The Man by the Sea (The Slim Hardy Mystery Series Book 1)
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Head of Words
The Man Who Built the World
Fire Fight
The Endinfinium Series
Benjamin Forrest and the School at the End of the World
Benjamin Forrest and the Bay of Paper Dragons
The Tube Riders series
Underground
Exile
Revenge
In the Shadow of London
The Tales of Crow series
The Eyes in the Dark
The Castle of Nightmares
The Puppeteer King
The Circus of Machinations
The Tokyo Lost Series
(Writing as Christopher Ward)
Broken
Stolen
Frozen
The Slim Hardy Mystery Series
(writing as Jack Benton)
The Man by the Sea
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This book was something of a departure for me. It was my first attempt to write a mystery, and was written in a way I’ve never tried before—entirely on a smartphone. As a result it took a lot longer to write than most of my books, with a lot of thinking time between writing sessions. I think it turned out rather well, and I hope that you, the reader, will agree.
Special thanks to P.C. Melanie Earnshaw for your insights into all things to do with law enforcement, and to Jenny Twist for your notes and encouragement.
And finally, thank you to my readers. You make all the lonely hours of writing worth it.
Table of Contents
Title Page
About the Author
Contents
Copyright
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
Chapter 53
Chapter 54
Chapter 55
Chapter 56
Chapter 57
Chapter 58
Chapter 59
Afterword
Also by the same author
Contact
Acknowledgments