The Ash Grove Murders: DCI Michael Holloway Mystery

DCI Michael Holloway thought he had put Ash Grove behind him—the grey, brutalist housing estate where he spent his haunted childhood before it was demolished. But when a body is discovered near the old grounds, arranged in a tableau from decades past, Holloway is pulled back into a place he swore he'd never revisit.

As more victims emerge—all former residents of Ash Grove—it becomes clear the killer is building a message in blood, one murder at a time. Each scene is a twisted echo of life in the estate's final, violent years, and each clue seems unnervingly personal.

Haunted by fragmented memories and a secret he buried as a boy, Holloway must return to the heart of Manchester's forgotten slums and face the possibility that he may not just be hunting the killer—he may have inspired them. Partnered with a sharp new detective and shadowed by his daughter Eliza, a rising criminal profiler, Holloway walks a psychological tightrope between guilt and justice.

The deeper they dig, the more it becomes clear: the crimes of Ash Grove never ended—they were simply waiting to be unearthed.