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Angel of Death
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03 November 2026

An investigative crime thriller that braids a fifteen-year-old disappearance, a ruined millionaire's final plan and a survivor who's done with running. Northern England noir where a detective's faith in the law is tested by what powerful people bury.
She Ran For Fifteen Years. Now She Fights Back.
Fifteen-year-old Grace Kirby kisses her mum and heads off to school. It's a day like any other, except that Grace will never return home.
Fifteen years on, Stephen Baxley has made millions and lost millions. Suicide seems like the only way out, but he has no intention of leaving behind his wife, son and daughter. He wants the family together forever, in this world or the next.
Angel is on the brink too. Then a name on the news drags her back to a windowless basement and the terrible thing that happened there, the thing she's spent most of her life running from. The time for running is over.
At the scene of a fatal shooting, Detective Jim Monahan finds evidence of a sickening crime linked to a missing girl. Then more people start turning up dead. The answers will test to breaking point Jim's faith in the law he's spent his life upholding.
Angel of Death is the second book in the Steel City Thrillers series, for readers who love interlocking storylines, cold-case disappearances, avenging survivors and detectives pushed to the edge. Perfect for fans of Ian Rankin, Ann Cleeves and L.J. Ross.
What Amazon and Goodreads readers are saying about Ben Cheetham's books
Wow a real who done it!! Twists and turns from beginning to end. One story feeds into another and then they all connect. A story of despair and murder that leads to the truth of people with power feeding on the young and weak.
What a ride!! This is a gripping, horrifyingly addictive story. I was on the edge of my seat until the very end! Bravo!
So thrilling, tragic, and page-turningly good.
Totally captivating. It's a shocking, mind blowing story.
Nooo! This book cannot be done!!! I want to keep reading!!! Love this one!!! Love the story and the characters!! Want more please!!!
Ben Cheetham is an award-winning writer with a passion for horror and crime fiction. His novels have been widely published around the world. In 2011 he self-published Blood Guilt. The novel went on to reach no.2 in the national eBook download chart, selling well over 150000 copies. In 2012 it was picked up for publication by Head of Zeus. Since then, Head of Zeus has published three more of Ben’s novels – Angel of Death, Justice for the Damned and Spider’s Web. In 2016 his novel The Lost Ones was published by Thomas & Mercer. Ben lives in Sheffield, England, where he spends most of his time shut away in his study racking his brain for the next paragraph, the next sentence, the next word...