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“Deep cynicism born of a lifetime of journalism did nothing to prepare Don for the reality he had to face or the choices he had to make.
Confronted with the unanswerable, he had to decide which reality could undo the harm done, and which would cost him all that he held dear."
Time Out is a novel that follows on from Bad Blood. It is not a sequel but rather a companion volume, in that the principal characters and the story lines are new, but the location (Manchester) and the police team (D.I. Stringer et al) are the same.
The plot follows two overlapping investigations, one involving missing persons and the other drugs. As before, there is an integrated sub-plot that examines another popular belief and tries to make some ‘hypothetical’ sense of it.
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About this Author.
[Shortlisted for the Sir Julius Vogel Awards - Best New Talent - 2009]
Born in England in 1946, I moved to New Zealand with my parents and older brother at the age of four and, apart from five years in my late twenties spent travelling the globe, have lived here ever since. After a fairly rudimentary education, I found work as an Architectural Designer and this became a life-long occupation. I started writing late in 2006.
The books I write are intended in the first instance to tell a good story and secondly – once the tale is told – to leave the reader with something to ponder. To this end, all my stories attempt to provide an original take on some commonly held belief, be it cultural, social or scientific.
Being a fan of both science fiction and classic murder mysteries, these tend to be common themes, with elements of both often combined in a single story.
As a person who likes to read a book in a single sitting, I limit each work to around forty-five or fifty thousand words. Unfashionable I know, but it's what I prefer.
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