A Slow Death (Max Drescher Book 1)

by James Craig

  Taking his bronze warrant disc from his pocket, Max placed it on the desk, next to the Beretta. Getting to his feet, he looked around the empty room, silently praying for some kind of last-minute reprieve. When none was forthcoming, his gaze returned to the disc.

  That could actually come in quite handy, now and again.

  Retrieving the disc, Max dropped it on top of the comic and closed the box.

  ‘Time to go.’

  Picking up his belongings, he headed for the door, head bowed.

  For Catherine and Cate

  Acknowledgements

  Many people have helped to bring my man Max, blinking furiously, into the light.

  In particular, I would like to thank: Andrea von Schilling, Celso F. Lopez, Peter Lavery and Michael Doggart.

  Above all, I would like to thank Chris McVeigh for just getting the damn thing done.

  The author

  James Craig is a writer and consultant living in London.

  This is his first Max Drescher novel. He also writes an ongoing series about London detective John Carlyle

  Novels

  London Calling

  Never Apologise, Never Explain

  Buckingham Palace Blues

  The Circus

  Then We Die

  The Last Temptation

  Shoot to Kill

  Sins of the Fathers

  Nobody’s Hero

  Short stories

  The Enemy Within

  What Dies Inside

  The Hand of God

  www.james-craig.co.uk

  twitter: @byjamescraig