Cline Investigates
A Cut Throat Business
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Now Graham began to panic, even though he was still not in command of all his senses and faculties, his instinct told him he could be in danger. “How did the body get here? How did it die? Was it male or female?” All of these questions were rushing through his confused mind. “I’ve got to get out of here as quick as I can and get help. If this body was murdered, the murderer may still be in the woods and I could be in danger.” He struggled back up to his feet and slowly made his way out of the woods.
Unbeknown to him, the first sign of life that confronted him was the pub which Armstrong was making his way towards when he was so suddenly and brutally struck down. The pub was now in total darkness since it was well past closing time, but this didn’t stop Graham hammering on the doors as hard as he could. What Graham failed to realise, was the effect the knock on the head was having on his senses; what he thought was loud hammering was in effect only a faint knock on the door. Even if the landlord of the pub had been leaning on the inside of the door, Graham’s hammering would still have gone unnoticed. After what appeared to Graham to be an eternity, he left the pub yard and made his way into the housing estate. If he had been in possession of all his faculties and was able to think in a rational manner, he would have knocked on the first door that he came across. The only thing foremost on Graham’s mind was to get to a phone. It took him another thirty minutes before he saw what he was looking for. At first, it appeared as a solitary light on the corner of two roads, but as he approached the light he could make out the outlines of a telephone box, standing invitingly on the footpath ahead of him.
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Bolderdale lay to the southern end of the Yorkshire Dales.
A relatively new town having been in existence since the nineteen fifties, it was about to have it’s relatively peaceful atmosphere and tranquillity shattered by the discovery of the brutally murdered body of a local middle class businessman.
What at first appeared to Inspector John Cline as a possible simple one off crime was soon to develop into a complicated web of intrigue involving blackmail, retribution,
revenge and kidnapping.
With very limited resources at his disposal, and the long standing mutual loathing and resentment between Cline and Superintendent Knowels not helping the situation, a great deal of luck, as well as all his experience would be required before all could rest peacefully again.
With the body count increasing, it soon became obvious that this was no one off murder,
but what was the link that tied them together?
With evidence in short supply at the start of the investigation, it soon became a matter of urgency to find the killer, as the number of bodies rose.
About the Author
Born into a South Yorkshire mining family, just outside the town of
Although only attending a Secondary Modern school in the early 1950’s, he later qualified, first as an electrician and then, as an Electrical Engineer, working in the Coalmining Industry in South Yorkshire. It was during the early 1960’s that he was employed as a Laboratory Engineer at the Aircraft Equipment Division of the English Electric Co. at Bradford.
He worked on the equipment of aircraft such as the English Electric Lightening, the Buccaneer and the famous Concorde.
He was married to Dorothy and together they brought up a son and a daughter, the daughter subsequently produced a loving granddaughter and grandson.
Later in life, his work took him to the four corners of
In addition to being a crossword and puzzle enthusiast, he his an avid reader of crime novels and thrillers. It is this love which inspired him to write his first Inspector Cline novel, adding his own inimitable style to the realms of fictional writing.
He was bereaved just prior to Christmas 2004, when his beloved wife passed away with lung cancer.
Ultimately, he would like, with the help and support of his family, to continue producing ‘Inspector Cline’ mysteries.
His determined, well motivated and focused writing, could be due to his motto for life which is, “If a job is worth doing, then it’s worth doing well”