"There's a fresh set of footprints in the dark rich earth of the crime thriller genre.  They belong to Bill Kitson.  Who knows where they might lead?"

                                                                                                                                                      Jenny Drewery, Scarborough Evening News.

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Released 30th August 2009

When two skeletons are discovered in Lamentation Tarn, talented detective Mike Nash and his team have little evidence with which to work, until a surprising discovery prompts them to contact law enforcement agencies in Eastern Europe. A joint taskforce is formed to uncover a criminal network involved in prostitution, drugs and human trafficking, but Nash's preoccupation with internal politics, as well as with an attractive Russian detective, proves to be a distraction.

Author photograph taken by J.Brian Beadle

Released 31st March 2011 - Now available for order

When you take an ordinary man and train him to kill, he becomes dangerous. When his mind is clouded by drugs, he becomes unstable. When he loses everything he loves, he becomes a lethal killing machine.

** Large Print version available May 2012 **

Released 31st May 2010

Everyone knew Gary Vickers was guilty - the evidence was overwhelming. Convicted of the rape and murder of his lover’s daughter, he is now due for release from prison. Against all advice, he insists on returning to Helmsdale, where it falls upon Mike Nash to protect him. But Nash has other, more pressing worries…

With extremist politicians fanning racial hatred and provoking attacks on migrant workers, Nash has to prevent an explosive situation from boiling over into civil unrest.

ISBN: 978-0-7090-9049-6

Released 29th January 2010

How do you solve a crime when there's no evidence one has been committed? When Sarah Kelly fails to return from a night out, DI Mike Nash can only speculate, until a chance remark causes him to look deeper into other cases; girls who have vanished without trace. Nash spots chilling similarities: no bodies, no witnesses, all disappearances explained away.

ISBN: 978-0-7090-8966-7

ISBN: 978-0-7090-8849-3         

The Mike Nash series is written with a Sheaffer Classic Fountain Pen. 

* Nominated for The John Creasey New Blood Dagger 2010 *

This title is now available in large print

Chosen is available in eBook format from January 2012

** Now also available to download in e-book format. **

** This title is now available in large print **

* News-flash - Altered Egos nominated for the 2011 CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger *

Released 31st October 2011

What is the secret of the forester living a hermit-like existence in the remotest part of the Wingate Estate? Is he a callous murderer? Is he now taking a terrible revenge on those who wronged him? Or, does the truth lie elsewhere?

A ruthless killer is on the rampage, one with a distinctive trademark. With resources decimated by a flu epidemic, Mike Nash is forced to use unorthodox tactics to expose a web of corruption and deceit spanning the years.

Large print format, coming soon . . . . . watch this space

ISBN: 978-0-7090-9316-9

ISBN: 978-0-7090-9207-0

Please find a list of my books below. Click on a cover (or an image) to find more information and press reviews for individual titles. To discover more about the main characters in the series, click on Mike Nash's name in the synopses, or follow this link.

If you would like a signed copy of any of my books, contact Hambleton Books, Market Place, Thirsk,

North Yorkshire , YO7 1HA. Tel: 01845 522343.  E-mail: hambletonbooks@hotmail.co.uk

Coming soon . . . . . . . . .Available from May 2012

Alone in an isolated cottage, a young housewife awaits the arrival of her sister, Jo. Outside, as storms lash the country, Dr Johana Grey struggles to reach the house, but when she does, she finds it deserted, in darkness.

With Mike Nash on leave, DS Mironova leads the investigation. The woman’s husband cannot be accounted for. Is he responsible, or has she been abducted by the sadistic serial killer nicknamed  the Cremator?

ISBN: 978-0-7090-9816-4