Addictive Books

In Grimm Up North, scarred ex-soldier DCI Harry Grimm lands in rural North Yorkshire, exiled from Bristol and itching to leave—until a local teen vanishes. With a brutal awareness of human trafficking’s horrors, Grimm suspects the worst. As he clashes with locals and digs into dark secrets, he races against time to save a life in this gripping, darkly humorous series debut.

Will justice slip through his fingers like smoke? DCI Harry Grimm is on edge—big changes loom, and his team reels from loss. But when a charred corpse surfaces in a coffee warehouse, he's thrust back into the fray. As bodies appear from Yorkshire to Scotland, Grimm races to outsmart a cunning killer. In Ashes of Betrayal, David J. Gatward delivers a thriller where secrets smolder and danger ignites.

In Blood Fountain, city-tough Harry Grimm finds rural peace shattered when a decapitated corpse appears on his favorite pub’s quoit pitch. Soon, another body turns up at a famed waterfall, hinting at dark undercurrents in this quiet town. Grimm must dive deep into local grudges and hidden hostilities, racing against time to catch a killer lurking beneath paradise’s idyllic surface. Haunting, atmospheric, unforgettable.