A Handful of Secrets

A Handful of Secrets #1-10

by Andrew Hixson

For the first time, all of the John Handful cases in one special edition. 11 cases, including 3 never before seen in print.

400 pages, Paperback

Published December 18, 2013

About the author

Andrew Hixson was born in Barnet in 1958 and spent his formative years in North Finchley, where he attended school. After his education, Andrew embarked on a career working at the renowned Smithfield Meat Market in London. It was later in life, upon relocating to Suffolk, that he met his wife and settled into family life. Andrew is the proud father of two daughters and grandfather to three granddaughters, as well as two much-loved grand-dogs. Though Suffolk is now his home, he remains an ardent supporter of Arsenal Football Club. A keen reader, Andrew draws inspiration from the works of Tim Weaver, Harlon Coben, and Agatha Christie, whose books are among his favourites.

Reviews

[Marie (UK) · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ok John Handful is perhaps the most bland character i have come across. The cases are solved with nothing more than a quick look around the garden - in most cases, no suspense, no build up just the "Columbo" moment. I know more about his sex life and drinking habits than about the story lines. However what gets me really riled up is the transferral of the book to Kindle, complete with misspelt words, missing lines, wrongly used words - does nobody check that when someone means a peasant blouse it is not transferred asa pleasant blouse, red faced is not read faced. I am absolutely appalled at the number of mistakes in this short volume

[Tim Gray · Rating 4 out of 5]

Won this in a giveaway. A varied collection of short stories - there is a lot of cliche here, but then in crime fiction there is almost always some. I enjoyed these, some more than others, but it's a nice little collection for crime fans, almost as much as a pint of Calvors 3.8 to a beer fan. Ditching the slightly random photos at the start of each story would have given this a less 'self publish' look - so I suggest just pretend they aren't there!

[Donna · Rating 2 out of 5]

I won this book in a goodreads giveaway. It was not my cup of tea. The short stories wrre a little bare boned for my taste.

[David Gilchrist · Rating 4 out of 5]

A nice collection of short stories, some are reaaly good others not quite, but a good read all the same.