The Cold Calling

Hailed as the British alternative to the X-Files, Will Kingdom's paranormal thrillers combine crime and the supernatural to electrifying effect.

Life isn't easy for D.I. Bobby Maiden, possibly the only honest detective in a corrupt police division. And death is even harder. When Maiden is revived after dying in a hit-and-run incident, his memories are not those of white lights and angelic music – only of a place he has no wish to revisit... ever. But his neardeath experience means that Bobby Maiden may be the only person who can reach the Green Man, a serial killer the police don't even know exits – a savage predator who haunts prehistoric stones and burial mounds in the belief that he is defending Britain's sacred heritage. Meanwhile, journalist Grayle Underhill arrives from New York to search for her sister, who's become obsessed with the arcane mysteries of the Stone Age. The bloody trail leads to a remote village on the Welsh Border, and to people who know there are more crimes in heaven and earth than are dreamt of...