A DETECTIVE WHO’S NO ANGEL DESPITE HIS NAME. Discover a gripping series of murder mysteries set in south Yorkshire. MEET DETECTIVE INSPECTOR MICHAEL ANGEL. AN OLD-SCHOOL POLICEMAN WHO SOMETIMES RUBS HIS COLLEAGUES UP THE WRONG WAY. HE’S GOT HIS FLAWS, BUT HE NEVER GIVES UP ON A CASE. Please note this book was first published as SHAM. A KILLER AT A QUIET COUNTRY CLUB. A masked man, dressed all in black, bursts into the club to confront a young couple. He says, “Your time is up. That girl is mine.” Then he kills one of them. Witnesses cannot agree on the straightforward matter of identifying the killer. Detective Angel’s investigation appears doomed. Angel is faced with multiple dead ends, station politics and a terrifying local crime family who will stop at nothing to protect their own. DI ANGEL’S MOST INTRIGUING CASE YET. With the appointment of the new, ambitious and aggressive Superintendent Strawbridge, Angel is deeply troubled and has only his instinct to rely on. Witness intimidation leads to another body washing up in the river. Risking his own life and withholding lines of enquiry from his cagey superior, everything is at stake for the Inspector as he seeks justice. Gangsters with scores to settle, crooked police and mentally unstable young men preying on glamorous women in the town. Can Angel work it all out in time and walk away unscathed? Perfect for fans of R.D. Wingfield, Colin Dexter, Peter Robinson, Reginald Hill, and Agatha Christie . THE DETECTIVE Michael Angel is over fifty, married to Mary. They don’t have any children. They are a devoted couple but the relationship sometimes breaks down due to his job or due to the problems of Mary’s sister who lives in Edinburgh and imposes on their easygoing natures. Michael works at the small local police station and is devoted to defeating crime, murder, and dishonesty of any sort and has no personal ambition beyond being a good husband and a successful detective. He doesn’t want promotion with all the routine office work and stress that goes with it. He is incorruptible but always short of money. He is always at odds with his immediate chief, Detective Superintendent Horace Harker, who is lazy, a hypochondriac and not a bit interested in assisting Angel in serious police work. THE SETTING Bromersley is a market town at the bottom of the Pennines. It is cold as anywhere in the winter but its closeness to the mountains protects it from many gales and heavy falls of snow. The town centre is host to the frequent cries of stall-holders hawking their wares while the enticing smells of cheeses, coffees, foreign spices and fish and chips tempt your taste buds as you wander through the stalls. The police always find it difficult to catch pilferers and pickpockets in such a crowd. PRAISE FOR ROGER SILVERWOOD “Solid plotting, unpretentious writing, thoroughly reliable entertainment .” Morning Star “A cast of characters you really want to populate with familiar faces of actors you see each week on TV—great fun. Angel is terrific .” Books Monthly DETECTIVE ANGEL SERIES Book 1: THE MISSING NURSE Book 2: THE MISSING WIFE Book 3: THE MAN IN THE PINK SUIT Book 4: THE MORALS OF A MURDERER Book 5: THE AUCTION MURDERS Book 6: THE MISSING KILLER Book 7: THE UMBRELLA MURDERS Book 8: THE MISSING MILLIONAIRE Book 9: THE MISSING THIEF Book 10: FIND THE LADY Book 11: THE MISSING MODEL Book 12: MURDER IN BARE FEET Book 13: THE MISSING HUSBAND Book 14: THE CUCKOO CLOCK MURDERS Book 15: SHRINE TO MURDER Book 16: THE SNUFFBOX MURDERS Book 17: THE DOG COLLAR MURDERS Book 18: THE CHESHIRE CAT MURDERS Book 19: THE DIAMOND ROSARY MURDERS Book 20: THIRTEEN STEPS TO MURDER Book 21: THE FRUIT GUM MURDERS Book 22: THE MONEY TREE MURDERS Book 23: ANGEL AND THE ACTRESS