Books by Nick Guthrie

The Custodian is available for pre-order from Bookshop.org, Amazon, Waterstones, Kobo, and other booksellers.
...and from the publisher, No Exit Press.

DI Bolam series

The Custodian

Severed fingers delivered in the post, old and tragic memories stirred… someone is stage-managing the reopening of long-forgotten cases, manipulating the victims’ families’ grief decades after their loved ones went missing. And DI Bolam, newly appointed to the town’s Serious Crimes team, finds himself in the thick of it, in a job he had never wanted, in a town that holds only sadness for him and reminders of all he has lost.

A police procedural mystery, full of twists and turns, following DI Bolam as he attempts to unravel the dark history of the town where his late wife grew up, even if it means tearing apart what remains of his own family.

"A meticulously plotted crime novel, revealing a darker side to coastal Suffolk. I read it in one sitting." — Ruth Dugdall, winner of the Crime Writers’ Association’s Debut Dagger Award and author of The Woman Before Me.

"A tightly woven plot line that really delivers that page-turning crucial punch. A great start to a new series." — Michelle Kidd, author of the DI Jack MacIntosh and DI Nicki Hardcastle books.

"The Custodian by Nick Guthrie has everything: engaging characters, an intriguing mystery, vivid action sequences and a page-turning plot. You'll have gathered I enjoyed every page." — Heather Peck, winner of the Page Turner Award and author of the DCI Greg Geldard series.

"While reading this novel I almost became another of its victims, having passages when I found it difficult to breathe. It’s what you want from a crime thriller, a feeling of being strongly gripped, unable to prise yourself away. Nick Guthrie has the ability to keep you firmly locked to the story, anxious to reach its denouement." — Garry Kilworth, winner of the Charles Whiting Award for Historical War Literature, and the World Fantasy Award.

"A gritty, gripping crime story. A determined detective with a haunted past – A quiet seaside town hiding shocking crimes – A cast of well crafted characters – An intense investigation taking us back and forth in the search for missing bodies – A mysterious murderer with dark motives from deep inside a criminal mind. A 5***** story with a troubled detective searching for an evil killer haunting the present with his murderous past." — PN Johnson, former BBC and ITV radio and TV presenter, reporter and producer, and author of the Tess Anderson series of romantic thrillers.

The Custodian is available for pre-order from Bookshop.org, Amazon, Waterstones, Kobo, and other booksellers.
...and from the publisher, No Exit Press.

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Title to be confirmed

Book Two in the DI Bolam series. To be published by No Exit Press in 2027.

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