Smith and his team investigate a spate of murders. All of the victims are killed in their green Ford Fiestas…
The Hitchhiker is the 29th book in the DS Jason Smith series. The books all work as standalone cases but events from earlier books have a huge impact on Smith and his family. Plus the series is FAB-U-LOUS so I think you should read them all!
A series of violent murders inside cars. Police warn the public not to pick up hitchhikers but it soon becomes apparent that the killer is targeting a particular type of car and has a specific purpose. Smith wants to warn the other owners and begins a race against time to protect the next potential victims.
The writing is fast paced, driving the plot forwards thanks to the focus on dialogue. As usual for this series, the tension is high, the action relentless and the plot gripping. There are a limited number of motives and suspects but I still didn’t figure out all the twists. I love the police characters and their relationships. There has been more upheaval in Smith’s personal life but he maintains his wonderful outlook on the world which lightens the tone of the book overall.
The Hitchhiker is another great book in this addictive series.
THE HITCHHIKER (Detective Jason Smith #29) by Stewart Giles
From bestselling author: Stewart Giles comes another brilliant addition to the Detective Jason Smith series.
In the wake of a global pandemic, nobody in their right mind would pick up a hitchhiker.
But what if this hitchhiker is already in your car?
Detective Sergeant Jason Smith has his hands full trying to come to terms with huge changes in his home life, so when he hears about a gruesome double murder, he’s happy for the distraction.
But what he finds in the car, a stone’s throw from his house is beyond comprehension. A man and a woman have been beaten so badly they no longer have faces.
No sooner has the investigation into their murders begun, another victim is taken in her car, and her injuries are much, much worse.
Smith is baffled. And when another victim is murdered he reluctantly agrees to be the face of a public appeal warning drivers not to pick up hitchhikers.
But this hitchhiker is different – this one doesn’t grab a ride by the side of the road, and this one is hell bent on killing until someone says otherwise.
Stewart Giles – Author Bio
After reading English at 3 Universities and graduating from none of them, I set off travelling around the world with my wife, Ann, finally settling in South Africa, where we still live.
In 2014 Ann dropped a rather large speaker on my head and I came up with the idea for a detective series. DS Jason Smith was born. Smith, the first in the series was finished a few months later.
3 years and 8 DS Smith books later, Joffe Books wondered if I would be interested in working with them. As a self-published author, I agreed. However, we decided on a new series – the DC Harriet Taylor: Cornwall series.
The Beekeeper was published and soon hit the number one spot in Australia. The second in the series, The Perfect Murder did just as well.
I continued to self-publish the Smith series and Unworthy hit the shelves in 2018 with amazing results. I therefore made the decision to self-publish The Backpacker which is book 3 in the Detective Harriet Taylor series which was published in July 2018.
After The Backpacker I had an idea for a totally new start to a series – a collaboration between the Smith and Harriet thrillers and The Enigma was born. It brought together the broody, enigmatic Jason Smith and the more level-headed Harriet Taylor.
The Miranda trilogy is something totally different. A psychological thriller trilogy. It is a real departure from anything else I’ve written before.
The Detective Jason Smith series continues to grow. I also have another series featuring an Irish detective who relocated to Guernsey, the Detective Liam O’Reilly series. There are also 3 stand alone novels.
