No Smoke Without Fire (DCI Warren Jones, Book 2)

Name: No Smoke Without Fire (DCI Warren Jones, Book 2)
Rating: 4.277777671813965 (18 reviews)

Paul Gitsham

Jul 2014 · DCI Warren Jones Book 2 · HarperCollins UK

4.3

18 reviews

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DCI Warren Jones has a bad feeling when the body of a young woman turns up in Beaconsfield Woods. She’s been raped and strangled but the murderer has been careful to leave no DNA evidence.

There are, of course, suspects – boyfriend, father – to check out but, worryingly, it looks more and more like a stranger murder.

Warren’s worst fears are confirmed when another young woman is killed in the same way.

The MO fits that of Richard Cameron who served twelve years for rape. But Cameron never killed his victims and he has a cast-iron alibi.

Then personal tragedy intervenes and Warren is off the case. But the pressure is mounting and another woman goes missing. Warren is back but will the break he desperately needs come before there’s another victim?

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‘Loved it! Fabulous book.’ Reader review, 5 Stars

‘I was kept on a knife edge until the very end & was sorry when I got there... can't wait for the next outing.’ Reader review, 5 Stars

‘An excellent read.’ Reader review, 5 Stars

‘Brilliant read full of twists and turns, loved every minute... Unputdownable.’ Reader review, 5 Stars

‘This book is without doubt one of the best crime/detective novels I have read...Paul Gitsham never ceases to fill his pages with surprises and DCI Warren Jones is always a winner.’ Reader review, 5 Stars

The DCI Warren Jones series
1 The Last Straw
2 No Smoke Without Fire
Blood is Thicker than Water (Novella)
3 Silent as the Grave
A Case Gone Cold (Novella)
4 The Common Enemy
A Deadly Lesson (Novella)
5 Forgive Me Father
At First Glance (Novella)
6 A Price to Pay
7 Out of Sight
8 Time to Kill
9 Web of Lies

Ratings and reviews

4.3

18 reviews

John Doherty

January 7, 2016

After reading a few Peter James books I decided on a change (or so I thought). The story lines and characters were so similar they could have been written by the same author. Even down to the main characters side kick being trained for a high speed car chase. I also solved the case way too early.

Gavin Parish

June 28, 2020

This second novel in the DCI Jones series can make for quite difficult reading at times as it deals with a serial rapist/killer who seems to be a few steps ahead of the police despite their best efforts to catch him before he strikes again. It's one of those stories where you really feel for the victims and their families and just want the police to hurry up, but then the author knows, and shows, that life is never that simple. This makes for a very action-driven finale where until the last few pages nothing is quite certain.

Jennifer Graziano

May 27, 2025

Origin of the alphabet; number line, computer is the same place. There isn't a calendar without a programmer; different ones in society are for companies to supply basic utilities; motor vehicles, food clothes & shelter. Computer programs give the answers to outstanding questions; humans do not. They also drive all artificial moving objects; humans do not. One program designs all the building and a different one does cars; the program includes after they are built schedules for them and us. Cameras are a derivative of computer separate from video recorder for unreal pictures and photograph obstructing justice to disappear or vanish includes video tapes & DVD's.

About the author

Paul Gitsham started his career as a biologist working in the UK and Canada. After stints as the world’s most over-qualified receptionist and a spell ensuring that international terrorists hadn’t opened a Child's Savings Account at a major UK bank (a job even duller than working reception) he retrained as a Science Teacher.

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