“The Chester Killings” is the new book by author Simon McCleave
The historical city of Chester has been rocked by the brutal murders of several young men close to the canal. DI Ruth Hunter is called in to track down the murderer – who the papers have dubbed the Towpath Ripper – before they strike again.
Ruth identifies a suspect but just as she is about to pounce, they slip through her fingers.
Ruth and her CID team must pursue the serial killer across the border into North Wales in an increasingly dangerous game of cat and mouse – but the killer is always one step ahead. And soon, the hunters will become the hunted…
The Chester Killings is the eighteenth book in Simon McCleave’s DI Ruth Hunter Crime Thriller Snowdonia series which has now hit over 2 million sales. If you like chilling police procedurals, true-to-life characters, and psychological twists, then you’ll love Simon McCleave’s page-turning thrill ride. Other books set in the region include, The Wrexham Killings, The Llandudno Pier Killings and The Dee Valley Killings.
Originally born in South London, Simon McCleave left University and went on to work in television and film development. He was a Script Editor at the BBC, a producer at Channel 4 before working as a Story Analyst in Los Angeles. Simon then became a script writer for television and film. He wrote on series such as Silent Witness, Murder In Suburbia, Teachers, Attachments, The Bill, Eastenders and many more.
His first book, ‘The Snowdonia Killings’, was released in January 2020 and soon became an Amazon Bestseller, reaching No 1 in the UK Chart and selling over 400,000 copies. His seventeen subsequent novels in the DI Ruth Hunter Snowdonia Series have all ranked in the Amazon Top 10, with many hitting the top of the digital charts.
The North Wales based DI Ruth Hunter books are now set to be filmed as a major new television series, with shooting to begin in North Wales in 2024. Simon has also been commissioned to write a ‘Welsh Cowboy’ television series based on the Snowdonia drovers of the 19th century.
Simon also has a highly successful Anglesey based crime series with publishing giants Harper Collins.
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And little known fact .. a few years ago had a short stint as an English tea her at Upton High … taught my daughter !