The Gambler by Stewart Giles

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The Gambler by Stewart Giles- Crime

Wow! Another 5* thriller of a page turner from Stewart. This time DS Jason Smith and his team are finding bodies where a certain Kenny Rodgers track is playing on repeat (thanks for the earworm!). On further investigation “ the Gambler” is giving himself marks out of 10 and from a little digging knows that he’s aiming for a certain number- the why’s are yet to be found. It's an intriguing premise and one that kept me late into the night reading “ just one more chapter”. Jason is a wonderful character and says the things we all think but wouldn’t usually say and his brain appears to work tangentially giving him the edge on investigations. A brilliant, gripping read I more than highly recommend- and if you haven’t read the rest of the series- there are plenty to go at- all 5* from me. Stunning says it all.

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THE GAMBLER Heads I win, tail you lose. A new killer is stalking the streets of York, and its a killer that Detective Sergeant Jason Smith cant figure out.He drugs his victims, attacks them when they come round, and leaves them with a song playing on repeat. But he only kills them much later. Smith and the team are no strangers to serial killers but the murderer who calls himself The Gambler is something entirely new. Who is this psychopath? Why does he leave his victims alive and come back to kill them later? And why does he subject them to hours of Kenny Rogers before that? Smith isn't a gambling man, but he knows that the odds are stacked against him with this killer.

BOOKS BY STEWART GILES DS JASON SMITH SERIES Book 0.5 - Phobia Book 1 - Smith Book 2 - Boomerang Book 3 - Ladybird Book 4 - Occam’s Razor Book 5 - Harlequin Book 6 - Selene Book 7 - Horsemen Book 8 - Unworthy Book 9 – Venom Book 10 – Severed Book 11 – Demons Book 12 - Deadeye Book 13 - Motive Book 14 – Australia Book 16 – Wishbone Book 17 – Ghosts Book 18 – The Scarecrow Book 19 – The Bluesman Book 20 – The Librarian Book 21 – The Viaduct Book 22 – The Twin Book 23 – The Dogwalker Book 24 – The Flytrap Book 25 – The Electrician Book 26 – The Cellar Book 27 – The Loner Book 28 – The Painter Book 29 – The Hitchhiker Book 30 – The Creed Book 31 – The Workshop Book 32 - The Preacher Book 33 - The Professor Book 34 - The Graveyard Book 35 - The Optician Book 36 - The Spider Book 37 - The Gambler Book 38 - The Lake DI O’REILLY MYSTERIES Book 1 - Blood on the Island Book 2 - Lies on the Island Book 3 - Fear on the Island Book 4 - Malice on the Island Book 5 – Revenge on the Island Book 6 – Christmas on the Island Book 7 – Silence on the Island Book 8 – Secrets on the Island Book 9 – Chaos on the Island Book 10 - Sadness on the Island Book 11 – Danger on the Island Book 12 – Evil on the Island Book 13 – Fire on the Island Book 14 – Madness on the Island Book 15 - Fury on the Island Book 16 - Sickness on the Island JAN NORGE HILDA BAKER SERIES Book 1 - Hakuna Matata Book 2 - 27 DC HARRIET TAYLOR SERIES Book 1-The Beekeeper Book 2-The Perfect Murder Book 3-The Backpacker DS JASON SMITH &DC HARRIET TAYLOR SERIES Book 1 - The Enigma Book 2 – Dropzone Book 3 – The Raven Girl THE MIRANDA TRILOGY (psychological thrillers) Miranda Mistress Medusa STANDALONE NOVELS Horror - The Divide Thriller - The Ghostwriter Thriller – The Guests

Stewart Giles – Author Bio

After reading English at 3 Universities and graduating from none of them, I set off travelling around the world with my wife, Ann, finally settling in South Africa, where we still live. In 2014 Ann dropped a rather large speaker on my head and I came up with the idea for a detective series. DS Jason Smith was born. Smith, the first in the series was finished a few months later. 3 years and 8 DS Smith books later, Joffe Books wondered if I would be interested in working with them. As a self-published author, I agreed. However, we decided on a new series - the DC Harriet Taylor: Cornwall series.

The Beekeeper was published and soon hit the number one spot in Australia. The second in the series, The Perfect Murder did just as well. I continued to self-publish the Smith series and Unworthy hit the shelves in 2018 with amazing results. I therefore made the decision to self- publish The Backpacker which is book 3 in the Detective Harriet Taylor series which was published in July 2018. After The Backpacker I had an idea for a totally new start to a series – a collaboration between the Smith and Harriet thrillers and The Enigma was born. It brought together the broody, enigmatic Jason Smith and the more level-headed Harriet Taylor. The Miranda trilogy is something totally different. A psychological thriller trilogy. It is a real departure from anything else I’ve written before. The Detective Jason Smith series continues to grow. I also have another series featuring an Irish detective who relocated to Guernsey, the Detective Liam O’Reilly series. There are also 3 stand alone novels. Website: www.stewartgiles.com Twitter: @stewartgiles Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stewart.giles.33

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