SOMEONE WILL DO ANYTHING TO DESTROY HANNAH NIGHTINGALE Criminal profiler Dr Hannah Nightingale is found drugged and tied naked to a fountain in the city centre . . . Hannah can't remember anything about what happened. Clearly someone very evil is determined to take vengeance on Hannah. But the obvious suspect, Debbie Connelly, is safely locked in a secure mental hospital, isn't she? Detective Falcon and the Garton police do everything they can to try to protect Hannah. Yet the criminal who is after her has an elaborate and devious plan to destroy everything Hannah cares about, piece by piece. Framed for murder, Hannah goes on the run among the homeless community of Garton where she discovers more shocking secrets and tries to prove her innocence. In a shattering conclusion Hannah faces her tormentor in a life and death stand-off in a disused mental hospital. VENGEANCE is the fourth in a series of best-selling thrillers. Great for fans of Sarah Flint, Paul Finch. Kathy Reichs, Angela Marsons, and Patricia Cornwell. THE DETECTIVES: David Mallory is an old-school policeman who has made some powerful enemies within his own department. DCI Gary Falcon is an ambitious young man on the rise, but his father's legal work for the city's criminal does not play well with his fellow officers. THE PROFILER: Dr Hannah Nightingale an up-and-coming forensic psychiatrist who is employed as a consultant profiler by the police. The Nightingale family are prominent in the Garton social scene and Hannah has to fight hard to be accepted by a sceptical police force. She suffered a tragic loss in an earlier relationship and finds it hard to commit to a new man. THE SETTING: Garton is a fictional port city in the north of England. It's faced years of industrial decline, but a strong community spirit and sense of humour give hope of revival. But there are still pockets of rundown inner-city criminality. DR HANNAH NIGHTINGALE SERIES Book 1: THE TOYBREAKER Book 2: ANGER MAN Book 3: PREY Book 4: VENGEANCE PRAISE FOR ROY CHESTER "Intriguing, compelling, and thoroughly entertaining" Chorley Guardian