Graham Ison put uit zijn dertigjarige carrière bij de Special Branch van Scotland Yard, inclusief zijn betrokkenheid bij spionagezaken en beveiliging op hoog niveau, om boeiende verhalen te creëren. Zijn unieke ervaringen, zoals zijn werkzaamheden op 10 Downing Street en binnen de Diplomatic Protection Group, geven zijn schrijven een authentieke en gezaghebbende stem. Hij blinkt uit in het verkennen van de complexiteit van inlichtingenwerk en het menselijke element binnen deze clandestiene werelden. Lezers zullen zich ondergedompeld vinden in spannende verhalen die rijk zijn aan gedetailleerd inzicht dat alleen ervaring uit de eerste hand kan bieden.
A DI Hardcastle Investigation - June 1917. Ernest Hardcastle, head of the Whitehall CID, is called to investigate the murder of Sir Nigel Strang, permanent secretary at the Ministry of Munitions, in his office. Given his work, Hardcastle wonders whether the Germans might be responsible. Then another murder leads Hardcastle to a worker at Woolwich Arsenal, who is suspected of passing information to the enemy. But is there a connection? Hardcastle must find out . . .
Has Captain Guy Stoner been murdered? His uncle, the Reverend Percy Stoner, is convinced he has. He recently received a letter, supposedly from Guy, claiming that there had been a fire at his farm in Ditton, Surrey, and asking for money. Hardcastle and Detective Sergeant Charles Marriott are assigned the case, and make a shocking discovery...
August, 1939. As war looms, DI Walter Hardcastle is summoned to the office of Charles Marriot, Deputy Assistant Commissioner of CID at New Scotland Yard. Walter learns that he has been promoted to a senior role at V Division, and is plunged into a top secret case when burglaries occur at the homes of those working on a new type of war submarine.
DCI Harry Brock and DS David Poole receive news that Robert Sharp, a conman wanted by the police, has been found dead in a fire at a nudist club near Harrow. Plunged into a deadly mix of deception, betrayal and fraud, Harry and Dave soon uncover a number of people with a grudge against Robert, but can they unmask his killer?
Featuring the worldly wise DI Brock and his wry sidekick DS Poole - When Jimmy Spotter Gould is shot dead within seconds of emerging from Londons Stone Mill Prison, Brock and Poole are faced with a baffling crime. Enquiries uncover an embezzling solicitors clerk, a dodgy undertaker and a dubious motor trader. A Bosnian doctor and Her Majestys Revenue and Customs also feature in a tale that eventually culminates in the uncovering of a complex smuggling operation . . .
"Working Girl" introduces Detective Chief Inspector Brock and his sidekick, Poole, in this fast-moving, intricate, and compelling contemporary mystery. Brock and Poole might seem mismatched in age and temperament, but their verbal sparring hides a genuine mutual respect that grows as they hunt down a killer.
A Brock and Poole Mystery - DCI Harry Brock is called to a murder scene on Ham Common early on a Sunday morning. But it is far from being an ordinary sort of murder. The victim has been stabbed to death, locked in a wooden box and set alight. Brock and his assistant, DS Dave Poole, believe that there might be a connection to a gang, which leads them on a journey through Londons underworld . . .
Accident . . . or murder? Detective Inspector Hardcastle's seemingly simple investigation turns more complicated, in his latest case June 1918. A patrolling constable discovers the body of Georgina Cheney, wife of a naval commander, in the basement area of a house in Westminster. At first it is thought to be suicide or even a tragic accident. But as Divisional Detective Inspector Ernest Hardcastle of the A or Whitehall Division of the Metropolitan Police begins to investigate - ably assisted by Detective Sergeant Charles Marriott - they soon discover a different story. It is clear that the woman was murdered, and revelations about the victim's previous life in Malta arouse Hardcastle's interest. But things are destined to get even more complicated for Hardcastle, when he is assigned two further murder cases by Detective Chief Inspector Frederick Wensley, head of the CID at New Scotland Yard. Could they be connected? This may be a puzzle too tricky even for Hardcastle to solve . . .
"Detective Chief Inspector Brock's sleep is disturbed early one morning when he is called to a burnt-out camper van in Richmond, Surrey. The van contained two badly burned and very dead bodies, and first conclusions are that the occupants have been the victims of an unfortunate fire. But it is not long before Brock and his assistant, Detective Sergeant Dave Poole, discover the truth: that a double murder has been committed. As enquiries progress, it becomes clear that the dead couple were on the wrong side of the law. Soon, Brock finds himself investigating not just a double murder, but a financial crime with international implications ..."--Back cover.
Detective Chief Inspector Harry Brock and Detective Sergeant Dave Poole investigate the murder of a man found shot to death in his luxury apartment in North Sheen, London. Could a trip to Belgium lead to the possible unravelling of the mystery?