Two prominent London City accountants and a banker are murdered.

The only clue a felt tip message written on their foreheads. The more Palmer and the team look into it the more past financial actions taken by the three victims point towards a client taking revenge. But which client? And then there’s the upcoming Holiday Cruise Palmer has promised Mrs P. If he doesn’t get the case done and dusted before the sailing date he won’t be in her good books.

The pressure is on and DS Singh’s kidnapping doesn’t help.

Beautifully Crafted!

Another enjoyable tale from the pen of B. L. Faulkner!

DCI Palmer is taking Mrs P. on holiday – a cruise no less – when not one, but three murders land on his desk. There is always pressure to clear up murders but this is added to by the knowledge of what will happen on the personal front if he doesn’t embark on time. All three bodies have a message written in felt tip on their foreheads, so it’s down to Palmer’s team to work out the why. They are linked by their connection to the financial sector and it all points to some dissatisfied client taking their revenge – but who, and why?

I’m fast becoming a real fan of this series; the characters are beautifully crafted, solving the crime keeps me on my toes and there are always lighter moments to make me smile. A shorter read in comparison to a lot of crime novels, but everything is there and it kept me hooked right from the first to the very last. Terrifically enjoyable, and a series I’m loving working my way through. No doubt about it, this is a five star read and one I heartily recommend.

My thanks to the author for bringing his writing to my attention. I purchased this books from amazon via kindle unlimited; this is – as always – my honest, original and unbiased review.

Tags: crime mystery

• Format: ebook, paperback
• Size: 111 pages
• Publisher: BSA Publications
• Publication Date: 30 August 2016
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Author Details

Faulkner was born into an extended family of petty criminals in Herne Hill, South London, his father, uncle, elder brothers and cousins ran with the notorious Richardson crime gang in the 70s-90s, and at this point we must point out that he did not follow in that family tradition although the characters he met and their escapades he witnessed have added a certain authenticity to his books. He attended the first ever comprehensive school in the UK, William Penn in Peckham and East Dulwich, where he attained no academic qualifications other than GCE ‘O’ level in Art and English and a Prefect’s badge (though some say he stole all three!) 
His mother was a fashion model and was determined that her youngest son would not follow the family career path, she had great theatrical aspirations for young Faulkner and pushed him into auditioning for the Morley Academy of Dramatic Art at the Elephant and Castle, where he was accepted but only lasted three months before being asked to leave as no visible talent had surfaced. Mind you, during his time at the Academy he was called to audition for the National Youth Theatre by Trevor Nunn – fifty years later, he’s still waiting for the call back! After several sales jobs and sending advertising ideas to various agencies he was taken on as a copywriter with the major US advertising agency Erwin Wasey Ruthrauff & Ryan in Paddington during which time he got lucky with some light entertainment scripts sent to the BBC and Independent Television and became a script editor and writer on a freelance basis. He worked on most of the LE shows of the 1980-90s and as personal writer to Bob Monkhouse, Tom O’Connor and others. During that period, while living out of a suitcase in UK hotels for a lot of the time, he filled many notebooks with DCS Palmer case plots and in 2017 he finally found time to start putting them in order and into book form. 14 are finished and self published so far, with number 15 on the drawing board. To take a break from Palmer he moved into the ‘thriller’ genre with a series featuring International Private Eye Ben Nevis and his lady partner Alison Gold, known as The Gold Digger. Three are out and number 4 on its way.

Faulkner is a popular speaker and often to be found on Crime Panels at UK Literary Festivals which he embraces and supports wholeheartedly. Before the pandemic he was on Bristol Crime Fest indie panel; HULF Lit Fest and numerous Women’s Institute and other social clubs where he gives an illustrated talk on the big heists in the UK from 1930 to the present day and the ‘geezers watt dun ‘em.’

He has recently been seen on screen giving input in the Channel 5 Narcos UK series, Episode 2 The London Gangs and his DCS Palmer book ‘I’m With The Band’ has been serialised in 16 parts by BBC Radio Bristol. He has been a subject of many radio interviews including Corinium Radio’s Writer’s Room programme, Manchester FM’s Hannah Kate Book show, Hawkesbury Upton Lit. Festival ‘Best of British’ panel, Evesham Festival of Words Crime Panel, in the USA the Howard Lovy nationwide interview and Bristol Crime Fest Indie Crime Author Panel amongst others

As a crime writer Faulkner is quite particular about ‘getting it right’ and as well as his own Facebook page he publishes a page called ‘UK Crime Readers and Writers Page’ which has lots of information about the forensic crime detection methods, police procedurals and other facts of use to both reader and writer of crime and detective books.

Faulkner now lives in the glorious Forest of Dean with his wife and three dogs.

• Website: http://www.barry-faulkner.com
• Twitter: @crimewriter1
• Amazon Author Page: http://www.amazon.co.uk/-/e/B00ND8R6OO