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PEVERELL’S PROGRESS
I am pleased to announce the publication of my cosy crime novel A Hearse for a Joker as a Kindle ebook on Amazon, writes subscriber Alan Orchard.
This is the second in the series featuring private detective, Peverell Wood, who was first introduced in the novel Beware of the Trains.
It’s 1967, and Peverell Wood is something of an anachronism. Whilst the youth of the day were becoming enthralled with flower power and the permissive society, 23-year-old Peverell feelsmore at home with his suit and tie, his battered old Wolseley 6/90, and his passion for the works of Agatha Christie. The latter have inspired him to set up business as a private detective in Durham. Thankfully, he has a private income, as the residents of the county seem to have neither the inclination nor the money to employ his services.
As such, he is more than happy to accept any work that comes his way, including the mundane task of snooping upon the activities of a teenage girl on behalf of her concerned parents; and a challenging commission to determine the reasons for a man’s suicide.
But both these concerns are eclipsed by the activities of a warped killer, seemingly hidden within the confines of Durham’s student population. Detective Inspector Murphy acknowledges the scale of the challenge to identify the murderer, and being cognisant with Peverell’s deductive skills and his history as a Durham University graduate, requests his assistance.