The Cheat Killers by Gordon Warden

Detective Inspector Harry Black has a couple of burning issues...

How did his attractive female flight companion vanish into thin air?

Who is honey-trapping married men and killing them in bizarre ways?

After helping out police colleagues in New York, Harry Black travels back to the UK. During the flight, he finds himself enjoying the company of an attractive woman, however as they reach the end of the journey, she vanishes!
He returns to work but gets a lukewarm reception from a newly promoted Superintendent, who believes Harry should have a more subtle approach to his job. She accuses him of being outdated in his methods, but still wants him to investigate a murder.
Harry sets to work and as more dead bodies start to pile up, he quickly realizes that the victims are married men who have been cheating on their wives.

Who is behind these killings? Are the wives working together in some sort of strange pact?

Why are clues being left at each of the murder scenes? Does the murderer want to be found?

After a close encounter with death, Harry has other issues to consider...
A  brutal local family is terrorizing the local area. Harry quickly discovers that things aren't what they seem, and has to take extreme action after a colleague is brutally attacked.
There is also the small matter of an elderly lottery winner who goes missing, still wearing his night clothes, who turns out to be related to his new boss. Should Harry's priorities change?

Amid this series of events, there is the arrival of an attractive new colleague.
Could this be a possible romance for Harry?

The Cheat Killers begins slowly and sedately. All of a sudden, you'll find yourself hurled into a fast-paced, edge-of-the-seat novel, that won't let you pause for breath until the very last page.

If you enjoy Ian Rankin, David Baldacci, and James Patterson, you will love this first book in the Harry Black thriller series. However, get a pot of coffee on the go, you won't want to put this down!