The Cleansing

by Bill Rogers

Overview

The Award Winning debut novel in the acclaimed DCI Tom Caton Manchester Murder Mysteries series of Detective novels.A serial Killer haunts the streets of Manchester. DCI Caton and forensic profiler Kate Webb must follow the trail from the site of the old mass cholera graves, through the penthouse opulence of canalside apartments, to the Gothic grandeur of the Town Hall. Time is running out for Tom, Kate, and the City.Shortlisted for the Longbarn Books Debut Novel Award, Awarded the Ebook Consortium Writer's Award.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781909856103
Publisher:	Caton Books
Publication date:	03/29/2014
Edition description:	Revised
Pages:	364
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.81(d)

About the Author

Bill Rogers has, to date, written twelve novels in the DCI Tom Caton Manchester Crime Thriller series. And four books in the National Crime Agency SI Joanne Stuart series. A Trace of Blood reached the semi-final of the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award, is set in Manchester New Hampshire, Kerry in Ireland, and Manchester England. In 2011 Bill received the ePublishing Consortium's Writer's Award for The Cleansing , which was also shortlisted for the LongBarn Books Debut Novel Award. All of his books have featured in the Amazon Kindle top Ten Bestsellers in the British Crime Fiction category. Backwash was a top fifty Bestseller in all categories. He has also written an anthology of short Crime Stories, An adventuer/coming of age novel for young adults and adults alike, a book of walks in Manchester based on his novels, and a historical biography based on two diaries, with all proceeds to the Motor Neurone Disease Association.For eighteen years he worked for the Manchester City Council Education Department Inspectorate. During that time he appeared for seven years with Tony Wilson on the ground breaking Granada/ITV Which Way programme. Shortly after the Commonwealth Games he retired as Principal Inspector and Head of the School Improvement Service,. He then worked for 4 days a week as a Lead Facilitator at the National College For School Leadership. On the fifth day, he began the research for his new career as a writer of crime fiction.Born in London, within the sound of Bow Bells, Bill has lived and worked for the past fifty years in Greater Manchester. He comes from four generations of Metropolitan Police Officers - his grandfather was a founder member and head of the Flying Squad - and also draws some of the inspiration for his novels from his work as Education Liaison Officer with the Greater Manchester Police Service.