This novel is based in the beautiful town of Llangollen, where the town is rocked by the brutal shooting of a local farmer, Aaron Jenkins. DI Ruth Hunter tracks down the murderer. When she and the CID team discover that Aaron and his wife are having affairs, they decide to focus on that. However, when there are several more violent slayings, Ruth realises that the murders might be from the firearms trafficking and drug gangs of Liverpool.
Psychological Twists
Ruth and her CID team must pursue the armed suspects in a deadly game and stop them before another cold-blooded shooting takes place.
The Llangollen Killings is the 19th novel in Simon McCleave’s DI Ruth Hunter Crime Thriller Snowdonia series. This has now hit over 2 million sales. If you like chilling police procedurals, true-to-life characters, and psychological twists, you’ll love Simon’s page-turning thrill ride. Perfect for fans of JD Kirk, JM Dalgleish, Rachel McLean, and LJ Ross.
Originally born in South London, Simon left University and went on to work in television and film development. He was a script editor at the BBC and a producer at Channel 4 before working as a Story Analyst in Los Angeles. Simon then became a scriptwriter for television and film, writing on series such as Silent Witness, Murder In Suburbia, Teachers, Attachments, The Bill, Eastenders and many more.
Snowdonia Killings
His first book, The Snowdonia Killings, was released in January 2020. It soon became an Amazon Bestseller, reaching No. 1 in the UK Chart and selling over 400,000 copies. His 14 subsequent novels in the DI Ruth Hunter Snowdonia Series have all ranked in the Amazon Top 10. Many have hit the top of the digital charts.
The North Wales-based DI Ruth Hunter books are in the works of becoming a major new television series. Shooting will begin in North Wales in 2024. Simon has also been commissioned to write a “Welsh Cowboy”’ television series on the Snowdonia drovers of the 19th century.
Simon also has a highly successful Anglesey-based crime series with publishing giants Harper Collins.
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