This image is the cover for the book No Way Out, The Met Murder Investigations

No Way Out, The Met Murder Investigations

A man is trapped in a strange room, strapped to a bed—while DC Nasreen Maqsood desperately scours London to find him . . .

Daniel Rose finds himself in a confusing and terrifying predicament after awakening in an unfamiliar place, physically restrained. He is soon introduced to a beautiful, intimidating woman who calls herself the Queen Bee and refers to Danny as one of her workers. But what exactly does that mean and what does she want with him? Meanwhile, Detective Constable Nasreen Maqsood gets assigned to Danny’s missing persons case. Not only does she want to crack it so she can prove to her male superiors that she’s right for the job; she also wants to find Danny because they used to be old school friends.

Meanwhile, still trapped, Danny starts to realise there are other bees in the bunker—new ones and ones who are coming to the end of their usefulness. What happens to a bee taken to C Wing? What happens when your time is up? Nasreen has no idea what she’s up against, and for Daniel, the clock is ticking . . .

DC Brockwell

DC Brockwell lives in Burgess Hill, West Sussex, with his wife, Beks and rescue cat, Olivia. He works as a dental technician for Elite Dental Studios in the day, and writes crime/horror/action and adventure/romance stories in the evenings and weekends. After completing his dental technicians’ course at Lambeth College in March 2018, he sat down and started taking his writing more seriously, completing five first drafts of novels in a year. A graduate of criminology and criminal justice studies at the University of Portsmouth, he has always had an interest in crime, specifically abnormal psychology. It was while studying criminology that he penned his first (unpublished) novel, which, he says, will never see the light of day. He self-published his first romance novel, The Southern Belles in July 2019, under his pseudonym, Katie Simpkins, a name both he and Beks chose together. His first crime novel is a contemporary and gritty crime drama.

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