[DI Ray Drake 01] • The Two O'Clock Boy

**'A fantastic debut: dark, addictive and original. ****I couldn't put it down****'**

**Robert Bryndza, author of *The Girl in the Ice***

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* **Discover the gripping, twist-filled start to a fantastic new London-set crime thriller series starring morally corrupt DI Ray Drake - the perfect new addiction for fans of LUTHER.** *

**TWO CHILDHOOD FRIENDS... ONE BECAME A DETECTIVE... ONE BECAME A KILLER...**

Thirty years ago, the Longacre Children's Home stood on a London street where once-grand Victorian homes lay derelict. There its children lived in terror of Gordon Tallis, the home's manager.

Then Connor Laird arrived: a frighteningly intense boy who quickly became Tallis' favourite criminal helper. Soon after, destruction befell the Longacre, and the facts of that night have lain buried . . . until today.

Now, a mysterious figure, the Two O'Clock Boy, is killing all who grew up there, one by one. DI Ray Drake will do whatever it take to stop the murders - but he will go even further to cover up the truth.

**'A cracking debut. I can't wait to see more of Ray Drake.'**

******Mark Billingham**

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**'Wreaks havoc with your assumptions****. Hill has a hell of a career ahead of him'**

**Alex Marwood, author of *The Wicked Girls* and *The Darkest Secret***

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** ** ****'Utterly gripping, packed with unforgettable characters - and SO well-written.** **The twists had me reeling!'**

**Louise Voss**