by Ray Clark
“What’s this?” asked Gardener, realizing it was the catalogue with the seats for the Bonneville.
Malcolm opened the page at the King and Queen seat, the one he wanted but didn’t think he could afford. “The bloke who runs the place dropped it off yesterday. That’s the one you want, isn’t it?”
“I was certainly thinking about it.”
“Well, you don’t have to think anymore. You deserve it after the year you’ve had. Merry Christmas, son. But you will have to wait three months. It’s being customized.”
Gardener didn’t know what to say. His dad patted him on the shoulder and went back into the living room to see Chris. Gardener heard his son’s infectious laughter. There was a point when he thought he would never hear it again, which made him realize how important his family was. He also realized that, wrong as it was to take the law into her own hands, Jacqueline had indirectly saved the life of his son and Lord knows how many other children. For that much, he would be eternally grateful.
He studied the card and the inscription again, before sparing another thought for the minister, hoping what little family she had would be enough. On his way into the living room, a radio newsflash distracted him.
“...the perfectly preserved corpse of Wilfred Bradshaw was found in a house in Rawston. Police are anxious to trace the previous owner, a Mrs Olive Bradshaw, to discuss the mystery surrounding her brother’s death. Police pathologist Doctor George Fitzgerald estimated the time of death at around twelve months ago...”
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IMPLANT
Book 3 in the DI Gardener crime fiction series
A small Yorkshire town is beset by a series of cruel murders. The victims are tortured in bizarre ways. The killer leaves a message with each crime – a playing card from an obscure board game. DI Gardener launches a manhunt but it will only be by figuring out the murderer’s motive that they can bring him to justice.
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IMPRESSION
Book 4 in the DI Gardener crime fiction series
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