John Barber

Riddle of the Golden River (Inspector Winwood Mysteries, #12) (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

On his return from holiday DCI Steve Winwood finds he has three recent murders on his doorstep. The only connection is the method of the killings; a heavy blow to the head and then a sharp blade through the heart. Then there is the problem of his nemesis, Chief Superintendent Diane Bliss who has little time for his attitude towards modern policing. He is called to see Chief Constable Mchael Chapman who wants him to investigate a fraud. The only clue he is given is a short riddle: 'If you want to know the secret of the golden river, look no further than Aberto Pereira'. Steve argues that this is a case for the Fraud Squad but Chapman insists inferring that those caught up in a financial scam are high ranking police officers as well as politicians and footballers. But why is this all centred on a sleepy town like Rutherford. Because says Chapman Steve knows Rutherford better than anyone else. It takes old fashioned police work and the skills of his Sergeant Miles Davis with spreadsheets and financial products to solve the murders and the fraud which become intrinsically wound together. A short story that brings Winwood to contemplate retirement. Again.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Barber
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. September 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798201518424
• Artikelnr.: 70721043

Autorenporträt

John Barber was born in London at the height of the UK Post War baby boom. The Education Act of 1944 saw great changes in the way the nation was taught; the main one being that all children stayed at school until the age of 15 (later increased to 16). For the first time working class children were able to reach higher levels of academic study and the opportunity to gain further educational qualifications at University.

This explosion in education brought forth a new aspirational middle class; others remained true to their working class roots. The author belongs somewhere between the two. Many of the author's main characters have their genesis in this educational revolution. Their dialogue though idiosyncratic can normally be understood but like all working class speech it is liberally sprinkled with strange boyhood phrases and a passing nod to cockney rhyming slang.

John Barber's novels are set in fictional English towns where sexual intrigue and political in-fighting is rife beneath a pleasant, small town veneer of respectability.
They fall within the cozy, traditional British detective sections of mystery fiction.

He has been writing professionally since 1996 when he began to contribute articles to magazines on social and local history. His first published book in 2002 was a non-fiction work entitled The Camden Town Murder which investigated a famous murder mystery of 1907 and names the killer. This is still available in softback and as an ebook, although not available from Smashwords

John Barber had careers in Advertising, International Banking and the Wine Industry before becoming Town Centre Manager in his home town of Hertford. He is now retired and lives with his wife and two cats on an island in the middle of Hertford and spends his time between local community projects and writing further novels.