The author is a retired University Senior Lecturer, teaching a BA (Hons) course in Graphic Design. He lives with his wife on Merseyside, where he was born. Apart from his writing, he is a musician and composer and long-time boater and caravanner.
A super-rich eminent plastic surgeon, driven insane by grief over the death of his beloved mother who was the light of his life and a celebrity in her own right. Two young, pretty, innocent schoolgirls out riding their bicycles. An FBI criminal profiler assisting a hugely built Chief Superintendent, his handsome young Inspector and attractive female detective constable.
These are just some of the characters whose lives become intertwined in this fast-paced, gritty tale of abduction and murder. A gripping and page-turning epic that all tastes will enjoy from beginning to end – oh, and there are five Belgian Blue cats in the mix too. The novel has pathos, humanity and romance and a little comedy as well. It’s a must-read!
By day, Alan is a friendly, charming, handsome insurance salesman, selling equity release plans to retired middle-class couples. By night, Alan becomes the ‘Angel of Death’, wreaking his twisted vengeance on such happy couples.
Alan seeks fame. He wants to be the most famous murderer in history – so he hammers a wooden stake into the hearts of his victims and draws a crude picture of an avenging angel on their chests. He sends a letter to the local paper stating his grand plan – to kill one victim per week. He wears full PPE clothing and leaves no trace. Without evidence, he reasons, he is safe.
The police call in a specialist criminal profiler on loan from the FBI. He assists the local police to discover a prime suspect. Meantime, Alan falls in love and has to reconsider his future. Lady Luck intervenes.
This story is set in Animal World – a topsy-turvy world where all the characters are animals. It is an exciting tale of adventure set in the northern city of Dogchester, where the city police force is led by Detective Chief Superintendent Nellie Trump, a lady elephant. DCS Trump is in charge of a tough, grizzled Detective Inspector, a cat named Tom Grouse, who is pictured on the front cover of this book.
DI Tom joins with a friend, Dame Alice Gobble de-Gook, a turkey, in an exciting adventure - a quest to find the priceless fabulous gold statuette of Felix the Great, stolen by a gang of criminal monkeys, led by a huge, fat orang-utan who calls himself ‘King’ Brian, a ruthless leader who lives in a secret hideaway – a great palace – hidden in the Wild, Wet and Windy Woods . . .
Ben Hawke lives a double life. One as a big, tough, private investigator, the other one as The Seventeenth Earl of Somerton, heading a vast estate in Lancashire.
Ben sets up his detective agency after a brain injury forces him to retire from being a Commander in the Royal Navy, where he led a Special Operations Unit.
He and his colleagues at his private investigator firm based in Morecambe, on the Lancashire Coast, take on cases ranging from tackling a strange gang of Nigerian kidnappers to taking on an evil cult of drug-crazy villains who murder a student from Manchester University.
There are many exciting adventures for Ben, his sidekick Ian, and the gorgeous Pat, who is the third member of the team. Ben also falls in love with the daughter of a famous rockstar – at Aintree Racecourse where his horse is the bookies’ favourite to win the fabulous Grand National steeplechase!
The Jester is an alien lifeform who travels the universe. In this story he has come to visit the Earth, which he last visited a thousand years ago, when he spent his time in Ireland, where the locals worshipped him as a god and called him a Leprechaun.
He is called The Jester advisedly, because he is a jolly but mischievous character who likes to play tricks on people. He is not evil, he just likes having fun. Sometimes he makes dreams come true.
In this story he plays two japes. In the first one he takes a leaf out of an Agatha Christie story by placing dead bodies, of naked women, in the libraries of six of the landed gentry in this country, just in order to baffle the police and have fun with them. In his second jape he has further fun by involving himself with the robbery of an ancient religious object – the alleged skull of a saint!
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