Unsafe Space: A Harry Hawkin's Short #12

by Roy Robson

A badly beaten student. Two desperate parents. A system gone insane.

When a student is battered to within an inch of his life for the crime of wearing a comedy Tommy Cooper fez to a fancy dress party his parents are dumbfounded. They call in Harry Hawkins to find out what on earth is going on at their son’s university.

H discovers that the boy had been drawn into the fringes of a bizarre cult, in which freedom of speech is repressed, and education replaced by magical thinking and strange, voodoo-like rituals. He solves the case and reports back to the parents not knowing, as he does so, whether to laugh or cry about what he has uncovered.

TRIGGER WARNING
If you require a trigger warning of any kind this story is not for you.

Welcome to another Harry Hawkins story, most of which are available in short story collections but have also been published separately for those who like a quick read on their phones.

The stories add range and depth to the back story of ‘H’, the central protagonist of the London Large hard-boiled crime thriller series, tracking him through some of the defining experiences that made him the man he is.

These stories - by turns action-packed, tragic and comical - are a must for anyone who likes a cracking good yarn or has an interest in the development of this flawed but heroic character, a man who will do whatever it takes to battle evil and try and to do some good in a dark world.

37 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 9, 2019

About the author

Roy Robson was born in southeast London, in the UK. He has worked on a market stall, as a squash coach, on a factory assembly line and as a youth support worker. He eventually trained in the dark art of computer programming and worked for many years in the City of London, designing systems to track the flow of money around the world. He will confess to this being an almost impossible task.

He presently writes two series.

The Kenzie Marsh books involve a detective who has hit rock bottom after the death of her son and the collapse of her marriage. She is recruited by British Intelligence on a secret mission where she discovers a conspiracy so shocking it threatens not only her life, but the lives of everybody she knows.

The bestselling London Large series - which he co-authors with his brother Garry - features the relentless force of nature that is DI Harry 'H' Hawkins. As the tide of criminal gangs that flood London increases, Harry will stop at nothing to protect those he loves and do everything in his power to keep his city halfway civilised.

Roy has two daughters and currently lives in Bromley with his wife.

Website: https://royrobsonauthor.com/

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