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Jeffrey Parfitt

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Born
in Newport, The United Kingdom
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Crime, Fiction, Thriller

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Jeffrey Parfitt was born in South Wales. At 16 he joined the British Merchant Navy obtaining his Master Mariner certificate in 1988. The variety of countries and cultures that he was exposed to in a professional capacity, along with the literary influences of Joseph Conrad (Heart of Darkness) and Nicholas Montserrat (The Cruel Sea), inspired him to note his own experiences, even from his first voyage.

In the early 90's he served as a criminal investigator with a government department in London and the provinces. Involvement in serious crime investigation, international drug smuggling and gun running, and assisting other government departments provides real life inspiration for his stories and plot lines.

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