The Poker Game Mystery

A dead nightclub bouncer with a secret

A mystery message in a hand of cards

A race to save a young girl’s life

Crime reporter Colin Crampton discovers nightclub bouncer Steve Telford murdered. Colin can’t understand why five cards of a poker hand are laid out next to the body. As Colin, and his feisty Australian girlfriend Shirley Goldsmith, investigate, they become entangled with three former special forces soldiers who have motives to kill Telford.

A shock change at the Evening Chronicle puts Colin’s future in peril. The tension ratchets higher when the life of a young girl is on the line. Colin is forced to go head-to-head in a poker game with sinister newspaper owner Quentin Pell to save her. The laughs are never far from the action when Colin and Shirley face dangers they never anticipated as they race to crack the case.

“Funny, clever and immensely readable.” – Northern Reader

“A well-written mystery that will leave you with a grin on your face.” – Me and My Books