Author Charlie Tyler publishes The Tangled Mane from the Welland Valley Murders series

The first in a new series of crime novels hits the bookshops today (Thursday).

Author Charlie Tyler is launching her Welland Valley Murder series with a thrilling look into what motivates someone to commit a crime.

The Tangled Mane will follow a social media star whose childhood crimes have caught up with him. He retaliates by seeking revenge on those he holds responsible, but can undercover cop Cally Mackey find him and bring him to justice?

Charlie’s four-part series with Spellbound Books will be set around the Welland Valley, Rutland, and Leicestershire where the author lives. The setting of the first novel is a town called Great Bowden, based on Market Harborough.

A Tangled Mane is available in bookshops from today (Thursday, January 23) and also from online retailers.

The second book, The Serpent Noose, will be released in March.