Bullet for an Encore

by Michael Litchfield

When Elvis Presley impersonator Harry Markham is shot dead in what appears to be a professional contract killing, it is a crime custom-made for the tabloid front pages. Detectives Luke Templeman and Simone Tandy are assigned to the case and find themselves drawn into the unique show business world of the Presley fakes. Superficially, the victim seems to have been a loving husband and father, but Templeman and Tandy soon start to uncover the darker side to Markham's suburban life. Methodically unearthing clues, the detectives discover a blackmail scam, a mistress, a mysteriously altered will, and a killer on the loose.

320 pages, Hardcover

First published February 1, 2005

About the author

A journalist for many years, Michael Litchfield wrote for the Daily Mail and Sunday Express. He also worked for Time, as an investigative journalist exposing mafia corruption, which resulted in several contracts being taken out on his life. After changing his name and stowing away to the Bahamas, Michael returned to England and has been a parliamentary correspondent for many newspapers. Robert Hale also published his novels Bullet For An Encore, Last Bus to the Grave and Deadline.