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  • Published: 2 December 2025
  • ISBN: 9781761343612
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 384
  • RRP: $24.99
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Blood Pact

Book 6 in the thrilling DCI Jack Hawksworth series

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2 Dec 2025
Tr. Paperback
7 Jan 2025
EBook
7 Jan 2025
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7 Jan 2025
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The explosive new thriller in the bestselling international Jack Hawksworth series

'A compelling read' Sydney Morning Herald

Detective Superintendent Jack Hawksworth is seconded by counter-terrorism to investigate a spate of domestic events. First it was needles in strawberries, then tampering with lipstick samplers and baby formula. But when toxic mushrooms enter the market system and a death occurs, a wave of terror is set to sweep the country. Breaking news of a possible serial killer only heightens the alarm.

There are no leads, no DNA, no witnesses, no CCTV footage. Jack and his team must work on instinct to figure out why someone would want to harm innocent victims, each of them curiously linked to a single blood transfusion.

When a hospital bomb threat erupts, it is up to the team to prevent the inevitable bloodshed. The clock is ticking, and no one is safe from the possibility of a tragedy on a catastrophic scale.

'...weaves together heartache, human tragedy and romance in the form of a reassuring police procedural ... there's some clever misdirection with the added bonus of a cliffhanging conclusion' The Age

  • Published: 2 December 2025
  • ISBN: 9781761343612
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 384
  • RRP: $24.99
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About the author

Fiona McIntosh

Fiona McIntosh is an internationally and million-copy bestselling author of novels for adults and children across several genres. Alongside her highly successful historical fiction titles, for which she has been nominated at the Australian Book Industry Awards for commercial fiction book of the year, her popular Detective Jack Hawksworth series will soon be released across the UK. Several of her historical titles as well as the ‘world of Hawksworth’ crime novels have been optioned for the screen. Her debut children’s picture book, Harry and Gran Bake a Cake, was published in 2025. Fiona roams the world for her research and lives between Adelaide in South Australia and Wiltshire in England.

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Praise for Blood Pact

a compelling read ... there's some clever misdirection with the added bonus of a cliffhanging conclusion ...weaves together heartache, human tragedy and romance in the form of a reassuring police procedural

Sue Turnbull, The Age, Sydney Morning Herald

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