Nowhere to Run (DS Peter Gayle Thriller Series, Book 1‪)‬

‘There are lots of twists and turns in this book and it has the makings of a great series’ - Annette (Netgalley)

A missing child. A dead body. A killer on the loose.

Returning to Exeter CID after his son’s unsolved disappearance Detective Sergeant Peter Gayle’s first day back was supposed to be gentle. Until a young girl is reported missing and the clock begins to tick.

Rosie Whitlock has been abducted from outside her school that morning. There are no clues, but Peter isn’t letting another child disappear.

When the body of another young victim appears, the hunt escalates. Someone is abducting young girls and now they have a murderer on their hands. Time is running out for Rosie, but when evidence in the case relating to his own son’s disappearance is discovered the stakes are even higher…

Looking for more from DS Peter Gayle? Don’t miss his next case in:
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What reviewers are saying about NOWHERE TO RUN

‘a lot of suspense and tension as the story twists and turns.’ - Carol (Goodreads)

About the author

Raised in a farming family in Northamptonshire, England, Jack Slater had a varied career before settling in biomedical science. Jack has worked in farming, forestry, factories and shops as well as spending five years as a service engineer.
Widdowed by cancer at 33, he recently remarried in the Channel Islands, where he worked for several months through the summer of 2012.
Jack has been writing since childhood, in both fiction and non-fiction. Nowhere to Run is his first crime novel and the first in the series of DS Peter Gayle mysteries.