The Frequency Of Murder

This is the fully revised 2026 edition of The Frequency of Murder, with the manuscript reworked, corrected and updated for this release.When a young woman is found dead in a field behind the Great Parks Estate in Paignton, DCI Richard Cowell is called to a scene that refuses to behave like an ordinary murder. The body is carefully placed. The clues are deliberate. And carved into the investigation is a message that feels less like evidence and more like a signal.At first, the trail seems to lead nowhere. Then it begins to circle the world of Coast 105, a local radio station built on music, personality, ego and illusion. For presenter Rebecca Carey, the station is a place of ambition, reinvention and carefully managed performance. But for someone else, it is something far darker: a doorway into the past, and a reminder of damage that has never healed.As Cowell and DI McGregor dig deeper, the case begins to expose more than a killer. It reaches into buried trauma, fractured identity and the dangerous spaces between memory and obsession. Each clue brings them closer to a truth that has been hiding in plain sight, but also closer to a mind that has spent years rehearsing its revenge.Set against the coastal towns, back roads and radio studios of South Devon, The Frequency of Murder is a psychological crime thriller about obsession, identity, trauma and the terrifying moment when a forgotten voice finally finds a way to be heard.John Hogarth is a counsellor, psychotherapist, author and radio presenter from Devon.His background in radio, psychology and mental health gives his writing a distinctive focus on human behaviour, trauma, memory and the hidden emotional forces that shape people's lives.The Frequency of Murder combines John's interest in psychological realism, crime fiction and the world of local radio. Originally written in 2012 and revised for this edition, the novel reflects his long-standing fascination with identity, obsession, emotional damage and the darker consequences of unresolved pain.John is also the author of The 7 Primal Human Emotional Needs and continues to write both fiction and non-fiction exploring the human mind. His forthcoming work, How to F**k Up Your Kids, is a sharp, part-satirical exploration of parenting, emotional conditioning and the unconscious ways adults shape, silence and wound the children in their care. Beneath its provocative title and dark humour lies a deeply educational heart.The 2012 edition of this book reached the number 5 position in the UK National eBook chart. Only being denied the top spot by E.L.James (Fifty Shades) and Suzanne Collins (The Hunger Games).