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The Patient
The brilliantly twisty mystery with the unforgettable detective in 2025
The Patient
The brilliantly twisty mystery with the unforgettable detective in 2025
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Description
Don't miss THE BOOKSELLER, the latest George Cross Mystery - available now.
No fingerprints. No weapon. No witnesses.
For days, George Cross notices the same woman sitting patiently in the reception of the Bristol Crime Unit. Eventually, he asks her why.
She wants to talk about her daughter's death, officially ruled a suicide after a long history of drug abuse. But her mother insists she was rebuilding her life and had been clean for years. She knows this wasn't suicide – it was murder.
George doesn't operate on hunches or gut feelings, he simply follows the evidence wherever that might take him. And the facts of this case tell him this woman was murdered.
He just has to prove it.
Perfect for fans of MW Craven, Ann Cleeves and Joy Ellis, The Patient is part of the George Cross Mystery series, which can be read in any order, by the 2025 Crime Writers' Association Dagger in the Library Award longlistee.
ALSO IN THE GEORGE CROSS MYSTERY SERIES
#1 THE DENTIST
#2 THE CYCLIST
#3 THE PATIENT
#4 THE POLITICIAN
#5 THE MONK
#6 THE TEACHER
#7 THE BOOKSELLER
#8 THE TAILOR (COMING 2026)
CROSS CHRONICLE SHORT STORIES
THE LOST BOYS
THE EX-WIFE
THE HUNTER
THE BASKET CASE (COMING DECEMBER 2025)
'In DS George Cross, Tim Sullivan has created a character who is as endearing as any I've ever come across in this genre. His quirks are his gift, and with Sullivan's tremendous plotting and superb writing, this series is a gift to readers.' Liz Nugent
Why readers love George Cross . . .
'A clever mystery full of tension but also humour and compassion. George Cross is becoming one of my favourite detectives.' Elly Griffiths
'A British detective for the 21st century who will be hard to forget' Daily Mail
'A compelling, suspenseful police procedural with an intimate, positive insight into living on the autistic spectrum' Woman
'Truly wonderful . . . well-developed characters and an absolute star in George Cross!' Reader Review
'An entirely different type of detective in DS Cross' Reader Review
Product details
Published | 02 Jun 2026 |
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Format | Paperback |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 416 |
ISBN | 9781035921355 |
Imprint | Head of Zeus -- an Aries Book |
Dimensions | 198 x 129 mm |
Series | George Cross Mysteries |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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I am insanely in love with George Cross, a perfect detective for our time and for all time. His complexity, orneriness and dogged persistence makes for such a complete and admirable hero... The Patient is a cracking mystery, full of twists and surprises to the end
Stephen Fry
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Sullivan has given us a British detective for the 21st century who will be hard to forget
Daily Mail
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In DS George Cross, Tim Sullivan has created a character who is as endearing as any I've ever come across in this genre. His quirks are his gift, and with Sullivan's tremendous plotting and superb writing, this series is a gift to readers.
Liz Nugent
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Superb, clever and taut
Belfast Telegraph
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The fact that Cross has been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder makes him just as intriguing as the murder mystery
The Times
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Fantastic police procedurals and attention to detail
Bishop's Stortford Independent