Killing Jericho
**WINNER OF THE GENRE-BUSTING BOOK OF THE YEAR FINGERPRINT AWARD 2024**
**SHORTLISTED FOR THE THEAKSTON OLD PECULIER CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR AWARD 2024**
'One hell of a ride' - THE TIMES
'Revelatory' - VAL MCDERMID
'A must-read' - JANICE HALLETT
'A genuine triumph' - IAN MOORE
'What more could a reader ask for?' - JOHN CONNOLLY
'A thrilling helter-skelter' - SARAH PINBOROUGH
'A fantastically gothic thriller' - SJ WATSON
'An absolute cracker' - T.M. LOGAN
'A first-class thriller' - CHRIS WHITAKER
'A blisteringly new brand of hero' - SARAH HILARY
'Agatha Christie meets Se7en' - TINA BAKER
'Furiously-paced and full of twists' - ALEX SMITH
'Addictively dark' - HEAT
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WHEN THE FAIR COMES TO TOWN, A KILLER'S GAME BEGINS...
Scott Jericho thought he'd worked his last case. Fresh out of jail, the disgraced former detective is forced to seek refuge with the fairground family he once rejected.
Then a series of bizarre murders comes to light - deaths that echo a century-old fairground legend. The police can't connect the victims. But Jericho knows how the legend goes; that more murders are certain to follow.
As Jericho unpicks the deadly mystery, a terrifying question haunts him. As a direct descendant of one of the victims in the legend, is Jericho next on the killer's list?
From the award-winning author of The Outrage comes Killing Jericho, the gothic, helter-skelter thriller debut that introduces crime fiction's first ever Traveller detective, Scott Jericho.
What readers are saying about the most exciting thriller of 2023:
'I read it all in one go just could not bear to put it down' ***** Liz W, Netgalley
'A perfect thriller' ***** Kyle W, Netgalley
'Simply stunning' ***** Bev H, Netgalley
'Holy ****, this is good!' ***** Marieke D, Netgalley
'Full of mystery and suspense with twists that kept me guessing' Aria H, Netgalley
William Hussey is the critically acclaimed author of over a dozen novels. Winner of the Genre Busting Book of the Year Fingerprint Award for Killing Jericho, he has also been shortlisted for the Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year, the CrimeFest Award, and the Polari Prize.
Born the son of a travelling showman, he has spent a lifetime absorbing the history, folklore and culture of fairground people, knowledge he has now put to work in his Scott Jericho thrillers. William lives in Dumfries with his partner Chris and their criminally adorable cat Harry.