The Lake by Stewart Giles

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The Lake by Stewart Giles- Crime

There’s a few authors, many of whom I’m honoured to be friends with, that “ kill” me reading their books. I should explain: A book is so riveting that my kindle falls on me, as I’m way past my bedtime and frightens the life out of me as I can’t put it down! This one, as ever from Stewart, is one of those. Wow! What a plot!One of now and in the past cleverly interwoven. DS Smith is his usual wonderful self, doing his own things and getting into scrapes, and cleverly out of them.. Or not! Theakston is also his own wonderful self- Ill say no more! A brilliant read, one I more than highly recommend… however beware of flying kindles! 
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THE LAKE A lake shrouded in superstition, a notorious crime family and a team of detectives chasing phantoms. Chapman's Lake has a story behind it, and it's a dark one. But when the body of a half-naked woman is pulled out of the water, Detective Smith and the other detectives hunting her killer focus all their attention on the strange symbol branded onto her skin. This is their first mistake. The murder of the woman is just the beginning, and it's something that Smith couldn't have predicted in a million years. The lake has many secrets, and Smith is going to have to change the way he looks at murder if he's going to stand a chance of solving the most bizarre murder case of his career. 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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