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The Red Death is Published Today

Congratulations to Abraham Kawa, whose heart-pounding murder mystery, The Red Death, is published today!

The Red Death is the second police procedural crime novel in the Bates and Briant Investigations series — gritty, hard-boiled thrillers set in 1960s and 1970s London and Europe.

Rome, 1970

After a disturbing murder case left DI Chris Bates’ mental health shattered, he spent time recovering in an asylum before being released to a halfway house.

He receives a photo of police photographer Helen Briant in Rome along with a message to join him there, with a hint she’s in trouble. With nothing tying him to home, Chris decides to go.

In Rome, he discovers Helen in a desperate situation. She is caught in a web of blackmail, threats and violence.

And when some of those threatening her are murdered, Helen is hauled in for questioning.

Keen to clear Helen’s name, Chris is determined to get to the bottom of the mystery. But the further he delves into it, the more complicated it becomes.

And when more victims are found, the stakes become even higher…

Happy Publication Day to Abraham Kawa!

Congratulations to Abraham Kawa, whose heart-pounding murder mystery, The Capricorn Murders, is published today! The Capricorn Muders is the first book in the Bates and Briant Investigations series.

London, 1969

When two dead women are discovered in a peat bog, Murder Squad DI Chris Bates is joined on the scene by police photographer Helen Briant, with whom he has a thorny relationship.

Fingerprints identify the women as Maddy Lynn, a glamour model-turned-prostitute, and Gillian Loder, long-missing daughter of former Junior Cabinet Minister Anthony Loder.

While unrelated and murdered years apart, both girls were killed in ways evocative of druidic rituals.

Intrigued by the gap between the murders, Chris starts looking at other unsolved similar cases.

And he soon discovers more potential victims who were lost young people like Gillian and Maddy.

Meanwhile, Helen has become obsessed with the case, filling her studio with photos of the victims and attempting to connect them through a visual reconstruction of their lives.

Their methods complementing each other, Bates and Briant find themselves drawn into an uneasy collaboration as they seek to unravel the mystery…