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Ex-New York detective Thomas Blume hunts the streets of London for the killers that tore his family apart. For justice, for closure, for revenge.
But when Blume stumbles across a case that baffled local police, he unwittingly joins a world of criminals, corruption, and cops that will do anything to stop him.
Now, in a country he doesn't understand and a city stacked against him, Blume must fight to expose the truth… before it's too late.
Over 20,000 copies downloaded. Discover the thrilling first book in the Thomas Blume hard boiled mystery series today!
' It reminds me of Raymond Chandler’s work. It’s noir, dark, full of rainy streets, seedy bars and characters with their own secrets.' - Author, Victoria Randall
'I started reading it last night and didn't put it down until I finished. I highly recommend this book to anyone! ' - Joe Schaeffer, EBL
'This book is the most perfect example! I love how it was written. The plot was very suspenseful!' - Penelope Pearson
“A dark, twisting mystery that will hook you right from the start! Meet your new favorite hero…”
“Hard boiled detective fiction with a modern slant.”
A private investigator with a dark past, Thomas Blume will stop at nothing to uncover the truth. hard boiled mysteries, mystery, mysteries, noir, private investigators, hard boiled thriller, hard boiled detective fiction, hard boiled private investigator mystery series, police, London
But when Blume stumbles across a case that baffled local police, he unwittingly joins a world of criminals, corruption, and cops that will do anything to stop him.
Now, in a country he doesn't understand and a city stacked against him, Blume must fight to expose the truth… before it's too late.
Over 20,000 copies downloaded. Discover the thrilling first book in the Thomas Blume hard boiled mystery series today!
' It reminds me of Raymond Chandler’s work. It’s noir, dark, full of rainy streets, seedy bars and characters with their own secrets.' - Author, Victoria Randall
'I started reading it last night and didn't put it down until I finished. I highly recommend this book to anyone! ' - Joe Schaeffer, EBL
'This book is the most perfect example! I love how it was written. The plot was very suspenseful!' - Penelope Pearson
“A dark, twisting mystery that will hook you right from the start! Meet your new favorite hero…”
“Hard boiled detective fiction with a modern slant.”
A private investigator with a dark past, Thomas Blume will stop at nothing to uncover the truth. hard boiled mysteries, mystery, mysteries, noir, private investigators, hard boiled thriller, hard boiled detective fiction, hard boiled private investigator mystery series, police, London
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March 17, 2022
This book is a great read and made me want to forget my worries and responsibilities for a few hours. Thank you Phil for taking me on a great journey. I felt like I was with Tom Blume the whole time. Will definitely read more of his books.
January 24, 2025
Thomas Blume is an ex-american police officer who is now living in London as he is trying to track down the murderer of his wife and son. He is about to be sent back to america as his visitor's visa only has a few days left to run. He sees a woman watching his house a few times and he manages to find her address through her car registration number. His landlord's son is very helpful, though goodness knows how they get through the systems on the DVLA site. Anyway he ends up at her house and her son was kidnapped sometime ago and the police didn't have any success tracking him down, and she now knows that there were more young boys who had also disappeared. She asks Thomas for help and although he has just a few days left in London he sets about trying to find all of them. Which is no mean feat, I mean our police may not be the best in the world but they are pretty good!!
Obviousy being an American and finding his way through a policing system which is vastly different from america he solves all the crimes in just days!! Ah well, it is fiction! What I really liked though was the ending, now that was a real shocker!!! I feel I want to read the next book just to see how exactly that pans out and who is this other guy??? So I have this feeling that Thomas will be staying on in London fighting more crimes than the Met can solve!! I bet any british police officers reading this book are really impressed (am being ironic here guys! We do irony well over here!!).
Obviousy being an American and finding his way through a policing system which is vastly different from america he solves all the crimes in just days!! Ah well, it is fiction! What I really liked though was the ending, now that was a real shocker!!! I feel I want to read the next book just to see how exactly that pans out and who is this other guy??? So I have this feeling that Thomas will be staying on in London fighting more crimes than the Met can solve!! I bet any british police officers reading this book are really impressed (am being ironic here guys! We do irony well over here!!).
May 12, 2019
I loved this story! It’s was suspenseful and I didn’t have the ending figured out in the beginning. My favourite part was the shocker in the epilogue. Definitely gets me wanting to read the next in the series!
February 21, 2019
Decent story but fairly predictable plot. Got annoyed with some obvious editing issues, too. Not a bad beach read especially since it was a free download on BookBub.
January 10, 2024
Totally a page turner!
July 9, 2024
Pretty short. Went a little too quickly, but a great twist at the end.
December 15, 2024
3.5 Stars. Pretty good detective story. Not exactly hardboiled, but in that vein. It was good enough that I would like to continue reading in the series. The epilogue hints towards some intrigue which is a good hook towards making me want to read the second book in the series.
February 14, 2021
No good at writing reviews ... but I will say this book was an enjoyable read! Purchased a hardcopy and will download the second book in the series.
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