Author: jackbenton

PI Slim Hardy is summoned by wealthy landowner Oliver Ozgood to find the identity of a blackmailer — one who claims to be a man that Ozgood killed years ago… As Slim moves to the Devonshire countryside in search of answers, can he unravel the truth behind his most puzzling case yet?

Having fallen on hard times, disgraced soldier turned private investigator John “Slim” Hardy is hired by rich and enigmatic land owner Oliver Ozgood to uncover the identity of a mysterious blackmailer.The man is demanding a fortune in exchange for his silence. He claims to be Dennis Sharp, a former employee of Ozgood, and threatens to reveal secrets that will soil Ozgood’s family name and send … the patriarch to prison.There’s only one problem.Dennis Sharp is dead, killed by Ozgood himself.In search of answers, Slim moves to the remote rural hamlet of Scuttleworth in the Devonshire countryside, where he will confront…

When soldier turned PI Slim Hardy is hired to trail a suspicious husband, he makes a surprising discovery: The man visits a cove on the Lancashire coast every Friday and reads aloud from a book. Why? The truth leads Hardy into a puzzling, decades-old mystery in this gripping series starter!