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Cold coffin - Gwendoline Butler
ISBN: 0007106440
Docklands has been the scene of many terrifying crimes, but the discovery of a pile of infant skulls unearthed near police headquarters is particularly horrifying. Another major problem for Chief Commander John Coffin is the triple murder on his patch of a midwife and her two daughters. Two further murders add renewed urgency to both investigations. Coffin takes all this in his stride until the growing violence directly threatens the safety of his wife, the actress Stella Pinero.
Getting there - Gilda O'Neill
ISBN: 0099279983
Set in the East End in the 1960s. Lorna Wright, a nice girl from a decent docker's family gets involved with Richie Clayton, a violent thug who makes up his mind to stop at nothing to climb his way up to the top of the East End underworld.
Super Jack - Adam Baron
ISBN: 0333906179
Having coffee with a famous footballer would be the highlight of the year for many people. But not for Private Eye Billy Rucker. Only hours after meeting Jack Draper - "Super Jack" to his adoring fans - Billy is standing over the naked and brutalized body of a girl called Alison, thought to be Jack Draper's mistress. All the evidence points to Super Jack being a cold-blooded killer. As the footballer goes on the run - his career in tatters - his wife Louise hires Billy to hunt down the truth, however devastating it may be.
