NEW RELEASE: THE CUCKOO CLOCK MURDERS BY ROGER SILVERWOOD
Looking for some weekend reading material? Look no further! Roger Silverwood’s latest is another delightfully gripping murder mystery full of twists.
Detective Angel finds himself in a peculiar position when investigating the murder of millionaire film writer Peter Santana. When Angel arrives at the scene of the crime, he’s shocked to find a dead pig in a silk nightdress in Santana’s bed. The further Angel probes, the more mystifying and dangerous his investigation becomes. Wherever he makes an inquiry there’s a cuckoo clock on the wall!
Join us as we follow Angel and his team race to solve the murder, prevent more mayhem, and unravel the mystery of the cuckoo clocks.
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A DETECTIVE WHO’S NO ANGEL DESPITE HIS NAME.
Discover a gripping series of murder mysteries set in south Yorkshire.
MEET DETECTIVE INSPECTOR MICHAEL ANGEL. AN OLD-SCHOOL POLICEMAN WHO SOMETIMES RUBS HIS COLLEAGUES UP THE WRONG WAY. HE’S GOT HIS FLAWS, BUT HE NEVER GIVES UP ON A CASE.
Please note this book was first published as “THE CUCKOO CLUB SCAM”.
CUCKOO CLOCKS, A DEAD PIG, AND A MURDER!
Millionaire film writer Peter Santana’s body is found in a lonely Pennine farmhouse where he hid himself away to write.
Detective Angel is shocked to find a dead pig in a silk nightdress in Santana’s bed. The victim’s beautiful actress wife is more concerned about the pig than the loss of her husband.
Angel’s further investigations become more mystifying and dangerous as he notices that wherever he makes even an inquiry there’s a cuckoo clock on the wall.
The DI and his team race to solve the murder, prevent more mayhem, and unravel the mystery of the cuckoo clocks.
A BRILLIANTLY GRIPPING MYSTERY FULL OF TWISTS
Perfect for fans of R.D. Wingfield, Colin Dexter, Peter Robinson, Reginald Hill, and Agatha Christie.
THE DETECTIVE
Michael Angel is over fifty, married to Mary. They don’t have any children. They are a devoted couple but the relationship sometimes breaks down due to his job or due to the problems of Mary’s sister who lives in Edinburgh and imposes on their easygoing natures. Michael works at the small local police station and is devoted to defeating crime, murder, and dishonesty of any sort and has no personal ambition beyond being a good husband and a successful detective. He doesn’t want promotion with all the routine office work and stress that goes with it. He is incorruptible but always short of money. He is always at odds with his immediate chief, Detective Superintendent Horace Harker, who is lazy, a hypochondriac and not a bit interested in assisting Angel in serious police work.
THE SETTING
Bromersley is a market town at the bottom of the Pennines surrounded by stone and hawthorn-edged fields grazed by cattle and sheep. It is cold as anywhere in the winter but its closeness to the mountains protects it from many gales and heavy falls of snow. The town’s industry today includes the manufacture of ball bearings and whisky bottles, and a huge brewery produces Bromersley’s best bitter, which is considered the finest beer for miles around. Wednesday is market day, and the town centre is host to the frequent cries of stall-holders hawking their wares while the enticing smells of cheeses, coffees, foreign spices and fish and chips tempt your taste buds as you wander through the stalls. The police always find it difficult to catch pilferers and pickpockets in such a crowd. Bromersley folk are easy to befriend but many of the old people are stubborn and still buy their fruit and veg in pounds and ounces, not kilos and grams.
PRAISE FOR ROGER SILVERWOOD
“Solid plotting, unpretentious writing, thoroughly reliable entertainment.” Morning Star
“A cast of characters you really want to populate with familiar faces of actors you see each week on TV — great fun. Angel is terrific.” Books Monthly
“Once again Silverwood combines a classic mystery plot with well-developed characters.” Publishers Weekly
DETECTIVE ANGEL SERIES
Book 1: THE MISSING NURSE
Book 2: THE MISSING WIFE
Book 3: THE MAN IN THE PINK SUIT
Book 4: THE MORALS OF A MURDERER
Book 5: THE AUCTION MURDERS
Book 6: THE MISSING KILLER
Book 7: THE UMBRELLA MURDERS
Book 8: THE MISSING MILLIONAIRE
Book 9: THE MISSING THIEF
Book 10: FIND THE LADY
Book 11: THE MISSING MODEL
Book 12: MURDER IN BARE FEET
Book 13: THE MISSING HUSBAND
Book 14: THE CUCKOO CLOCK MURDERS