No Escape

A heart-breaking British suspense mystery featuring a missing honeymooner, the disturbing discovery of a burned-out car, and a devastating past secret that threatens to destroy everything.

How can one reckless moment cost so many lives?

As her honeymoon ends, Gemma Dean goes missing one chilly October morning, leaving behind her phone. Texts hint at secrets darker than Kent Fisher could imagine.

When authorities find a body in a burned-out car more than a hundred miles away, murder brings the past crashing into the present. The first in a chain of distressing discoveries.

Struggling to make sense of a past that threatens to devastate his future, Kent faces his most personal and challenging investigation so far.

But can he live with the fallout from a single reckless moment that cost so many lives?

Set against the haunting autumn backdrop of the South Downs in Sussex, No Escape is the explosive eighth novel in the acclaimed British Downland Murder Mystery series. This intense emotional thriller is a must-read for fans of Elly Griffiths' deeply personal Ruth Galloway books, Ann Cleeves' high-tension storytelling, and the modern suspense of Richard Osman.

Features Kent's desperate fight for the truth while tethered to his beloved Sussex animal sanctuary and his loyal Westie companion, Columbo.

A traditional British murder mystery featuring a devastating disappearance, buried secrets, and an investigator forced to confront the consequences of the past.