Dead By Design: A gripping serial killer thriller with unexpected & shocking twists.

How far would you go to save the lives you value the most?

A young couple in their prime is found dead in the marital bed. As they lie naked, staring at each other with eyes wide open - filled with fear, his colleagues assume a double suicide, but Detective Andrew Deans senses that darker forces are at work.

Deans is facing an awakening - a spiritual birth, but he is stuck in a living nightmare. Those around him are watching ... judging ... expecting him to break.

As he waits to hear the news he dreads most, Deans receives an unmarked DVD and the true meaning of horror is revealed.

Playing by the rules is getting him nowhere. Now, it's time to do things his way. But death and tragedy haven't finished with him... yet.

Fans of Rachel Abbott, Michael Connelly and Peter James will be hooked by this breathtaking new voice in British crime fiction.

DEAD BY DESIGN is the jaw-dropping follow-on to STORM LOG-0505

Author: James D. Mortain
Publisher: Manvers Publishing
Published: 11/17/2017
Pages: 326
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.82lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.73d
ISBN: 9780993568732

About the Author
Mortain, James D.: - Former CID Detective with the Avon and Somerset Constabulary turned crime fiction writer, James D Mortain brings compelling action and gritty authenticity to his writing through years of police experience. He began writing in 2012, following a chance encounter in a Bath bar with SAS veteran, TV personality and author, Chris Ryan. James wanted to create a main protagonist in Detective 'Deano' Deans whose strengths and vulnerabilities were in equal measure, but frequently at odds. Using his own real-life experience within a busy CID department, James has created an atmospheric, powerful, gripping and often emotional story of life, love, loss, and a touch of the miraculous. James grew up and worked in the Bath area of Somerset until he moved to North Devon in 2012, where he still lives with his family and a crazy dog. He is a life-long Bath Rugby supporter and longs for the glory days to return.