Jack Johnson is newly divorced, recently made redundant and in search of a fresh start. So he decides to buy a narrowboat - the appropriately-named Jumping Jack Flash - and take off for a while. He's got no idea how to handle a 64-foot-long canal boat, but that's not going to stop him. However, when he takes pity on a young boy begging outside a shop one day, it's a decision that will spell trouble. With the encouragement of his companion, the enigmatic Nina Wilde, who agreed to help him navigate the waterways of the Midlands, Jack is soon tangled up in a police investigation that doesn't quite add up. Is there a serial killer stalking the towpaths? Jack's got more pressing problems too: can a canal boat outrun an organised crime syndicate and a media manhunt? Canal Pushers is the first book in the Johnson & Wilde series set on Britain's waterways and among the canal-boating community.
Andy Griffee is a former BBC journalist and media consultant with a fascination for stories. He was born in Gibraltar and spent his childhood on British Army bases around the world before studying at the University of Manchester. He began his journalism career at the Bath Evening Chronicle, and then spent twenty-five years at the BBC, culminating in his role as Editorial Director in overall charge of the BBC's largest capital project, the redevelopment and expansion of BBC Broadcasting House in London. Andy lives in Worcestershire and, when he isn't writing, rears rare breed pigs, struggles to keep a 1964 Triumph Spitfire on the road and enjoys hiring narrowboats with his wife Helen and their family.
Title: Canal Pushers (Johnson & Wilde Crime Mystery #1)
Author: Griffee, Andy
ISBN: 9781903360439
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Publisher: Orphans Publishing
Publication Date: 2020-06-04
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Weight: 0.5051 kg