Murder on the Stairs - Available Now on Amazon
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Murder on the Stairs - Ray Holder Crime Thriller Book 1
Available Now on Amazon
When a woman is found murdered in the stairwell of a Birmingham council estate, the police are quick to close the case. A robbery gone wrong. Paperwork filed. Silence restored.
Ray Holder isn’t convinced.
Once a detective, now a pariah after trying to expose corruption inside the force, Ray recognises the signs of a death that’s been made convenient. Too many gaps. Too many assumptions. Too much pressure to move on. Living on the same estate, he begins quietly retracing the victim’s last months—sorting through tenancy notices, letters, referrals, and half-explained “support” that never quite helped.
With no badge and no protection, Ray follows the trail through stairwells, pubs, and community centres, where gossip fills the spaces authority leaves blank. What emerges isn’t just a single act of violence, but a network of quiet agreements—between landlords, debt schemes, and institutions that present themselves as help while feeding on desperation. On an estate where everyone is watched and no one feels heard, asking the wrong questions can be dangerous.
Murder on the Stairs is a slow-burn British urban noir: gritty, socially conscious, and grounded in working-class estate life. Character-led and morally ambiguous, it introduces Ray Holder—an investigator who can’t stop pulling at loose threads, even when justice comes at the cost of his career, his reputation, and his place in the community.
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