The Enigma of Apocalypse Heights: (Quigg #7)
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He opened his eyes. ‘What happened?’
‘The bastards threw a brick. It hit you on the head and knocked you unconscious. An ambulance is on its way.’
‘I ducked.’
‘Not low enough.’
He sat up. ‘I’m all right.’
‘Yeah – right. I didn’t know you had a medical degree as well.’
‘We have a murder to investigate.’
‘No we don’t.’
‘What do you mean?’
‘Some government people have arrived and put the place under quarantine. Nobody can go in or out.’
‘Why?’
‘They’re saying it’s a virus, but you know how those bastards lie. It could be the gateway to Hell for all we know.’
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Tim Ellis was born in the bowels of Hammersmith Hospital, London, on a dark and stormy night, grew up in Cheadle, Cheshire, and now lives in Essex with his wife and four Shitzus. In-between, he joined the Royal Army Medical Corps at eighteen and completed twenty-two years service, leaving in 1993 having achieved the rank of Warrant Officer Class 1 (Regimental Sergeant Major). Since then he has worked in secondary education as a senior financial manager, in higher education as an associate lecturer/tutor at Lincoln and Anglia Ruskin Universities, and as a consultant for the National College of School Leadership. His final job, before retiring to write fiction full time in 2009, was as Head and teacher of Behavioural Sciences (Psychology/Sociology) in a secondary school. He has a PhD and an MBA in Educational Management, and an MA in Education.
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Warrior: Path of Destiny
Warrior: Scourge of the Steppe
The Knowledge of Time: Second Civilisation
Orc Quest Book I: Prophecy
Solomon’s Key
Jacob’s Ladder
The Gordian Knot
Raga Man (Short Story)
As You Sow, So Shall You Reap (Novella)
A Life for a Life
The Wages of Sin
The Flesh is Weak
The Shadow of Death
His Wrath is Come
The Breath of Life
The Dead Know Not
Be Not Afraid
The House of Mourning
Through a Glass Darkly
A Lamb to the Slaughter
Footprints of the Dead
The Twelve Murders of Christmas (Novella)
Body 13
The Graves at Angel Brook
The Skulls Beneath Eternity Wharf
The Terror at Grisly Park
The Haunting of Bleeding Heart Yard
The Enigma of Apocalypse Heights (Novella)
Dark Christmas (Novella)
Collected Short Stories/Poetry/Anthologies/Non-fiction
Untended Treasures
Where do you want to go today?
Winter of my Heart (Poetry)
With Love Project – The Occupier
The Killing Sands (Anthology)
The Writer’s A-Z of Body Language (Non-fiction)
Summer of my Soul (Poetry)
First Shots (Anthology)
Also planned for 2014/2015:
Mortis Obscura: Scavenger of Souls (Farthing & Trask 1)
The Timekeeper's Apprentice
Silent in the Grave (Parish & Richards 12)
Orc Quest Book II: The Last Human
Whispers of the Dead (Tom Gabriel 2)
The Sword of Damocles (Stone & Randall 3)
The Song of Solomon (Harte & KP 2)
Dark Matter (Josiah Dark 2)
The Corpse in Highgate Cemetery (Quigg 8)