Black and White Publishing
Books published by Black and White Publishing
Our Little Secrets
The ambitious and hard-bitten DI Janet Hadden seeks help from a gang boss to boost her own career. But in a fast-changing underworld there’s always a price to pay.
Reviewed on 31 January 2020 by John Cleal
A Sinner's Prayer
Against his better judgement, JT Ellington is lured back into the murky world of private investigation. But with a sizeable proportion of the bad guys in Bristol after him, even the resourceful JT might finally have met his match
Reviewed on 27 July 2019 by Linda Wilson
Where No Shadows Fall
Formerly a criminal investigator, Superintendent Grace Macallan is desk bound and, unable to stand it any longer, requests a transfer. It so happens that a notorious Glasgow gang member has apparently committed suicide whilst in prison. Grace is given the task of investigating the suicide and compiling a report.
Reviewed on 27 July 2019 by Arnold Taylor
Vermin
When Scottish PI Allan Linton is hired to find a missing young woman he finds himself in a world of gangsters, people traffickers and murder.
Reviewed on 24 November 2018 by John Cleal
Black Water
Ten-year-old Jig is recruited into a vicious Dublin street gang. Undercover Garda Shay seeks to save the boy, but puts his own family at risk.
Reviewed on 07 July 2018 by John Cleal
Cause of Death
DCI Grace Macallan and the newly-formed Lothian and Borders Major Crime Team must track down whoever is brutally attacking and now killing prostitutes.
Reviewed on 12 May 2018 by Linda Wilson
Restless Coffins
Bristol 1967. Private investigator JT Ellington receives a tragic telegram that sends him on a journey to Harlem, New Orleans and his native Barbados.
Reviewed on 31 March 2018 by Nicola Hodges
The Damselfly
In a small town in Scotland, a gifted girl is found murdered. And the townspeople are determined to take matters into their own hands.
Reviewed on 16 September 2017 by John Barnbrook
Blood For Blood
Criminal brain Red Dock steals a policeman’s daughter to begin a carefully planned, brutal and barbaric revenge on the family who put him and his twin brother into care.
Reviewed on 18 February 2017 by John Cleal
Abigale Hall
Two sisters are sent away by their aunt to work at an isolated Welsh mansion. Amongst the dark and cold rooms they are surrounded by rumours of missing maids and a young bride who disappeared before her wedding.
Reviewed on 09 July 2016 by Ewa Sherman
All Through The Night
Bristol private investigator JT Ellington is hired to retrieve some papers stolen from an orphanage, and to find the truth. That’s the part of the job that proves the hardest.
Reviewed on 28 May 2016 by Linda Wilson
The Secret Life and Curious Death of Miss Jean Milne
The torture and brutal killing of a wealthy spinster in a quiet Scottish seaside town baffles police.
Reviewed on 21 November 2015 by John Cleal
Lawless
Journalist Campbell McBride’s true crime book is a success, but at a signing in his home town he is confronted by the father of one of the killers he featured who swears his son’s innocence. McBride re-examines the case when instinct tells him the man is telling the truth.
Reviewed on 07 February 2015 by John Cleal
Artefacts of the Dead
Critically injured DI Bob Valentine is recalled from convalescence to investigate two horrifying murders. His investigations are hampered by an anxious by-the-book divisional commander and a series of ‘visions’ that leave him doubting his own sanity.
Reviewed on 23 August 2014 by John Cleal
Heartman
1965. Bristol. When a young black woman goes missing the police don’t seem particularly interested. But local councillor Earl Linney wants her found, and thinks former Barbados cop JT Ellington is the man for the job.
Reviewed on 09 August 2014 by Linda Wilson
Tide
Sarah Midnight is a demon hunter, caught up in a deadly war and not knowing who to trust: Sean, who’s already lied to her, or the mysterious Nicholas who she knows almost nothing about. If she makes the wrong choice, she could die.
Reviewed on 26 July 2014 by Linda Wilson
