The Watcher: A Gripping Crime Thriller Full of Suspense and MysteryPaperback, 6 April 2021

How do you solve a case when there isn't a crime scene?

When DI Melanie Watton and her team are called in to investigate a video recording that surfaces in a local school, they realise that they have a complex case on their hands. When the recording is studied by the Medical Examiner, it becomes apparent the team are now faced with a gruesome recording of a murder. Over the course of several minutes, the killer administers drugs before suffocating a man on camera. With no known crime scene, the team have nothing more than the video evidence in front of them and face a challenge to identify both the victim and the killer. But when a suspect is discovered Melanie and her team are up against a killer who is more evil than anyone could have imagined...

The Watcher can be read as the sequel to Charlotte Barnes' mystery thriller, The Copycat or as an unmissable stand-alone. If you are a fan of detective stories by authors such as Helen H. Durrant and Angela Marsons, then you'll love this unmissable police series. Charlotte Barnes is also the author of the critically-acclaimed psychological thriller, Intention.