Ashes By Now

Nick Sharman Mystery #9

by Timlin Mark

A novel featuring South London private investigator Nick Sharman. Depressed, hitting the drugs and drink hard, he's approached by Frank "Sailor" Grant. Years earlier, Sharman had been part of the police team who stitched Sailor up for the rape and murder of a colleague's daughter.

224 pages, Paperback

First published October 14, 1993

Reviews

[Warren Stalley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ashes by Now is the ninth novel in the gritty Nick Sharman private eye series by author Mark Timlin. Emotionally drained after events in previous book Falls the Shadow, Nick finds himself shacked up with two exotic dancers Dawn and Tracey. Out of the blue Sharman is contacted by a tragic figure from his past Sailor Grant who wants to clear his name after being imprisoned for the murder of a young school girl Carol Harvey that he’s always denied committing. Initially Nick is reluctant to help but when he’s viciously attacked and left badly injured in hospital, he finds himself unable to escape dark events resurfacing from his past life as a police officer. Bringing the guilty party to justice takes Sharman on a rocky path that reveals corruption, greed, ambition and betrayal before ending in a typically violent resolution. Author Mark Timlin doesn’t disappoint as he delivers another hard-hitting crime novel in the impressive Nick Sharman series.

[Chris Stephens · Rating 4 out of 5]

Brutal, one of the best in the series if you like them dark and brooding!