October 2022 saw the republication by Lume Books of one of my earlier crime novels, BURNOUT, which was out of print. It's a stand alone crime thriller and in writing the novel, I drew on my previous experience as the force press public relations officer in Thames Valley Police. Needless to say, all the characters and events in the novel are fictitious and the police force referred to is not my old force, but an imaginary one. But I hope the novel gives some enjoyment to my faithful readers. It was one of the novels I enjoyed writing the most and as the second of the sixteen crime novels I have now had published, probably provided me with the greatest fulfilment as a debut author.

David Hodges