peterborough Evening Telegraph
'A fine crime story with supernatural themes' The Times
The Angel Gateway
It has been six months since D.I Ray Flowers was
viciously attacked and left with horrific burn scars.
Now all he wants is peace and quiet and a place to
consider his future. His late aunts cottage seems
ideal.
Ray wants to know why he was attacked, and by
whom and when a petty criminal is found dead and a
note is sent to Ray inferring that this was the man
responsible, Ray can not resist the pull of the
investigation.
But there is soon another matter commanding Ray's
attention. A woman called Kitty who seems to have
been a friend of his aunts and someone who begins to
involve herself in Pay's life. The problem is, Kitty died
more than three hundred years before Ray was even
born: And, an even greater problem, Ray finds that he
might even have been implicated in her death.
'Excellent' Choice
'Elegantly written, The Angel Gateway deceptively evokes an England of cream teas and hot summer days, before examining the darker currents that lurk beneath. Recommended' Jonathan Wright in SFX
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First British Edition Macmillan (1999) |
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Final Frame
`The body lay, naked, on a rough bed of fallen branches and fresh flowers. All around, on every low branch, stood tiny candles, their white stems gleaming in the flickering light.’
For over six months Detective Inspector Mike Croft’s life has been dominated by one man, filmmaker and killer Jake Bowen, and the nationwide hunt for him codenamed `Final Frame’. With three murders and a series of rapes to his name, and no consistent pattern to his deadly work, Bowen has quickly become the most feared man in Britain.
Now his latest victim - art student Julia Norman -has been found in a Dorset woodland, her body laid out in a macabre scene which chillingly recreates one of Julia’s own self-portraits . . .
Mike’s only leads are those people once close to Jake - his friend Max Harriman, now himself in prison, and his father Alastair Bowen, whose relationship with his son surely holds the key to this nightmare.
But just as Mike begins to focus on Jake’s background, so Jake decides it’s time to turn his attention towards Mike - and those closest to him...
‘A genuinely good read’ Irish News
'A gripping read' Luton Herald and Post
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First British Edition Macmillan (1998) |
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Fade to Grey
'There would be no more centrefolds of this little lady. Not unless you liked your meat well done…'
After two month's sick leave, Detective Inspector Mike Croft had hoped for a simple case to ease himself back into his job. But it is not to be, for a serial rapist is stalking the streets of Norwich, targeting young blonde women. At first it seems each attack is identical. But then the forensic reports come in - and Mike is faced with an even more horrifying scenario.
Two hundred miles away in Avebury, a car is seen burning at the top of a hill. Inside is the body of a young blonde woman, identify unknown. As Detective Chief Inspector Charlie Morrow of the Wiltshire force leads his own investigation he has no reason to suspect a connection with the Norwich rapes.
But there is a connection: the former actress Theo Howard, now living a quiet live in Norfolk. And for Theo, time is running out…
'This is the art of the truly great suspense novel, an art which Adams has mastered' Crime Time
'Gripping, scary, a wonderful read. She could rise to the top of the genre' Yorkshire Evening Post
'Jane Adams has already carved herself a substantial reputation for hauntingly resonant novels of psychological suspense' The Times
'Jane Adams couldn't write a bad book if she tried… as top notch book by a rapidly maturing talent' Crime Time
About The Author
Jane Adams was born in Leicester, where she still lives. She has a degree in sociology, and has held a variety of jobs including lead vocalist in a folk rock band. She enjoys pen and ink drawing, two martial arts (Aikido and Tae Kwon Do) and her ambition is to travel the length of the Silk road by motorbike. She is married with two children.
Jane Adams' first book, The Greenway was shortlisted for the CWA John Creasey Award in 1995 and for the Author’s Club Best First Novel Award.
Bibliography
N.B. dates and publishers in dark red indicate British First Editions. Dates and publishers in black indicate recent reprints.
Angel Eyes
(Macmillan,
2002)
Like Angels Falling
(
2001)
Macmillan Jun 01
Pan Pbk Jun 02
The Angel Gateway
(Macmillan,
2000)
Pbk Jun 01
Final Frame
(Macmillan,
1999)
(Mike Croft)
Fade to Grey
(Macmillan,
1998)
Pan Pbk Jul 99
(Mike Croft)
Bird
(Macmillan,
1997)
Pan Pbk 1998
(Mike Croft)
Cast the First Stone
(Macmillan,
1996)
Pan Pbk 1997
(Mike Croft)
The Greenway
(Macmillan,
1995)
(Mike Croft)
Angel Eyes
by Jane Adams
