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Darlington crime novelist John Dean will be featured at Jeremiah Vokes’ book shop in Coniscliffe Road, Darlington, during the week May 12-16, when his latest novel To Honour the Dead will be available to buy. The initiative is part of the Darlington Arts Festival.
In To Honour the Dead, published by Hale in November 2012 and the third novel to feature Detective Inspector Jack Harris, the unveiling of a new memorial stirs deep emotions in a remote North Pennines village as the people honour their war dead.
However, pride is in short supply at the ceremony as anger spills over and deep-rooted tensions are brought to the surface.
That night, the memorial is vandalised and an elderly man is murdered, apparently by thieves after his VC.
Are the incidents connected? When DCI Harris is called in to investigate, he and his team discover a world of secrets and a criminal conspiracy that stretches across the globe.
As the detectives start to make sense of events, they realise that they are investigating more than two crimes and end up asking the question ‘what price honour?
Jeremiah Vokes' shop, which can be found at 61 Coniscliffe Road, Darlington, DL3 7EH, specialises in second-hand and antiquarian books.
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