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Sleeping Malice
What has given Greg an obsession with suicide?
Why is Helen afraid of her past catching her?
When did Phillip start to collect useless trinkets?
Who in the British Government want all three dead?
When journalist Helen Taylor lands her dream job on a national newspaper, she could never have imagined that her first assignment would become her worst nightmare.
Travelling to France on a simple assignment, Helen Taylor encounters Phillip, a puzzling Englishman who avoids contact with anyone. When she meets him, she feels there is something darker about him, which could provide her with a major scoop.
Is it just a coincidence when Greg arrives in the village? Greg is an out-of-work journalist, with a peculiar obsession with investigating suicides. Now he is asking too many questions around such a small French village about a missing man. For one English family in the village, with not one, but now two journalists asking questions, it leads them to believe they are being hunted for the secret they hold.
So when Her Majesty’s Government stretches its merciless talons across the English Channel, Helen and Greg have to work together to discover, just what has been hidden in the village. As they begin to uncover the facts, their own suppressed secrets start to emerge.
They begin to learn, that when your past comes back to haunt you, no one is safe.
Why is Helen afraid of her past catching her?
When did Phillip start to collect useless trinkets?
Who in the British Government want all three dead?
When journalist Helen Taylor lands her dream job on a national newspaper, she could never have imagined that her first assignment would become her worst nightmare.
Travelling to France on a simple assignment, Helen Taylor encounters Phillip, a puzzling Englishman who avoids contact with anyone. When she meets him, she feels there is something darker about him, which could provide her with a major scoop.
Is it just a coincidence when Greg arrives in the village? Greg is an out-of-work journalist, with a peculiar obsession with investigating suicides. Now he is asking too many questions around such a small French village about a missing man. For one English family in the village, with not one, but now two journalists asking questions, it leads them to believe they are being hunted for the secret they hold.
So when Her Majesty’s Government stretches its merciless talons across the English Channel, Helen and Greg have to work together to discover, just what has been hidden in the village. As they begin to uncover the facts, their own suppressed secrets start to emerge.
They begin to learn, that when your past comes back to haunt you, no one is safe.
386 pages, Paperback
Published October 28, 2018
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About the author
Adrian Spalding
20 books18 followersFinding the time to write has always been the challenge for me. The requirement to feed the family, pay the mortgage and work, all got in the way. I only found the time to write, when I began commuting each day between London and Kent. Thanks to the numerous and regular delays I encountered with South Eastern railways, I was able to actually settle down amongst my snoring fellow travellers to write fiction.
Back in the days when I had ‘real jobs’, I worked as a photographer, a journalist and a charity fundraiser, all giving me the opportunity to see first-hand the life that others lead, as well as regular press passes to Brands Hatch.
Now, a full time writer, living in Kent with my wife, I write both thriller mysteries and humorous detective books, which some say will make a great case study for a psychologist’s convention. My biggest challenge now, is no longer finding the time to write, it is to protect my biscuit tin from sneaky swoops carried out by my grandsons.
Back in the days when I had ‘real jobs’, I worked as a photographer, a journalist and a charity fundraiser, all giving me the opportunity to see first-hand the life that others lead, as well as regular press passes to Brands Hatch.
Now, a full time writer, living in Kent with my wife, I write both thriller mysteries and humorous detective books, which some say will make a great case study for a psychologist’s convention. My biggest challenge now, is no longer finding the time to write, it is to protect my biscuit tin from sneaky swoops carried out by my grandsons.
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November 16, 2018
Yes, I am the author of Sleeping Malice, so anything I write here can be totally ignored. I just hope that if you do decide to purchase my book, you enjoy reading it. If you do read it, I would love to hear you opinion of what I have written.
P.S. Why did I only give it four stars? In everything we do, there is always room for improvement.
P.S. Why did I only give it four stars? In everything we do, there is always room for improvement.
February 24, 2022
OK but disappointing after reading The Reluctant Detective
This was OK but not a patch on the Reluctant Detective series
Quite poor writing, grammar at times and not well edited
This was OK but not a patch on the Reluctant Detective series
Quite poor writing, grammar at times and not well edited
September 3, 2023
Outstanding thriller - hints of Dexter
Absolutely superb work.
My second Spalding non-humourous work and truly engaging.
No spoilers, but there are hints of Dexter in here and enough twist to make a Curly Wurly jealous.
Straight into The Night You Murder.
Absolutely superb work.
My second Spalding non-humourous work and truly engaging.
No spoilers, but there are hints of Dexter in here and enough twist to make a Curly Wurly jealous.
Straight into The Night You Murder.
September 22, 2023
Very interesting web
I liked the way the story leads you through to a conclusion. The principle has some difficulties to overcome which could end in a coup!e of different ways. Not the typical ending.
I liked the way the story leads you through to a conclusion. The principle has some difficulties to overcome which could end in a coup!e of different ways. Not the typical ending.
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