The best in crime and suspense you’ll read all year…

“Teenager” and “Brecon” might evoke fond memories of summer backpacking in the Welsh hills. Probably not the image of an adolescent girl’s body under a bridge in the middle of a winter night.

Found by the River Usk the next morning, nobody local knows who the victim is. DI Ben James and DS Erica Bevan find nothing nationwide either. So young, how could anyone not have reported her missing?

As soon as drugs enter the picture, it would be easy for the police to conclude she was just another tearaway who has taken the wrong path into drugs and crime.

But when ex-detective Heidi Holtz sees first hand and close to home how determined and ruthless dealers will use youngsters for their county lines operations, the case gets personal.

CODDLING MOLLY is the fifth suspenseful crime novel by Nicola Clifford. The full list of her books is as follows:

1. NO REFUGE
2. THE CONSORTIUM
3. NOT FORGOTTEN
4. RIGHT OF SANCTUARY
5. CODDLING MOLLY
6. GONE TO THE DOGS
7. MURDER SPIKE
8. RIVER OF BODIES
9. GREEN SHOOTS

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