The Conway Harbour Killings : A tense and gritty police procedural from the bestselling crime author

Author: Simon McCleave

Crime & mystery

Published on 20 November 2025 by Canelo (Canelo Crime) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the DI Ruth Hunter' series.

Paperback | 288 pages
128 x 198 x 30mm | 204g

THE MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLERThe epic Welsh crime thriller fiction series featuring the much-loved DI Ruth Hunter.Playing happy families can be a deadly game.

Geoff Williams is a popular coach to the Conwy under-18s rugby team, being a former Wales player himself. He loves the attention from the lads’ mums, while his wife looks the other way. But when Geoff is found stabbed to death, after a bloody struggle, one family seems to have especially close ties.

Louie Ellroy is a promising player, hampered by a fiery temper; Zoe, his mum, enjoys flirting with the coach while on the touchlines even though her husband Neil has heard the rumours flying around. When their twenty-one-year-old daughter Rhian vanishes on the day Geoff is murdered, it adds one more suspect to the household’s list. DI Ruth Hunter has a murder to solve and a missing woman to find.

A page-turning Welsh detective novel, perfect for fans of LJ Ross, Neil Lancaster and Michael Wood.

PRAISE FOR SIMON McCLEAVE ‘Absolutely thrilling’ Helen Fields‘Action-packed’ Lisa Gardner‘Keeps you gripped’ Rachel McLean