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Douglas Watkinson

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Born

in London, The United Kingdom

Website

http://www.douglaswatkinson.com

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Genre

Crime, Mystery

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I’ve been writing for television all my life, everything from Z Cars, through Juliet Bravo, Boon, Lovejoy, The Bill, Poirot - right up to Midsomer Murders, which I helped to establish. You can see a catalogue of my television and stage work on my website.

I also write crime novels featuring a high ranking police officer Nathan Hawk, who was 'required to retire' as we English so delicately phrase it. Hawk's a man with a fiery temper, biting wit and four grown up children he worries about, sometimes with good reason.

Strange, that, because so do I.

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Average rating: 4.17 · 2,511 ratings · 89 reviews · 23 distinct works • Similar authors

	Haggard Hawk (Nathan Hawk Mystery #1) 4.10 avg rating — 1,244 ratings — published 2013 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Easy Prey (Nathan Hawk Mystery #2) 4.14 avg rating — 725 ratings — published 2013 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jericho Road (Nathan Hawk Mystery #5) 4.41 avg rating — 158 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Scattered Remains (Nathan Hawk Mystery #3) 4.29 avg rating — 119 ratings — published 2013 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Evil Turn (Nathan Hawk Mystery #4) 4.40 avg rating — 92 ratings — published 2015 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Easy Prey: Scotland provides the setting for revenge and murder for the off-beat British detective (The Nathan Hawk Murder Mysteries Book 2) 4.26 avg rating — 57 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Evil Turn: Housing a shady trial witness turns into the latest case for the off-beat British detective (The Nathan Hawk Murder Mysteries Book 4) 4.59 avg rating — 32 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	White Crane: The search for a missing Chinese house guest leads to a murder puzzle for the off-beat British detective (The Nathan Hawk Murder Mysteries Book 6) 4.55 avg rating — 29 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jericho Road: Heinrich Himmler’s pocket watch is the key to a dangerous conspiracy for the off-beat British detective (The Nathan Hawk Murder Mysteries Book 5) 4.69 avg rating — 26 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Occasional Jonas Kemble : A psychological thriller about a theatrical family's fight for its life 4.17 avg rating — 23 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Kate looked at me and mouthed: “Jesus,”
― Douglas Watkinson, Haggard Hawk

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“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. Edmund Burke.’ Quite”
― Douglas Watkinson, Evil Turn: Housing a shady trial witness turns into the latest case for the off-beat British detective

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