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Matthew Evans
ALLi Author Member
Location: United Kingdom (the)
Genres: Thriller, Crime, Mystery
I’m a crime author living near Chichester, West Sussex. My novels are set in locations close to my home, an area of West Sussex I love and know well. I’ve served many years here as a police officer (now retired) and use this experience to help me write crime fiction.
Drawing from my firsthand policing experience, I strive to infuse my work with authentic police procedures while maintaining a fast-paced fictional narrative.
I’m married, have three children (all now adults), and two grandchildren. My background is in electronics and software engineering, which I did for about twenty years. However, soon after my son was born with autism and Down syndrome, I made a radical career move and halved my salary—I joined the police in Hampshire, wanting to give something back to society. Now retired, I served both in Hampshire and Sussex as a regular police constable and special constable for the best part of twenty years.
In addition to being a crime author, I’m also a folk musician, playing a mix of Irish, Scottish, and English traditional tunes. I also compose meditative music. I play Irish whistles, the melodeon, recorders, the ukulele, and the EWI (Electronic Wind Instrument).
Matthew Evans' books
Chasing Shadows
After a devastating assault that claimed his life, Detective Inspector David Angelis returns as a very different man. His miraculous recovery has people in the shadows asking questions, placing Angelis at the centre of a covert investigation. The most troubling questions concern his new, terrifying abilities, which he struggles to understand. Angelis can see and control the hidden motives of others and glimpse a parallel reality existing alongside our own.
Angelis investigates the murder of a friend and seeks to expose the secret behind his mysterious powers. In his quest for answers, he must confront a deadly assassin and a dark underworld of corporate crime.
Hide Her Away
She thought she would be safe here, but how wrong could she be...
Alice is alone and terrified. He’s hidden her away, and no one can find her. Can her strength of will, forged in an abusive marriage, bring her through this terrifying ordeal?
DI David Angelis, hit hard by personal tragedy and self-doubt, must solve the puzzle of Alice’s disappearance and the trail of murder that ensues.
Hide Her Away is a gripping supernatural crime thriller and the next instalment in the Detective Inspector Angelis series, following the first novel, Chasing Shadows.
You've never met a detective like DI Angelis before. Where The Police Procedural meets The Supernatural.
Take You Home
Unquestioning trust can be dangerous.
Detective Inspector David Angelis is thrown headlong into a mystery that links the tragic death of a mother over 12 years ago to the evil killer of two young women.
Angelis, enveloped in personal tragedy, finds solace and strength from his team, and leads them in search of this perverted murderer. But a shadow looms over them from within the rank-and-file that sours the investigation and challenges Angelis’s determination. Can he overcome personal bitterness and find his way to solve this mystery?
Take You Home is the third book in a police procedural crime thriller series with a supernatural edge. It has dark themes throughout.
The Dead Beneath Us
Our darkest places are never far away.
When a brutal murder strikes a prestigious private school, DCI Dinescu finds himself entangled in a complex investigation, including the mysterious disappearance of a schoolgirl in the 1980s. How are these two cases connected? Confronting his deepest fears, Dinescu must uncover the dark secrets of the past to bring justice and closure to the present.
This is the first police procedural crime novel in the Chichester Crime Mysteries series.
Heel of Achilles
British private investigator Max Fortis, a former Met Police protection officer and MI5 agent, is thrust into a deadly game of cat and mouse when a mysterious woman seeks his help. What begins as a suspicious death quickly spirals into a ruthless vendetta against him. Partnering with reporter Ella Munro, Fortis takes on an investigation the police refuse to touch, delving into a sordid underworld.
As Fortis confronts the demons of his secretive past, he forms an unexpected alliance to bring down a ghost from his former life—a forgotten enemy hell-bent on revenge. In this dark and fast-paced crime thriller, secrets and lies threaten to destroy Fortis. Will he break free from his past and deliver justice, or will his enemy exact a chilling revenge?
Upon Dark Waters
When the body of a respected local artist is discovered in the waters of Fishbourne Marshes, DCI Beniamin Dinescu and DS Emily Summers of the Chichester Major Crimes Team are thrust into a complex murder inquiry. The case takes a chilling turn when they uncover a connection to the murder of a police officer two decades ago.
Meanwhile, Dinescu must decide whether to accept a promotion that risks breaking up his loyal team. Is this offer all it seems, or is there something more insidious at work trying to undermine him?
For fans of crime fiction and British police procedurals, “Upon Dark Waters” is a gripping tale of family, intrigue, and the relentless pursuit of justice, set against the evocative backdrop of Fishbourne Marshes.