by P. F. Ford
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When DS Dave Slater and his colleague DS Norman Norman stumble across, and apprehend, a teenage arsonist, it’s no surprise to either of them when the youth threatens revenge as he’s led away.
Two nights later, when Slater is dragged from sleep to be told his friend’s flat is on fire, his first thought is that maybe this had been no idle threat. But Norman has gone missing, and when a witness claims to have seen a Russian watching the flats, it soon becomes clear whoever is behind this is far more dangerous than Slater first thought.
Considered too close to the victim to lead this investigation, Slater is told he has to accept a new boss, but no-one thinks to tell him the new boss is a woman, and at first he feels this could be one change too many. Fortunately, DI Marion Goodnews understands where Slater’s attitude is coming from, and it’s not long before she begins to win his respect with the way she handles the investigation.
With three major suspects, and the discovery of a couple of clues in an old red telephone box, Slater and Goodnews feel they’re making progress. Eliminating first one, and then a second suspect, they’re sure they know who’s to blame, but when Slater has an unexpected visit from the Russian, he realises they’ve been barking up the wrong tree and the answer was there right in front of them all the time.
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About The Author
Having spent most of his life trying to be the person everyone else wanted him to be, P.F. (Peter) Ford was a late starter when it came to writing. Having tried many years ago (before the advent of self-published ebooks) and been turned down by every publisher he approached, it was a case of being told ‘now will you accept you can’t write and get back to work’.
But then a few years ago, having been miserable for over 50 years of his life, Peter decided he had no intention of carrying on that way. Fast forward a few years and you find a man transformed. Having found a partner (now wife) who believes dreamers should be encouraged and not denied, he first wrote (under the name Peter Ford) and published some short reports and a couple of books about the life changing benefits of positive thinking.
Now, happily settled in Wales and no longer constrained by the idea of having to keep everyone else happy, Peter is blissfully happy being himself, sharing his life with wife Mary and their three dogs, and living his dream writing fiction.
Peter has plans to write several more Dave Slater novels, as well as having many other story ideas he would like to develop further.
As well as writing the DS Dave Slater novels, he also writes the ongoing, ‘digital fiction marmite’, that is the Alfie Bowman novella series.
P.F. Ford Links:
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P.F. Ford’s Author Central page
P.F. Ford on Goodreads