Crucified : The brand new 2025 Detective Jack Warr crime thriller

Author: Lynda La Plante

Crime & mystery

Published on 25 September 2025 by Zaffre in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Jack Warr' series.

Paperback | 416 pages
197 x 129 x 28mm | 278g

Detective Jack Warr is haunted by the gruesome legacy of serial killer Rodney Middleton and reeling from a series of events that has left him deep in depression. Refusing the Met-offered counselling service, Jack instead finds solace instead through renewing a dangerous friendship with the artist and master forger, Adam Border.

When a body is discovered nailed to a giant cross in a framer's shop, Jack feels a connection to the case even though it is not in his jurisdiction. But is his involvement that of a detective or witness?