Shooting Elvis (Charlie Priest #11)

A tangled past. A shocking murder. A copper on the hunt for answers.

When Alfred Armitage, a lonely pensioner, is found electrocuted in his dingy flat, it initially appears to be self-inflicted. But something about the scene doesn't sit right with Detective Priest.

Alfred's body is slumped in an armchair, an orange electric cable wrapped around his thumbs. An empty whisky bottle and his dentures are discarded carelessly nearby.

The set-up is too elaborate, the scene too staged. Why buy fresh groceries and then kill yourself?

The deeper Priest digs into the past of the unassuming former factory storeman with no close friends, the stranger it becomes.

An anonymous white van spotted near Alfred’s home, a shadowy figure with polished shoes, and unsettling whispers from former colleagues raise more questions than answers.

Priest discovers that the truth is more electrifying — and more dangerous — than anyone imagined.