Someone's watching. Someone's Lonely. Someone's going to Die.

In this chilling and emotionally charged thriller, the line between mercy and murder blurs—and the hunter may not be who you think.

For readers who love emotional depth with their crime fiction, Lonely Hearts is a gripping start to the DI Claire Falle series—twisty, heartfelt, and impossible to put down.

Detective Inspector Claire Falle is called to investigate a brutal murder. The victim? A client of a discreet dating agency. As more deaths follow, Claire begins to suspect a serial killer is hiding behind the heartbreak.

At the heart of the case is Rachel West, who works at the dating agency and lives with a secret past. Someone is stalking her. And as her memories from a solitary childhood on a remote Norfolk farm resurface, Rachel begins to unravel.

Can Claire work out the connection between all the deaths before Rachel becomes the next victim?
What is it in Rachel’s past that haunts her?

As DI Claire Falle investigates the lives of the dating agency staff and clients, she is pulled into a tangled web of loneliness and deceit which will have devastating consequences for someone…

Lonely Hearts by Gwyn Bennett

Reading order:

  • Lonely Hearts (Book 1)
  • Home Help (Book 2)
  • Death Bond (Book 3)

“WOW - what a twist! It absolutely had me on the edge of my seat." "Brilliant. If you want to get completely lost in a page-turner with an amazing twist, then Lonely Hearts is the book for you.” ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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Next in the series...

Home Help, book 2 in the DI Claire Falle crime thriller series by Gwyn Bennett

When a young accountant is found dead in his car—locked from the outside and infested with venomous snakes—Detective Inspector Claire Falle knows this is no ordinary murder. As the media frenzy builds and the victim’s secrets unravel, Claire is thrown into a case that spans from the streets of London to the shadows of her childhood in Jersey.

Death Bond by Gwyn Bennett

Detective Inspector Claire Falle is in charge of her first murder investigation. It looks like an open and shut case, but she soon discovers that it’s not what it seems.

The investigation not only tests her policing skills, but pushes her to the limit.

How far will she go to ensure justice is done?

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