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Adam Croft Biography & Facts

Adam Croft is an English writer of crime fiction. He is a self-published author and is an advocate of independent publishing. Work Writing Croft has written more than twenty books, including the Knight & Culverhouse crime thrillers and Kempston Hardwick mysteries. He appeared on the USA Today bestseller list twice, with the Kempston Hardwick box set and his 2015 psychological thriller Her Last Tomorrow. Although he had been writing and self-publishing professionally for five years when Her Last Tomorrow was released, it was this book that brought him international attention. He has also had several plays published with Lazy Bee Scripts. As an advocate of self-publishing, he has often spoken out about the negative sides of traditional publishing and in 2012 he denounced Sue Grafton's comments that self-publishing was disrespectful and lazy. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Arts by the University of Bedfordshire in March 2018 "in recognition of his outstanding services to literature". In 2020, he announced he was launching a new crime series set in Rutland. Personal life Adam Croft lives in Flitwick, Bedfordshire. Bibliography Knight & Culverhouse Too Close for Comfort (2011) Guilty as Sin (2011) Jack Be Nimble (2015) Rough Justice (2015) In Too Deep (2016) In the Name of the Father (2016) With A Vengeance (2017) Dead & Buried (2018) In Plain Sight (2019) Rutland crime series What Lies Beneath (2020) On Borrowed Time (2020) In Cold Blood (28 May 2021) Kiss of Death (2022) Moment of Truth (2022) Kempston Hardwick Mysteries Exit Stage Left (2011) The Westerlea House Mystery (2013) Death Under the Sun (2014) The Thirteenth Room (2015) The Wrong Man (2019) Psychological thrillers Her Last Tomorrow (2015) Only the Truth (2017) In Her Image (2017) Tell Me I'm Wrong (2018) The Perfect Lie (2019) Closer To You (2020) Sam Barker Absolution (2019) Betrayal (2020) Short stories Gone (2016) Love You To Death (2017) The Harder They Fall (2017) Plays Sleeping Dogs (2014) Curtain Up! (2015) Home, Sweet Home (2015) References. Discover the Adam Croft popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Adam Croft books.

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  • The Wrong Man synopsis, comments

    The Wrong Man

    Adam Croft

    Book launches are rarely exciting. The odd murder tends to spice things up a bit, though. When famous novelist Rupert Pearson's PA doesn't turn up for his book launch at the Freema...

  • The Indie Author Mindset synopsis, comments

    The Indie Author Mindset

    Adam L Croft

    Do you want to sell more books and earn a good living from your fiction? Discover how to change your way of thinking and revolutionise your writing career. Are you struggling to ta...

  • The Indie Author Checklist synopsis, comments

    The Indie Author Checklist

    Adam L Croft

    Do you want to write and sell more books? Now you can. Learn how to go from idea to income with the ultimate indie author checklist. The Indie Author Checklist teaches yo...

  • Closer To You synopsis, comments

    Closer To You

    Adam Croft

    What if your loved one wanted you dead? Grace wants to spend the rest of her life with Tom. She needs to. Because otherwise he'll kill her. He’s the perfect gentleman. He’s kind, a...

  • In Cold Blood synopsis, comments

    In Cold Blood

    Adam Croft

    Book three in a stunning new crime series from 2m+ international bestseller Adam Croft. A body is found under Welland Viaduct on a bitterly cold winter morning. But this will be a ...

  • Kiss of Death synopsis, comments

    Kiss of Death

    Adam Croft

    Book four in a stunning new crime series from 2m+ international bestseller Adam Croft. An elderly woman collapses and dies during a Sunday morning church service in Oakham. But thi...

  • The Perfect Lie synopsis, comments

    The Perfect Lie

    Adam Croft

    What if you were framed for a murder you didn’t commit? Amy Walker lives the perfect family life with her husband and two young sons. Until a knock at the door turns their lives up...

  • Too Close for Comfort synopsis, comments

    Too Close for Comfort

    Adam Croft

    What if the serial killer you were investigating was someone you knew? DS Wendy Knight's first murder case was always going to test her limits, but even she couldn't anticipate tha...

  • In Her Image synopsis, comments

    In Her Image

    Adam Croft

    A GRIPPING PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER WITH A KILLER TWIST He's watching. He knows everything about you. And you don't even know he's there. Noone believes Alice Jefferson’s stalker exi...

  • The Thirteenth Room synopsis, comments

    The Thirteenth Room

    Adam Croft

    How do you stop a killer when nobody believes there’s been a murder? A tragic suicide at the Manor Hotel rattles the community, evokes sympathy for the new widow, and makes Kempsto...

  • Her Last Tomorrow synopsis, comments

    Her Last Tomorrow

    Adam Croft

    Could you murder your wife to save your daughter? On the surface, Nick Connor's life is seemingly perfect: a quiet life with his beautiful family and everything he could ever want....

  • With a Vengeance synopsis, comments

    With a Vengeance

    Adam Croft

    Eleven years ago. A bungled armed robbery led by career criminal Freddie Galloway leaves a police officer shot in the face, fighting for his life. Present day. The shooter is relea...

  • Guilty as Sin synopsis, comments

    Guilty as Sin

    Adam Croft

    A missing teenager. A murdered businessman. A huge, earthshattering secret. When seventeenyearold Danielle Levy goes missing one lunchtime, DS Wendy Knight and DCI Jack Culverhouse...

  • Snakes and Ladders synopsis, comments

    Snakes and Ladders

    Adam Croft

    A body lies amongst the undergrowth in Mildenheath Woods. His hands are bound behind his back, and he’s been killed executionstyle. But the victim isn’t a gangland kingpin: he’s a ...

  • What She Saw Last Night synopsis, comments

    What She Saw Last Night

    Mason Cross

    No one will believe ... WHAT SHE SAW LAST NIGHT.Jenny Bowen is going home. Boarding the Caledonian Sleeper, all she wants to do is forget about her upcoming divorce and relax on th...

  • In Too Deep synopsis, comments

    In Too Deep

    Adam Croft

    No clues. No time. One chance to expose a terrifying secret. Dive into a series of crime thrillers with over 250,000 copies sold. DS Wendy Knight has endured both tragedy and pain...

  • The Rookie synopsis, comments

    The Rookie

    Adam Croft

    Mildenheath. 1981. Jack Culverhouse's first day at Mildenheath CID wasn't what he expected. Hoping to make a good impression, he walks straight into a culture of lies and corruptio...

  • The Girls Inside synopsis, comments

    The Girls Inside

    NJ Mackay

    A gripping, compelling psychological thriller about a cult, a fire, and the dark secrets that four young girls have carried with them but can no longer keep buried...Blue grew up i...

  • Kempston Hardwick Mysteries - Box Set, Books 1-3 synopsis, comments

    Kempston Hardwick Mysteries - Box Set, Books 1-3

    Adam Croft

    This exclusive, limited edition box set includes the first three books in the Kempston Hardwick Mysteries series plus an exclusive free short story.  Exit Stage Left  Cha...

  • The Westerlea House Mystery synopsis, comments

    The Westerlea House Mystery

    Adam Croft

    Oscar Whitehouse foretold his own death on live TV. Hours later, he's found dead in a locked room. But who killed him? When TV psychic Oscar Whitehouse is found murdered inside a l...

  • Exit Stage Left synopsis, comments

    Exit Stage Left

    Adam Croft

    Standup comedy should be fun. But murder tends to sour the mood.Charlie Sparks’s comedy isn’t Kempston Hardwick’s cup of tea. Not many things are. But when the comedian drops dead ...

  • Love You To Death synopsis, comments

    Love You To Death

    Adam Croft

    When Cameron told his girlfriend he’d do anything for her, he wasn’t expecting her to ask him to commit murder. Teenage love isn't always as it seems especially when there's murde...

  • The Keeper synopsis, comments

    The Keeper

    Alastair Gunn

    A GRIPPING CRIME THRILLER FOR FANS OF KARIN SLAUGHTER, VAL MCDERMID AND PETER MAY YOU CAN RUN BUT YOU CAN'T HIDE A man is found buried in a secluded wood on the outskirts of Londo...

  • Rutland Crime Series Box Set - Books 1-3 synopsis, comments

    Rutland Crime Series Box Set - Books 1-3

    Adam Croft

    WHAT LIES BENEATH A peaceful Sunday morning in Rutland is shattered when a dead body is discovered on the rocks at Normanton Church. The victim has been laid out in a crucifix...

  • Jack Be Nimble synopsis, comments

    Jack Be Nimble

    Adam Croft

    They know when he will kill again... but not who he will kill A killer is loose on the streets of Mildenheath, and his barbaric crimes seem a little too familiar... As the body cou...

  • Rough Justice synopsis, comments

    Rough Justice

    Adam Croft

    Who hunts the hunters? When a man is found dead, mutilated in his house, DS Wendy Knight and DCI Jack Culverhouse soon realise that Jeff Brelsford was killed for one reason: he was...

  • On Borrowed Time synopsis, comments

    On Borrowed Time

    Adam Croft

    Book two in a stunning new crime series from 2m+ international bestseller Adam Croft. Each morning, the first train of the day leaves Oakham station and thunders through a tunnel ...

  • Death Under the Sun synopsis, comments

    Death Under the Sun

    Adam Croft

    Holidays can be murder... Sun, sea, sand and murder. How do you find a killer amongst a group of holidaymakers with their own hidden agendas and sordid backgrounds? After solving t...

  • In the Name of the Father synopsis, comments

    In the Name of the Father

    Adam Croft

    An anonymous phone call reveals a horrifying secret. But can it be murder if there isn't a body? Father Joseph Kümmel is not just a deeply religious and spiritual man. He's the lea...

  • Moment of Truth synopsis, comments

    Moment of Truth

    Adam Croft

    A man is found dead in the judge's chair inside the Great Hall of Oakham Castle, beaten to death with a ceremonial horseshoe. As Rutland Police investigate, they discover the vict...

  • Gone synopsis, comments

    Gone

    Adam Croft

    A gripping short novella with a killer twist. Stephen Lightfoot is a man of small means. He works at a supermarket, doesn't drive and has no close friends. The one thing that keeps...

  • What Lies Beneath synopsis, comments

    What Lies Beneath

    Adam Croft

    The first in a stunning new crime series from 2m+ international bestseller Adam Croft. A peaceful Sunday morning in Rutland is shattered when a dead body is discovered on the rocks...

  • Only the Truth synopsis, comments

    Only the Truth

    Adam Croft

    He's not the perfect husband. But he is the perfect suspect. Dan Cooper has never been the perfect husband to Lisa. He travels for work and plays the carefree bachelor when he can....

  • In Plain Sight synopsis, comments

    In Plain Sight

    Adam Croft

    A trail of death. A web of corruption. The ultimate betrayal. A series of armed robberies on local petrol stations leaves Mildenheath CID chasing their tails. But things are about ...

  • The Other Sister synopsis, comments

    The Other Sister

    Elle Croft

    'WOW, just WOW, The Other Sister is a mesmerising, mind blowing psychological thriller that has so many twists and turns.' Amazon Reviewer, 5 stars'It's a great plot line and you a...

  • Writing Killer Blurbs and Hooks synopsis, comments

    Writing Killer Blurbs and Hooks

    Adam L Croft

    Do you want to boost your book sales quickly, and at no cost? Discover how crafting a compelling blurb and hook can take your book sales to the next level. Are you struggling to co...