Buying Options

Read for Free

OR

Digital List Price:	$8.99
Print List Price:	$15.99
Kindle Price:	$6.99 Save $9.00 (56%)

Promotions apply when you purchase

Deliver to your Kindle Library

You've subscribed to ! We will preorder your items within 24 hours of when they become available. When new books are released, we'll charge your default payment method for the lowest price available during the pre-order period.

Update your device or payment method, cancel individual pre-orders or your subscription at
Your Memberships & Subscriptions

There was an error. We were unable to process your subscription due to an error. Please refresh and try again.

Blood Red: A Completely Gripping Crime Thriller (The Connection Trilogy) by [Anita Waller]

Follow the Author

Anita Waller

Blood Red: A Completely Gripping Crime Thriller (The Connection Trilogy) Kindle Edition

by Anita Waller (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

639 ratings

Book 1 of 3: The Connection Trilogy

See all formats and editions

Price

New from

Used from

Kindle

"Please retry"

$6.99

—

Paperback

"Please retry"

$14.39

$10.39

$9.66

Kindle
$0.00 Read with Kindle Unlimited to also enjoy access to over 3 million more titles $6.99 to buy
Paperback
$14.39

6 Used from $9.66 18 New from $10.39

The revamped Connection Investigation Agency team takes on a decades-old crime in this thriller from the bestselling author of Murder Unjoyful.

The Connection Investigation Agency has seen big changes. New partners, Tessa, Luke, and Beth, have taken over and members of the old team have moved on to pastures new.

On the first day of reopening, a body is discovered in the outhouse at the back of the office and their first case begins with bones that have lain undiscovered for twenty-five years.

Can Luke take on his first solo case and solve it?

Will Tessa prove to be as good an investigator as she was a DI? Will she solve the mystery of the threatening notes sent to two women, who become murder victims?

As the agency digs deeper into the past and a link between the two cases is revealed, will this help or hinder?

Praise for the thrillers of Anita Waller

“Once again Anita Waller brings the reader a masterfully written, first class mystery thriller with a jaw dropping twist that will leave you speechless.” —Once Upon a Time Book Review

“I always anticipate getting my hands on the latest Anita Waller thriller because I know I will not be able to put it down and I will be thoroughly surprised and entertained.” —Avonna Loves Genres

“A must-read for crime thriller readers.” —Bookstormer

“A really well written, gripping book with plenty of twists for me!” —Donna’s Book Blog

“A tense, drama-packed read. I was literally biting my nails by the end.” —On the Shelf Reviews

Print length

292 pages
Language

English
Sticky notes

On Kindle Scribe
Publisher

Bloodhound Books
Publication date

August 25, 2021
File size

1777 KB
Page Flip

Enabled
Word Wise

Enabled
Enhanced typesetting

Enabled
See all details

All 3 for you in this series See full series

See included books

Total Price: $18.04

Anita Waller
475
Kindle Edition
1 offer from $6.99
Anita Waller
828
Kindle Edition
1 offer from $6.99
Anita Waller
517
Kindle Edition
1 offer from $6.99
Anita Waller
500
Kindle Edition
1 offer from $2.99
Anita Waller
439
Kindle Edition
1 offer from $2.99
Anita Waller
401
Kindle Edition
1 offer from $1.99

Product details

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09C1RF5DX
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Bloodhound Books (August 25, 2021)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 25, 2021
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1777 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 292 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #211,083 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #1,292 in International Mystery & Crime (Kindle Store)
- #2,200 in Private Investigator Mysteries (Kindle Store)
- #2,253 in Private Investigator Mysteries (Books)

Customer Reviews:
639 ratings

Brief content visible, double tap to read full content.

Full content visible, double tap to read brief content.

Videos

Help others learn more about this product by uploading a video!

Upload your video

About the author

Follow authors to get new release updates, plus improved recommendations.

Anita Waller

Brief content visible, double tap to read full content.

Full content visible, double tap to read brief content.

Anita Waller was born in Sheffield, South Yorkshire in 1946. She married Dave in 1967 and they have three adult children.

With many books to her name, she feels she has finally realised her dream. She writes mainly psychological thrillers, but was commissioned in 2018 to write a cosy mystery series, the Kat and Mouse trilogy. By November 2020 this will have grown to five books, plus a spin-off standalone novel called Epitaph, featuring Doris, one of the characters from the series. This series has now led on to a spin-off series, the Connection Trilogy, with books entitled Blood Red, Code Blue and Mortal Green. All her books, which will number twenty by the time Mortal Green is available, have been published by Bloodhound Books.

In 2021 Waller signed a five book deal with Boldwood Books, and as at December 2022 has two published books with them, One Hot Summer and The Family at No.12, with Fatal Secrets, the first in a new series set in Sheffield, due to launch 8th February 2023.

She is now in her mid-seventies, happily writing most days and would dearly love to plan a novel, but has accepted that isn’t the way of her mind. Every novel starts with a sentence and she waits to see where that sentence will take her, and her characters. If writer's block intrudes, be sure there will be a death.

In her life away from the computer in the corner of her kitchen, she is a Sheffield Wednesday supporter with blue blood in her veins!

Her genre is murder - necessary murder.

Customer reviews

4.2 out of 5

639 global ratings

5 star		52%
4 star		27%
3 star		15%
2 star		6%
1 star		1%

How customer reviews and ratings work

Top reviews from the United States

There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later.

Shir

Good read

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 25, 2022

Verified Purchase

I enjoyed this book and will follow the author. I gave the book four stars because of all the office / personal stuff, I kept wanting to get back to the story. But maybe we need the office / personal stuff for the next book?

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 28, 2022

Verified Purchase

The author felt the need to describe every single thing. If someone was making a cup of tea, every step was described. This book focused mainly on the characters coming together in the investigation agency. Too much time was spent on their personal lives and not enough on the cases. The book did not focus on one case, but five different cases. It was too unfocused. The first 35 pages spoke about the building renovation. What a waste! This book could have been 75 pages shorter and a whole lot more succinct.

One person found this helpful

Helpful

Kindle Customer

Great Book

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 28, 2021

Verified Purchase

I am happy to be able to read another book about the Connection Agency because I loved the others. There are some old familiar characters and some new ones, plenty of dead bodies, and several mysteries going on. I definitely recommend this book.

One person found this helpful

Helpful

Page Turner

Far too long

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 31, 2021

Verified Purchase

Needs to be edited and shortened ( do we need to know that someone put a bookmark into their book?) Some punctuation and capitalization errors. Writing, especially dialogue, is stilted. Characters flat and uninteresting. 2.5 stars rounded to 3.

3 people found this helpful

Helpful

Katmandu

Outstanding

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 22, 2021

Verified Purchase

Terrific plot twist. Some "old" characters, some new. All with their own stories to be unwound. And fans to read them.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 21, 2022

A really good book with characters that feel like friends and ones you want to not let go. Lots of twists and turns and thinking you have it figured out then it goes in another direction. This is the second book I have read in this trilogy. And, it might help to read in order but I read the last one first and it was ok. Enjoy.

Helpful

Paulette

Decent light detective story but ….

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 6, 2022

The endless cups of tea and coffee and biscuits got very annoying. It seems none can have even a one minute conversation without putting on the kettle.

Helpful

marnie | once upon a time book reviews

A fantastic start to a new series

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 25, 2021

Who could of imagined that while the previous investigative team at Connection were solving some of the most grizzly mysteries in Eyam, that there was another gruesome 25 year old mystery literally at their feet. Will the new team made up of some fan faves and some wonderful new characters be able to solve the growing puzzle of the bones found at Connection’s back door?

I was gutted when Anita Waller announced the end of her best selling and much loved Kat and Mouse series, but rejoiced when I found out that it wasn’t the end for some of the characters. In this new series, we see Beth (Mouse), former DI Tessa Marsden and newly qualified investigator Luke, partner together in Connection Investigation Agency.

Blood Red picks up 2 weeks after the events in the last Kat and Mouse book, Murder Unjoyful, so I do recommend you reading this series first or at the very least the last book. You won’t be disappointed!

With Blood Red, Anita Waller has crafted another thrilling mystery to sink your teeth into and is one that kept me hooked and had my undivided attention as her books always do. I was cast alongside the team in solving not only the mystery of the discovery of the bones, but also entangled in the other cases the team faced. I loved the dynamics between the cast and with the addition of ex detective Fred, in charge of security and new receptionist Cheryl, really fit in well with the others and make the story all the more entertaining.

Anita Waller has delivered another perfectly written tale that will hold you captive from start to finish and is another example of why she is one of my all time favourite authors. And that ending, Wow! it couldn’t have been done any better! Blood Red is a fabulous start to this series and look forward to reading more.

One person found this helpful

Helpful

Top reviews from other countries

Leanne

Simply wonderful

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on August 25, 2021

Verified Purchase

The Connections Agency is back. Yes there are changes, we no longer have the formidable Doris or the lovely Kat but the new editions to the team make up for their huge loss.

Firstly though this is a follow-up to the original Kat and Mouse series, it can be read without reading them. However, I would highly recommend the Kat and Mouse series as not only do they set the background, it is also a fantastic series to read.

As the synopsis has already been discussed in previous reviews I will focus on how wonderful the characters are. Beth and Luke are back, Luke is now a partner and you cannot help but love him. He has the ability to be so gentle and unassuming but nothing gets past him. Tessa is no longer with CID, she too is a partner in the company and a real force to be reckoned with. We also have Fred and Cheryl who are new to the team but already made huge impacts.

I really cannot rate this book highly enough. I read it in one day it was that good. The style of writing is such that you can visualise both the characters and the setting. Personally I feel this series would make a perfect TV adaptation. I have read many books which I have been made into TV such as Morse, Frost and Midsomer and I strongly believe this could be just as successful as those.

This is a fantastic book which I highly recommend. Roll on book 2 in this series.

4 people found this helpful

Mary R

Wonderful

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on February 24, 2022

Verified Purchase

Although I do have some of the Kat and Mouse books in my pile waiting to be read, this is the first book by this author that I've actually read. It is clear that I need to start reading the other series to get more background but despite that, I easily read this as there was enough backdrop provided to not feel like you missed anything.

This was a wonderful introduction to the new agency, and I really liked all the characters and the normality of their personalities. Despite the cozy feel, there were some very interesting cases going on. Between a 25 year-old cold murder case, cheating husbands, vicious stabbings and a suicide, Eyam and it's surroundings is not as tranquil as you'd expect.

A terrific read and I will get onto the second book in this series as soon as I can, and push the other series up towards the top of my next to read pile.

Liz T.

Welcome back Connections!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on September 13, 2021

Verified Purchase

It was great to read another episode in the life of Connections, private investigations agency in Eyam. Having visited Eyam several times it’s so easy to picture the scenes in the book.
I absolutely love the characters in Blood Red, both the new and the old. Beth, Tessa and Luke were in previous books and it’s so good to catch up with their lives again. New characters Fred, Cheryl and Maria are wonderful additions and I can’t wait to find out how their characters develop.
Back to the story! A twenty five year old murder comes to light and its a little too close to home for Connections not to become involved. Luke is asked to investigate this one, with unexpected results. Meanwhile Tessa is involved in trying to find the writer of anonymous letters which lead to a double murder and her having to approach her cases slightly differently now she is no longer a D.I. Fred’s case involving a cheating husband also has some interesting surprises.
Congratulations on another great book Anita Waller. I can’t wait to find out what is next in store for the team at Connections.

One person found this helpful

Aileen

Too much unnecessary detail

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on November 10, 2022

Verified Purchase

This author came highly recommended so I was very disappointed with the poor quality of the writing. There is no meeting of two or more people that does not describe in endless detail the drinks they had - the making of the tea or coffee or how they drank it. Combine that with further obsession with biscuits/doughnuts, the cat, the office renovations etc. etc. and it makes for a very plodding read. Even the murders seemed incidental. After reading about a third I had decided to give up as I was finding the whole thing very irritating. However I hate to abandon a book so I have persevered. I'm now finding it quite amusing to see how many more times the author can manage to mention coffee, tea and biscuits. I don't care who the murderer is, just looking forward to finishing the book. Needless to say I won't be reading anything else by this author.

Amazons Customers

Absolutely brilliant. !!!!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on August 30, 2021

Verified Purchase

I read this book of Anita's in record time because I could not put it down. Anita's books are completely addictive.
I won't tell the story......I'll leave it to you to enjoy and apparently it's going to be a series. Couldn't be better....something to look forward to. Thanks to Anita for all the enjoyment she gives. !!!!

Buying Options

OR

Buy for others

Buying and sending eBooks to others

Follow the Author

Blood Red: A Completely Gripping Crime Thriller (The Connection Trilogy) Kindle Edition

Customers who viewed this item also viewed

Product details

Videos

About the author

Anita Waller

Customer reviews

Top reviews from the United States

There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later.

Top reviews from other countries