by Colin Bostock-Smith When the bones of a young woman are dug up in a farmhouse garden, P.C. Derek Martin discovers a link between her death and pre-War English fascism. He is, however, distracted not just by the chance of a promotion to CID, which would uproot him and his [...]
by Colin Bostock-Smith It’s the New Year and 1953 brings a whole new set of crimes to the Devon village of North Tawe for PC Derek Martin to solve. A gang of beatniks led by a strikingly attractive young woman who demands to be known as Aphrodite Wonder Girl, takes [...]
by Colin Bostock-Smith It’s August 1952 and in the West Devon village of North Tawe, local PC, Derek Martin, worries about strange happenings. ‘Niggles’, he calls these worries, although the last niggle he had, led to a showdown with a shotgun wielding drug addict and now, ever worsening nightmares. It [...]
by Colin Bostock-Smith It’s 1952 and newly married PC Derek Martin despairs of ever finding a crime to solve in the sleepy Devon village to which he’s just been appointed. Reporting bicyclists for not having their lights on is hardly what he signed up for. His first big case shatters [...]
