Dead Watch

A moral lapse puts firefighters on a collision course with violence in this fast-paced and unputdownable crime thriller.

Life for the firefighters of Red Watch, East Brighton, is already complicated due to the imminent closure of their fire station. But this is soon to be the least of their worries.

When the team stumble upon a car in a ditch, they discover the driver is dead and a bag containing five hundred thousand pounds in cash. Before anyone arrives, the crew decide to take the money, believing it to be a victimless crime.

When they later learn that the driver was killed by a bullet wound to the head their world is turned upside down.

Then a stranger appears at the station claiming the money belongs to him.

Soon the firefighters are drawn into a dangerous underworld and find themselves at the mercy of violent criminals.

But is this stranger who he claims to be?

And can Red Watch escape with the money and their lives intact?

“An engrossing and thrilling read. It has a great cast of characters of which it is really hard to choose a favourite. Packed full of suspense of what was going to happen next, I really did struggle to put it down.” —By the Letter Book Reviews

“Love how the author has used his own personal work experience, just the firefighting side of course, to centre the story on. It all works a treat!” —Books from Dusk till Dawn

“I found the book vivid, gritty and the characters really realistic.” —On the Shelf Reviews