Kissing a Killer
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Downstairs lives Dick Riches with his ageing parents.
Upstairs lives Doc Maureen Hall, anxiously waiting on her
monthly visit from her married lover, Gerald, while across
the hall, opposite to Tony, lives Derek Chamberlain,
ever eager to stop and gossip about the latest man in his life.
Four ordinary flats, full of ordinary people in modern
day Britain, until one night Tony Jenks goes to bed,
alone as usual,
when he hears noises the likes of which
he has never heard before.
Tony’s journey down into the darkness has truly begun.
Intelligent Horror...
said one early reviewer.
The Author is so witty with his words...
said another.
Down into the Darkness is out NOW.
ISBN: 978-15007-83051
In paperback and as an ebook on most platforms
The Inconvenient Unborn
England in the near future - though you may not like what you see.
The Cazenoves and the Wilsons don’t get along, leastways the parents don’t – the teenage kids adore each other, but when the oldest Wilson girl falls pregnant, sparks fly.
Donald Cazenove just happens to be Fred Wilson’s boss, but Fred isn’t without influence himself, being the senior shop steward, and the business is struggling anyway, and a strike could play havoc with Donald’s figures.
“The Inconvenient Unborn” is set in England in the near future where after years of austerity, a left wing Labour Party has been returned to power with a huge majority, and they now intend to change Britain forever. They have a mandate. They have conviction. They have momentum.
And then there’s a state visit to Britain by the most powerful man on the planet, Yuri Premakov, the Russian President, and his precocious and very beautiful film star wife, Tamara, bringing gifts of gas and oil and energy, at a price, and he’s scheduled to visit Lymington on the south coast, where most of this book is set.
So who wins out? The Cazenoves or the Wilsons, and what exactly are Yuri Premakov and his vast entourage up to in Britain?
“The Inconvenient Unborn” will take you on a journey you can barely imagine.
ISBN: 978-1517-585037
Also out as an Ebook on most platforms.
350 Pages
The Twelfth Apostle
There’s a lull in serious crime in Chester. Sergeant Karen Greenwood
is invited to a smart lunch in a city centre hotel where a successful money making scheme is being promoted.
Her boss, Inspector Walter Darriteau, receives a late night telephone
call from a long-ago superior from Scotland Yard. He needs an urgent
favour, and he needs it bad.
The body of a young woman is dumped outside the swimming baths
in the middle of the night, but who is she, and who is responsible?
A young man living with aging parents, struggling to make a living,
goes missing without any warning and for no apparent reason.
Four random events that couldn’t possibly be linked, but one thing is
for sure, the lull in serious crime is most definitely over.
Walter Darriteau and his team are going to be mighty busy, but can
they solve the riddles before it is too late?
The Twelfth Apostle is open for business - step right in!
Out now in paperback and as an ebook on most platforms.
What they say about Inspector Walter Darriteau:
I cannot recommend this book enough. It is fun, exciting, humorous
at times, and bloody and shocking at all the right moments.
Angie Martin – Author of Conduit & False Security
I can't say enough about this wonderfully crafted Inspector and
his investigative team, or what a delight it was to read a novel
that engages the reader from the first page to the last. David Carter
is definitely a gifted writer
Goodreads.com Review
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Did you love Kissing a Killer? Then you should read The Twelfth Apostle by David Carter!
David Carter’s “The Twelfth Apostle” is the latest book to feature his detective, Inspector Walter Darriteau. Like all the others it is set in the Chester and Liverpool areas in the northwest of England, but as in “The Sound of Sirens” there is also an international factor in play here, Hong Kong, in this case.
Here’s the back cover blurb:
There's a lull in serious crime in Chester. Sergeant Karen Greenwood is invited to a smart lunch in a city centre hotel where a successful money-making scheme is being promoted.
Her boss, Inspector Walter Darriteau, receives a late night telephone call from a long-ago superior from Scotland Yard. He needs an urgent favour and he needs it bad.
The body of a young woman is dumped outside the swimming baths in the middle of the night, but who is she, and who is responsible?
A young man living with aging parents, struggling to make a living, goes missing without any warning and for no apparent reason.
Four apparently random events that couldn’t possibly be linked, but one thing is for sure, the lull in serious crime is most definitely over.
Walter Darriteau and his team are going to be mighty busy, but can they solve the riddles before it is too late?
The Twelfth Apostle is open for business - step right in!
What they say about Inspector Walter Darriteau:
I cannot recommend this book enough. It is fun, exciting, humorous at times, and bloody and shocking at all the right moments.
Angie Martin - Author of False Security & Conduit
I can't say enough about this wonderfully crafted Inspector and his investigative team, or what a delight it was to read a novel that engages the reader from the first page to the last. David Carter is definitely a gifted writer
Goodreads.com Review
“The Twelfth Apostle” is a meaty novel too, running to around 500 pages, so if you enjoy English murder/mysteries, and want something that will keep you occupied for some time, then “The Twelfth Apostle” could be just the thing you are looking for.
It’s a standalone novel too that can be read just as it is, but if you would like to check out the previous two Walter Darriteau cases then don’t miss “The Murder Diaries – Seven Times Over” and “The Sound of Sirens”, while a fourth one, “The Legal & the Illicit” will be out soon.
You can catch up with all the news of David’s new books and read dozens of reviews and comment on his website at: www.davidcarterbooks.co.uk
Read more at David Carter’s site.
Also by David Carter
Down into the Darkness
Grist Vergette's Curious Clock
The Sound of Sirens
The Inconvenient Unborn
The Life and Loves of Gringo Greene
The Twelfth Apostle
Kissing a Killer
Watch for more at David Carter’s site.
About the Author
David Carter lives in the south of England and has written more than 10 books including a series of murder/mysteries featuring his black detective Inspector Walter Darriteau based in Chester, Merseyside, Liverpool, and North Wales.
If you’re interested in this genre look out for The Murder Diaries - Seven Times Over, The Sound of Sirens, The Twelfth Apostle and The Legal & the Illicit featuring Walter Darriteau.
David has also written a male equivalent chicklit novel dubbed “manlit” by some. The Life and Loves of Gringo Greene features a character who doesn’t treat women well and it comes back to haunt him.
Margaret Henderson Smith, a seasoned writer in her own right, wrote about Gringo Greene:
In its easy style it simply bounces along, every page sheer entertainment, compulsively turned, but at the same time I found myself grateful for the sheer length of this chunky, fun-filled book because I never wanted to reach the end. I feel sure readers will be hankering after a sequel, or a prequel as Carter puts it and I hope the author will oblige.
From the start the reader readily engages with the characters, the context, the setting, the story. With its low-key running plot gradually stepping up as the story progresses, Carter has the balance just right for he allows no distraction from each of Gringo’s lover’s own tales. This has got to be one of the most fascinating books I've ever read, for Carter has the knack of placing the reader in the thick of it. One is hardly aware one is reading, the experience of interacting with the characters is strangely powerful, and I read this with the ease of watching a film.
I congratulate the author on this work for it takes a very clever author to be able to hold the reader’s fascination continuously in this way. He has created a superb male `slick-lit’ character in Gringo Greene and the work has much to commend it. Within its genre, it’s one of the best books I’ve ever read and it goes without saying I highly recommend it.
David’s aim is to release one full-length novel every year, though two would be nice! There’s a much-requested sequel to Gringo Greene in the offing, time permitting. Read more on David’s books and see lots of reviews at: www.davidcarterbooks.co.uk
Read more at David Carter’s site.