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Hell's Fire is the 4th book in this Manchester based series. Killing Beasts was selected as a Best Crime book for 2005 by Shots Magazineand his second novel Pecking Order was selected as a best British crime novel by Deadly Pleasures Magazine.
From the blurb:
The deliberate torching of a church creates outrage across Manchester. And when a charred corpse and satanic symbols are found in the smoking ruins, DI Jon Spicer and the city's Major Incident Team are called in.
First line:
Jon Spicer reached up, turned on the interior light and examined the top third of his face in the rear view mirror. He sighed. It looked like a fine red gauze had settled over each eyeball.