The Basket Case
- Author Tim Sullivan
- Narrator Finlay Robertson
- Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing
- Publish Date 4 December 2025
- Run Time 1 hours and 16 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Aviation skills and piloting, Crime and mystery: police procedural.
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What to expect
The brand new DS George Cross short story - available to pre-order now.
'One of the most iconic British fictional detectives of the 21st century.' DAILY MAIL
Five go up. Four come down...
Detective George Cross receives a very bizarre call from a distressed family after their picnic was horribly interrupted. Just as they were about to tuck into their sandwiches, a human arm landed unceremoniously next to them. Soon, another limb followed.
As they looked up, they were horrified to see a decaying, disarticulating body perched at the top of a very tall tree.
DS George Cross is an exceptional detective but it doesn't take a genius to work out what needs answering first:
How on earth did it get up there?
Discover why everyone loves George Cross in this puzzling short story that can be read as a standalone mystery within the bestselling series.
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)
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