DS Charlie Rees Series by Ripley Hayes

DS Charlie Rees has been sent … on holiday.His boss says Charlie is burned out and needs a break from crime.The first day is pretty quiet. The rest, not so much. Charlie spends it trying to find out who killed the sexy lifeguard and left the body in the room next door. Then it turns out that main suspect is the man Charlie spent the night with.This is a standalone novella which can be read as the beginning the DS Charlie Rees series.

DS Charlie Rees wants a fresh start.He wants to make his name as a serious, professional, detective.Two students disappear. This could be Charlie’s chance. If he can find them.But the university doesn’t want to admit they’re missing, and his personal life is a disaster.The fresh start is turning into a hot mess.

An early morning phone call. A dead teenager. A bunch of hostile witnesses with a wedding to attend.Charlie Rees was enjoying the calm after the storm in Llanfair. He thought he and Tom Pennant might get some peaceful time together. Maybe even fall in love. Not a chance.As Charlie battles to get justice for a murdered boy, Tom has his own battle to save the art college and his career.This is book two of the Charlie Rees trilogy. The books are best read in order.

It was supposed to be a holiday. In New York City. A chance for Tom to do some drawing, and for Charlie to see the sights.The streets of the city seem safe and clean. Everyone is friendly, and the doughnuts are to die for.Charlie and Tom have an unexpected encounter with the past in a piano bar, but it’s OK. They’ve got the Atlantic Ocean between them and the troubles of the last year. It’s all behind them.Until they get asked for help in an unexplained death.What could possibly go wrong?