The year is 1995. Hugo Duchamp’s life is in turmoil. Bullied at school, abandoned by his parents, and living in the attic belonging to his rigid grandmother, the future appears bleak. And then everything changes. Over a long, hot summer, for the first time, Hugo falls in love with both a person and what will become the other passion in his life: the righting of wrongs. But it comes at a price and he finds himself in mortal danger. He must fight for his survival and for those he loves.

The first in a trilogy of prequels to the Hugo Duchamp Investigates series of books.

Released 24th December 2021.

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A year has passed since the explosive events of ‘Hugo & Josef’ and a teenage Hugo Duchamp is still struggling to overcome the mental and physical scars of the trauma. Even more alone and dejected than before, Hugo unwittingly walks into a new nightmare. A young girl is missing, presumed dead and Hugo finds himself embroiled in the affair when he is befriended by a charming and charismatic young man. But as Hugo has already learned, nothing is ever what it seems and it is not long before his own life is in danger once again.

The second in a trilogy of prequels to the Hugo Duchamp Investigates series of books.

Released 26th November 2015.

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Below the snow-capped mountains of Switzerland, Madeline Duchamp, Parisian grand dame, contemplates her future in a plush state-of-the-art clinic. However, beneath the glamorous exterior rages a war, political, personal and deadly and Madeline and her friends find themselves caught up in a dangerous game of cat and mouse.

Leaving the relative safety of Paris for the first time, seventeen-year-old Hugo Duchamp travels to be with his grandmother, the realisation of what his future without her might look like slowly dawning on him. Upon his arrival, he finds matters much worse than he could have imagined, and he realises ill health is not the greatest foe his grandmother is facing.

The conclusion to the Hugo Duchamp prequel trilogy ends the saga with a dramatic bow, leading Hugo on a journey he must walk alone.

Released 15th December 2023.

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