THE DISSECTION MURDERS

Naked, paralysed and fully conscious.

The Dissection Begins.

Middle-aged women are being dissected whilst alive and conscious, their bodies subjected to humiliating abuse.

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Detective Sergeant Grant Maddox sets out to find who and why anyone would visit so vicious a crime upon such seemingly harmless and inoffensive victims.

His investigation, helped by a young colleague, DC Amber Bennett, new to the CID, takes the officers to the dark recesses of the human mind and imagination.

The ghosts from Maddox’s past come back to haunt him as the full horror of a distant crime stretches across the years to burst violently into the present.

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How can a plummeting jet crashing into a French field, an exclusive school for the sons of the rich and famous, and the hollowed-out cavities of dissected victims all be linked?

The journey to find the answers is fast-paced, littered with twists and turns, horror and humour, and a shocking, unpredictable climax.

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The Dissection Murders…you thought you were beyond being shocked…you thought wrong.

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“I was immediately caught up in this intriguing debut novel. I felt like an observing rookie cop watching in awe the way the investigation was handled. I loved the cop humor too. And the end? I thought I saw it coming, but no, I was so surprised! I loved this book, I have put it on my ‘Best of the Year’ list. Rating A.”

~ Maggie Mason, reviewer for Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine,

recipient of the Don Sandstrom Lifetime Achievement for Mystery Fandom Award,

and contributing author to 20th Century Crime and Mystery Writers

“I'm a sucker for a good British police detective novel and Steve Packwood's The Dissection Murders certainly proved to be an exceptional one.  Artful dialogue, engaging characters and a puzzling mystery hit the spot for me.” 

~ George Easter, editor of Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine

“The Dissection Murders is the debut novel by Steve Packwood, an ex-police officer and a writer with talent, whose book I admired for its authenticity and its wry style and tone.” 

~ Geoffrey Wansell, book reviewer at The Daily Mail

“A complex plot full of unexpected twists, laughs and horrors. A police procedural with a difference!”  

~ Anne Cater, book reviewer at The Daily Express

and Judge for the Crime Writers Association Daggers Awards