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MURDER ACROSS THE LINES a totally gripping crime thriller full of twists (Warwick & Bell Crime Mysteries Book 2) Kindle Edition

by JANICE FROST (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

4.2 2,328 ratings

Book 2 of 4: Warwick & Bell Crime Mysteries

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A TOTALLY GRIPPING CRIME MYSTERY FROM BESTSELLING AUTHOR JANICE FROST.

At a busy crossing in Lincoln city centre a motorbike skids to a halt. A man in leathers jumps off the bike and grabs a young girl waiting at the lights.

He pushes her roughly aside, remounts the bike, and roars away.

The girl falls to the ground. She’s been stabbed.

Special Constable Jane Bell witnesses the whole thing. She cradles the dying girl and hears the last word on her lips: the name of a missing local boy, a twelve-year-old called Nate Price.

DI Steph Warwick is also looking for Nate. Jane had hoped their paths would never cross again . . .

Now they need to work together to find Nate before he too is executed in broad daylight.

This unputdownable mystery full of twists is the perfect read for fans of: Angela Marsons, Joy Ellis, Ruth Rendell, Helen H. Durrant, Rachel McLean and Michael Hambling.

WHAT READERS ARE SAYING ABOUT MURDER ACROSS THE LINES:

“This book has opened my eyes . . . I feel like I have lived in a bubble living in the mountains in a small town.” Chelsea A.

“Well-written, twists and turns aplenty and with a credible cast of characters but with a vicious, intense and emotional storyline.” Ruth G.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ”Hard-hitting and realistic-feeling story. Frightening. Really enjoyed it.” Aileen

“A decent follow-up with the return and growth of several characters.” Donna B.

MEET THE DETECTIVES
SPC Jane Bell is forty-five, a widow of three years following the premature death of her husband, Sam. She has two grown-up children, Patrick and Norah, who are pursuing careers in London. After Sam’s death, Jane makes some changes to her life. She downsizes from their large family home in the country to a cottage in Lincoln.

DI Stephanie Warwick is thirty-five. She left school at eighteen and worked in a bank before joining the police force. She is haunted by her ex-boyfriend, Cal. He attempted to kill her twelve years ago, and murdered her best friend.

ALSO BY JANICE FROST
WARWICK & BELL SERIES
Book 1: MURDER AMONG FRIENDS
Book 2: MURDER ACROSS THE LINES
Book 3: MURDER AGAINST THE ODDS

THE COMPLETE MERRY & NEAL MYSTERIES
Book 1: DEAD SECRET
Book 2: DARK SECRET
Book 3: HER HUSBAND’S SECRET
Book 4: THEIR FATAL SECRETS
Book 5: DIRTY SECRETS
Book 6: MURDEROUS SECRETS

STANDALONE NOVELS
THE WOMAN ON THE CLIFF

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09MWM8BKF
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Joffe Books crime thriller, mystery and suspense (December 12, 2021)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 12, 2021
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1537 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 284 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1804050547

Best Sellers Rank: #111,406 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #417 in Noir Crime
- #793 in Serial Killers
- #1,520 in Kidnapping Thrillers

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Janice was born and grew up in West Lothian, Scotland. Her love of writing began when she was given a notebook by a primary school teacher and told to write ‘Just Imagine,’ on the cover. She enjoyed writing stories in the notebook so much that she decided she'd like to be an author. Due to life, work and children, It took a little longer than she imagined.

After a ten-year stint of working in London, Janice moved to Lincolnshire where she still lives. She now writes full-time. In her free time she enjoys walking, and reading in coffee shops.

Janice is the author of six books in the bestselling Merry & Neal series, four books in the Warwick & Bell series, and one standalone mystery, The Woman on the Cliff.

All of Janice’s books are published by Joffe Books.

The Merry & Neal series

1 Dead Secret

2 Dark Secret

3 Her Husband’s Secret

4. Fatal Secrets

5 Dirty Secrets

6 Murderous Secrets

Warwick & Bell series

1 Murder Among Friends

2 Murder Across The Lines

3 Murder Against The Odds

4 Murder On A Country Walk

Standalone novel

The Woman on the Cliff

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Sereena K.

Great story

Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2022

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Good character development, Warwick and Bell! . Really learned a lot about driving g trade in smaller cities in the UK
Can’t wait for the next book!

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Janice Frost does it again

Reviewed in the United States on January 1, 2022

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This story has numerous characters. I was pleasantly surprised at how easy it was to follow the plot and feel as if I understood the dynamics between characters. The book kept my interest to the very last page. I would recommend this book for readers who enjoy police mysteries.

Reviewed in the United States on December 21, 2021

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Very well written. Believable plot and good character development. Anticipating the next book. Be sure to read the first book, murder among friends

Reviewed in the United States on December 17, 2021

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I enjoyed the Merry/Neal series and all of the books. I struggled with the second book in this series. The storyline concerns the grooming of children for the purpose of distributing drugs for the County Lines organization and the depths of cruelty the dealers go to to maintain control over their network. This is yet another book where the lead character is dealing with PTSD (seems to be a popular and overused theme). DI Warwick is impossible to like and this makes for a difficult read especially given the subject matter.

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Mystery & Suspense From Start To Finish

Reviewed in the United States on December 12, 2021

Many thanks to the author /Joffe Books / Books n All Promotions / Netgalley for the digital copy of this British crime fiction. Read and reviewed voluntarily, opinions expressed here are unbiased and entirely my own.

Across the lines refers to the practice that drug dealers do to continue their business with little chance of being caught. They target young children, groom them by giving them money, clothes, and mostly attention and the feeling that someone cares for them. After a while, the drug dealers put the kids to do favors for them ... delivering packets and picking up the money for them. The dealers are usually away from the larger cities and they send the kids to the small boroughs. After all ... who would suspect a 10-year-old girl or boy of delivering illegal drugs?

Special Constable Jane Bell witnesses a crime ... a passenger jumps off the back of a motorcycle, runs over to a young girl standing outside a cafe and is stabbed. Jane rushes to the girl and hears her last word ... "Nate".

Jane is not the only one who wants to know who he is. DI Steph Warwick is also looking for Nate, as well as looking for the gang members who seem to be moving into the area and ridding themselves of other drug gangs. It seems to be either shut your business down and work for me ,... or suffer the permanent consequences.

Jane and Steph had hoped their paths would not cross again. But now there’s a child in danger. The only question is . . . can they find him in time?

The suspense starts on the very first page in this story of the desperate search for a young boy. The action is all-consuming as the voices of law enforcement alternate with the voice of the child. Bodies start falling and no one knows when it will end... or if it will end. The relationship between Bell and Warwick is not an easy one (their history is in the first book of the series -- MURDER AMONG FRIENDS. Although 2nd in the series, it can easily be read as a stand-alone, however, I would recommend reading in order.

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Paula Corregan

Good police procedural!

Reviewed in the United States on September 16, 2022

This book was a fascinating read. It had lots of suspense, intrigue, some surprises and several emotional moments. If you like characters that are strong but also have some very human non-physical frailties, you'll like this book. I highly recommend this book to other police procedural readers.

Reviewed in the United States on December 16, 2021

Constable Jane in London city center, sees what happens
Yet, how it was so timed, a girl waiting on a light,murdered
Jane is a curious person by nature, and case intriguingDifferent
views are give. Children who get mixed into gangs
Well written plot, a stand alone or # 2 in series
Given ARC for my voluntary review and my honest opinion
for Net Galley and Joffe

Reviewed in the United States on March 4, 2022

Quite a story. Very spine chilling, mainly in the way children can be manipulated & “stolen” almost in front of our eyes. So sad in many parts, but justice prevailed despite the animosity between D I Warwick & Jane Bell. Hope there are more books in the series.

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GillyD

Loved this book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 25, 2022

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I really enjoy reading this series and all the characters. I find it easy reading and loved this story which was excellent at highlighting the drug problem and how children are used in country lines. Five star reading.

Amazon Customer Lynda

Brilliant

Reviewed in Australia on April 27, 2024

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I enjoyed the story Thoroughly from beginning to end
Highly recommended to all readers of crime thrillers. Edge of your seat stuff.

Ignite

A satisfying story

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 24, 2021

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This book gets off to a bang with the murder of a twelve year-old girl. One of the witnesses is a special constable, who, for reasons apparently explained in Book 1 really doesn’t get on with the DI who’s investigating. I’m sure I’m at a disadvantage in not having read the first book. This one largely deals with county lines drug dealing, with the effective enslavement of young and vulnerable children to act as couriers. I found it slow to get going, but the ending is exciting and satisfying. A jolly good 4* from me.

Snowy the barn owl

good

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 20, 2024

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A very good book to keep you on your toes, a couple of times the wrong name was used but I looked past that , well worth a read

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Not at this time

Reviewed in Australia on January 14, 2022

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