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City of London #4
RING RING: A City of London Thriller
It’s New year’s Day 2004 and in the early hours of the morning a man is run down by a car and killed on Park Lane in London.
The case becomes politically sensitive when it is discovered that the dead man has close links with the PM and his cabinet and that the ‘hit and run’ appears to be less than accidental. Scotland Yard is then sent into turmoil when the autopsy shows that the victim has miraculously regrown a second testicle lost in childhood.
If a man so close to the Prime Minister could have been living on a stolen identity for decades how many more ‘ringers’ were out there and what threat might they pose to the Government and to society in general. DCI Rosalie Barry and her partner DI Dee Conrad investigate but soon become embroiled in political chicanery, kidnapping and intrigue.
As dark secrets from the 1960’s are revealed powerful men and women with the highest office of government in their sights will stop at nothing to achieve their ambitions, not even murder.
Can DCI Barry and DS Conrad uncover the truth and will they be allowed to?
Another non-stop City of London Thriller from J Jackson Bentley this time in the form of a fifty thousand word novella.
The case becomes politically sensitive when it is discovered that the dead man has close links with the PM and his cabinet and that the ‘hit and run’ appears to be less than accidental. Scotland Yard is then sent into turmoil when the autopsy shows that the victim has miraculously regrown a second testicle lost in childhood.
If a man so close to the Prime Minister could have been living on a stolen identity for decades how many more ‘ringers’ were out there and what threat might they pose to the Government and to society in general. DCI Rosalie Barry and her partner DI Dee Conrad investigate but soon become embroiled in political chicanery, kidnapping and intrigue.
As dark secrets from the 1960’s are revealed powerful men and women with the highest office of government in their sights will stop at nothing to achieve their ambitions, not even murder.
Can DCI Barry and DS Conrad uncover the truth and will they be allowed to?
Another non-stop City of London Thriller from J Jackson Bentley this time in the form of a fifty thousand word novella.
179 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 5, 2015
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May 5, 2017
Another thriller from J. Jackson Bentley, this one about identity theft. This means that many of the characters had two names - a little difficult to keep them all straight. His books are good and I'm now ready to go on from these London ones to the Dubai ones.
May 3, 2020
Not up to standard.
Enjoyed all Bentley books up to this point. All a bit rushed for me and the usual problem with the names all over the place. Will continue on to the next, we are all allowed one slip up.
Enjoyed all Bentley books up to this point. All a bit rushed for me and the usual problem with the names all over the place. Will continue on to the next, we are all allowed one slip up.
January 27, 2019
Good read
Great story. Not too much dross. Fun to read.
I intend to read more from this author.
That you for the book
Great story. Not too much dross. Fun to read.
I intend to read more from this author.
That you for the book
January 18, 2021
An enjoyable and easy to read novella with an interesting plot based on stolen identity cases, interesting to think that there may be people walking around who are not who their ID says they are.
February 3, 2017
Good read
Not sure if I was going to like a shorter novel than I usually read but this is well paced and not all crammed into the last chapter. The two detectives whilst being a team felt slightly false but the plot concept is believable and well thought out. I recommend it for bed time reading.
Not sure if I was going to like a shorter novel than I usually read but this is well paced and not all crammed into the last chapter. The two detectives whilst being a team felt slightly false but the plot concept is believable and well thought out. I recommend it for bed time reading.
March 30, 2015
Another good read from J Jackson Bentley - haven't read a bad one by him yet
October 19, 2015
Great book. Introduces you to the characters and how they started
January 24, 2022
Interesting book with insight into policing and identity theft.
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