The first nine John "Slim" Hardy mysteries collected together for the first time.
The Man by the Sea
Every Friday, Ted Douglas drives to a deserted cove, walks to the shore, and begins to read from an old book. John "Slim" Hardy is hired to find out why.
The Clockmaker's Secret
A buried clock may hold the clue to solving the mystery of Amos Birch, a clockmaker who disappeared on Bodmin Moor twenty years before.
The Games Keeper
Landowner Oliver Ozgood is being blackmailed by Dennis Sharp, a former employee. The only problem is that Sharp is dead, killed by Ozgood himself.
Slow Train
When a commuter train is delayed at a remote village by snow, young nurse Jennifer Evans gets down from the train and abruptly disappears. More than forty years later, Slim Hardy searches for the answer.
The Angler's Tale
When a violent tragedy affects a guest at the same hotel where John "Slim" Hardy is staying, Slim finds himself on the trail of a potential serial killer.
Eight Days
When local schoolgirl Emily Martin disappears, only to reappear eight days later with no memory of what happened, her desperate mother turns to John "Slim" Hardy for answers.
When the Wind Blows
Five-year-old Ellen Maynard is the only witness to her father's sudden and suspicious death. Fourteen years later, Richard's sister Wendy is desperate for answers.
The Circus Lights
Young trapeze artist Maria has her career cut short by a suspicious fall. The prime suspect in the possible crime, her boyfriend, promptly disappears without trace.
Here the Road Ends
Slim is hired to uncover the truth surrounding the suspicious death on Dartmoor of a nine-year-old girl more than forty years early.
Collected together for the first time, these nine full length mysteries will keep you guessing until the last page.