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The Killer in the Snow

Alex Pine
Chapters (80)
  1. Cover
  2. Dedication
  3. Introducing DI Walker and his team …
  4. PROLOGUE
  5. CHAPTER ONE
  6. CHAPTER TWO
  7. CHAPTER THREE
  8. CHAPTER FOUR
  9. CHAPTER FIVE
  10. CHAPTER SIX
  11. CHAPTER SEVEN
  12. CHAPTER EIGHT
  13. CHAPTER NINE
  14. CHAPTER TEN
  15. CHAPTER ELEVEN
  16. CHAPTER TWELVE
  17. CHAPTER THIRTEEN
  18. CHAPTER FOURTEEN
  19. CHAPTER FIFTEEN
  20. CHAPTER SIXTEEN
  21. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
  22. CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
  23. CHAPTER NINETEEN
  24. CHAPTER TWENTY
  25. CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
  26. CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
  27. CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
  28. CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
  29. CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
  30. CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
  31. CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
  32. CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
  33. CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
  34. CHAPTER THIRTY
  35. CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE
  36. CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
  37. CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
  38. CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR
  39. CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE
  40. CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX
  41. CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN
  42. CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT
  43. CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE
  44. CHAPTER FORTY
  45. CHAPTER FORTY-ONE
  46. CHAPTER FORTY-TWO
  47. CHAPTER FORTY-THREE
  48. CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR
  49. CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE
  50. CHAPTER FORTY-SIX
  51. CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN
  52. CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT
  53. CHAPTER FORTY-NINE
  54. CHAPTER FIFTY
  55. CHAPTER FIFTY-ONE
  56. CHAPTER FIFTY-TWO
  57. CHAPTER FIFTY-THREE
  58. CHAPTER FIFTY-FOUR
  59. CHAPTER FIFTY-FIVE
  60. CHAPTER FIFTY-SIX
  61. CHAPTER FIFTY-SEVEN
  62. CHAPTER FIFTY-EIGHT
  63. CHAPTER FIFTY-NINE
  64. CHAPTER SIXTY
  65. CHAPTER SIXTY-ONE
  66. CHAPTER SIXTY-TWO
  67. CHAPTER SIXTY-THREE
  68. CHAPTER SIXTY-FOUR
  69. CHAPTER SIXTY-FIVE
  70. CHAPTER SIXTY-SIX
  71. CHAPTER SIXTY-SEVEN
  72. CHAPTER SIXTY-EIGHT
  73. CHAPTER SIXTY-NINE
  74. CHAPTER SEVENTY
  75. EPILOGUE
  76. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  77. Keep Reading …
  78. About the Author
  79. By the same author:
  80. About the Publisher

Cover

Cover image: The Killer in the Snow by Alex Pine

Dedication

This one is for Tommy – the latest addition to the family.

Introducing DI Walker and his team …

Introducing DI Walker and his team …

This is the second book in the DI James Walker series. For those who haven’t read the first, The Christmas Killer, here is a brief introduction to the man himself and the key members of his team.

DETECTIVE INSPECTOR JAMES WALKER, AGED 40

An officer with the Cumbria Constabulary based in Kendal. He spent 20 years with the Met in London before moving to the quiet village of Kirkby Abbey. He’s married to Annie, aged 36, who was born in the village and works as a teacher.

DETECTIVE CHIEF INSPECTOR JEFF TANNER, AGED 46

James’s boss and a highly experienced officer who prefers to delegate rather than investigate. He’s married with a son.

DETECTIVE SERGEANT PHIL STEVENS, AGED 38

A no-nonsense detective who got off on the wrong foot with James because he was in line for the DI job when the man from London arrived on the scene and took it. Now a loyal colleague, he is married with two children.

DETECTIVE CONSTABLE JESSICA ABBOTT, AGED 33

Youngest member of the team and of Irish and East African descent. She’s sassy, as sharp as a razor, and not afraid to speak her mind. She has the closest working relationship with James. Her boyfriend is a paramedic.

PROLOGUE

Sunday December 24th

It was 6.30 p.m. on Christmas Eve and Robert Bateman felt like getting drunk. He accepted that it would have to wait until he got home though, as he didn’t dare risk being stopped and breathalysed by the police. That’d be a disastrous end to what had already been a crap day.

He decided instead to polish off what was left in his glass and resist the urge to order another pint at the bar.

Mary had expected him home ages ago. He’d phoned her directly after his meeting in Kendal with the bank manager, telling her he was on his way. But rather than drive straight to the farm – which would have taken him only about thirty minutes – he’d opted to make a pit stop at his favourite pub, The King’s Head, in Kirkby Abbey.

He’d hoped it would allow him time to calm down and get his thoughts together before facing his wife and daughter. But after nursing his beer for almost an hour, his insides were still tied up in an anxious knot.

It wouldn’t have been so bad if it was just the news from the bank manager that he had to worry about. But there was also the text he’d received earlier, which had planted a heavy weight in his chest. He tugged his phone from his pocket to read it again and found it just as alarming as he had when he’d first seen it.