'Kingdom is a major discovery… combines crime thriller with the supernatural without diminishing either.'

Peter Millar, The Times

'An unusual and enjoyable thriller set among the prehistoric sites of Britain.'

Fiona Pitt-Kethley, Chic

The Cold Calling introduces Detective Inspector Bobby Maiden, who dies (for a few difficult minutes) after a hit-and-run incident and undergoes one of those near-death experiences, which changes his attitude to everything - not least his job.

The old Bobby Maiden would have had little patience with Marcus Bacton, irascible editor of a magazine devoted to paranormal research… and even less with Cindy Mars-Lewis, cross-dressing actor, ventriloquist and, er, Celtic shaman.

And he would never have encountered Grayle Underhill, manic American New Age journalist known as Holy Grayle, who is in Britain in search of her missing sister, Ersula - a member of a fringe-archaeological research team whose work involves sleeping at ancient sites and recording their dreams.

And then there's The Green Man, a serial killer.

'Part Wicker Man, part trad-whodunnit, part tough gangster thriller, The Cold Calling finally stands revealed as a tidy charmer and Kingdom as a real find.'

Gerald Houghton, Crimetime

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