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THE TROPHY KILLER an Absolutely Gripping Crime Thriller with a Massive Twist
4.0 (1 rating)

THE TROPHY KILLER an Absolutely Gripping Crime Thriller with a Massive Twist

MEET DETECTIVE NICKI HARDCASTLE IN THIS BRILLIANT NEW SUFFOLK-BASED CRIME SERIES.

Three grisly crime scenes. Body parts strewn across the pretty market town of Bury St Edmunds. Detective Nicki Hardcastle tackles her darkest case yet.

It's a freezing December night when Detective Nicki gets the call. An elderly theatregoer finds his Dress Circle seat and receives the shock of his life: resting on the faded cushion is a pair of human eyes.

Several hours later, a few miles across town, comes the second horrifying find. A severed human tongue.

Then a worshipper at the cathedral is appalled to discover a human hand under the pew in front of her.

One dismembered body - or three tortured victims?

The pretty market town of Bury St Edmunds has never seen anything like it.

Someone is playing twisted games with Nicki and her team - but only the killer seems to know the rules.

Nicki is in a race against time to track down a brutal murderer - before more victims meet a grisly fate.

Perfect for fans of Helen H. Durrant, Joy Ellis, Ann Cleeves, Angela Marsons and Rachel McLean.

Reader Reviews

4.0

1 rating

Torey H.

Aug 15, 2026

I enjoyed this UK police procedural from Michelle Kidd as part of #adoptanauthorApril and was completely intrigued by the gruesome crime scenes and the work of Nicki and Graham. The author has a bunch of novels with this detective if you enjoy police books with continuity as much as I do.

About the Author

Michelle Kidd
Michelle Kidd is best known for the Detective Inspector Jack MacIntosh series of novels set in London, and the Detective Inspector Nicki Hardcastle series set in her current hometown of Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. Both series are published by Joffe Books.
Michelle qualified as a lawyer in the early 1990s and spent the best part of ten years practising civil and criminal litigation. But the dream to write books was never far from her mind and in 2008 she began writing the manuscript that would become the first DI Jack MacIntosh novel. She loves reading, wine and cats, not always in that order..