Jill Kennedy and DCI Max Trentham Mystery Books

Leaving her job and moving to a sleepy village when a wrongfully accused man she helped to convict commits suicide, forensic psychologist Jill Kennedy finds her past catching up to her when she is embroiled in a local case involving the murder of a vicar's wife.

Forensic psychologist Jill Kennedy has given up police work for a quiet life in the Lancashire village of Kelton Bridge. But when Martin Hayden, a seventeen-year-old schoolboy, is murdered, DCI Max Trentham, Jill’s ex-colleague, wants her back at work. As they hunt Martin’s killer, they discover that nothing is as it seems. When the killer strikes again, Jill and Max find themselves in a desperate Shirley Wells lives in Lancashire, United Kingdom. She has published twelve novels, of which the most recent is Into the Shadows , the first novel in the Jill Kennedy and DCI Max Trentham series.

Praise for Shirley Wells: “A deft combination of police procedural and psychological thriller.”— Kirkus Reviews “A satisfying cross between a police procedural and a modern, slightly edgy British village mystery, leaving the reader eager for more Max and Jill investigations.”— Booklist A woman’s body is found in a quarry, wrapped in a shroud. Five years earlier, four women were killed the same way. But the man whom Jill Kennedy and Max Trentham believed to be guilty is dead—or is he? Shirley Wells lives in Lancashire, England. She has published thirteen novels, including two previous novels in the Kennedy-Trentham series.

Forensic psychologist Jill Kennedy and DCI Max Trentham investigate a crime in the quiet Lancashire village where Kennedy has made her home. A man with a dark past has been murdered after moving there from London. While local residents are always wary of newcomers, one in particular seems especially determined to hinder the investigation.

Residents of the sleepy Lancashire village of Kelton Bridge, where forensic psychologist Jill Kennedy has made her home, are looking forward to Christmas. But then the body of a young woman is discovered on the bleak hillside. DCI Max Trentham, now begins the hunt for Lauren Cole's killer. And all the evidence points to one man. But Max's chief suspect is Jill's neighbour and she refuses to believe him guilty of the brutal murder. Yet, as they delve into his past, Jill to clear her friend's name and Max to secure a conviction, Jill is forced to question her own judgement. And then another body is found...

Forensic psychologist Jill Kennedy had planned to spend the evening before her wedding with her family enjoying a big drink. Or preferably three big drinks. However, all is not well in the sleepy Lancashire village of Kelton Bridge. A young schoolgirl is missing and the girl’s stepfather, a man from Jill’s past, is under suspicion. Jill’s future husband, Detective Chief Inspector Max Trentham, is on leave, all set to spend the next fortnight enjoying a honeymoon in Venice, and Jill isn’t happy leaving the investigation to Detective Inspector Clinton. Besides, who can relax when a child is missing? Jill certainly can’t, especially when it becomes clear that her own life is in danger…