Alex Smith

Haunted by his inability to track down and save his missing wife, DCI Robert Kett leaves the Metropolitan Police behind and moves to Norwich with his three young children, hoping to heal their broken family. But his newfound peace doesn’t last....

For years, DCI Robert Kett has tracked down the country’s most dangerous kidnappers and serial killers, earning a reputation as the best man to call to catch the worst men. The tables are about to turn....

When a young woman is brutally murdered in the Norfolk countryside, the locals blame Black Shuck - a legendary wild dog. There’s only one problem: The wounds weren’t made by an animal....

Seine Frau wurde entführt – und ist nach Wochen wieder zurück. Endlich ist die Familie von Detective Chief Inspector Robert Kett wieder vereint. Vier Teenager sind aus einer Wohnwagensiedlung verschwunden, nachdem sie den Anweisungen auf einem alten Kassettenplayer gefolgt sind.

Every time you hear his voice, another child will die. DCI Robert Kett’s family may be whole, but he is a broken man. Suspended from duty, he takes his girls out of the city for a holiday on the Norfolk Coast. Instead of the peace he needs, however, Kett finds a community in chaos....

He will find the truth. Even if it kills him. Five months ago, DCI Robert Kett’s wife Billie was snatched from a London street. Five months of no leads, no evidence, and no suspects. Until now....

In the middle of one of Norfolk’s most brutal winters, a frozen body is discovered on the legendary Stone of Lyng. With Robert Kett out of action, the case falls to DC Kate Savage and DI Pete Porter, and it quickly becomes clear to them that the young man wasn’t just killed—he was sacrificed....

DCI Kett is back, heading Norfolk Constabulary’s brand-new Extreme Crime Task Force. And it’s just in time. The body of a woman bound in thorns has been discovered in Norwich’s historic Cow Tower.

DCI Robert Kett’s efforts to return to a normal life are dashed after he receives a phone call from his mother, Mary—a woman he hasn’t spoken to in almost two decades....

After the horrors of their last case, DCI Kett and the rest of Norfolk Constabulary’s Extreme Crime Task Force are in need of a break. And that’s just what they think they’re getting when Superintendent Clare takes them on a team building exercise in the middle of a quiet Norfolk village.

Ian Softley is a killer. He's the man governments call when they want somebody dead. A high school English teacher and devoted father, Jack Softley's life is a world away from his brother's. But when he receives word that Ian has been murdered, he finds himself dragged into a storm of danger....

When Blake Barton opens the door to a stranger one morning, he comes face to face with an unimaginable evil. Because this stranger claims to be the devil, and he promises to kill Blake—not now, but in six days, six hours, and six minutes exactly....

Fünf Monate, nachdem DCI Ketts Frau entführt wurde, gibt es endlich eine Spur: Es ist ein Horrorkabinett, das die Ermittelnden in der verlassenen Londoner...

Manche Legenden sind tödlich... Im beschaulichen Norfolk wird die schlimm zugerichtete Leiche einer Frau im Wald gefunden. Schnell wird eine in der...

Der einzige Fall, den er nicht lösen kann, bringt ihn an den Abgrund... Nach dem spurlosen Verschwinden seiner Frau lässt Detective Robert Kett alles...