Evil Turn: Housing a shady trial witness turns into the latest case for the off-beat British detective

by Douglas Watkinson

The Nathan Hawk Murder Mysteries takes you on another breathtaking ride - with a dark story of deceit, betrayal, romance and, of course, a horrific murder. This British detective with his biting wit and volatile nature comes from tv scriptwriter Douglas Watkinson, writer of The Bill, Poirot, Midsomer Murders and many more.
Evil Turn is a crime thriller with another original story that will grip you from the start. Nathan Hawk is asked by an old police colleague to house a trial witness to the murder of two trawlermen. The young Irishman is accompanied by two police officers - one an attractive young woman, the other the crusty Sergeant Bill Grogan.
And as Hawk's romance with Dr Laura Peterson goes from strength to strength, so his daughter's love life implodes and she comes home from Japan to her father for love and sympathy.
The twists and turns in this fascinating British detective novel will keep you enthralled to the very end. But nobody, Hawk included, is preared for the final outcome. Don't miss out on this must read story from a compelling British crime author.

275 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 6, 2022

About the author

I’ve been writing for television all my life, everything from Z Cars, through Juliet Bravo, Boon, Lovejoy, The Bill, Poirot - right up to Midsomer Murders, which I helped to establish. You can see a catalogue of my television and stage work on my website.

I also write crime novels featuring a high ranking police officer Nathan Hawk, who was 'required to retire' as we English so delicately phrase it. Hawk's a man with a fiery temper, biting wit and four grown up children he worries about, sometimes with good reason.

Strange, that, because so do I.