New Jack Harris novel is published

I am delighted to announce that Last Man Alive, the latest book in the series featuring Detective Chief Inspector Jack Harris, has been published by The Book Folks -  my 21st crime novel to appear.

In the book, Harris is on the trail of a missing man whom he suspects of having dementia and being at grave risk, when he makes a terrible discovery. In a tent, nestled within the windy hills of the northern Pennines, lies another man. He has been shot dead.

The detectives soon establish that the victim was not a random camper but an investigative journalist.

Yet as Harris tries to work out what brought the victim to his area, Special Branch, acting on the advice of a foreign police force, block the veteran detective from investigating further. However, But Harris isn’t one to give others free rein over his patch. Nor lose a man who he thinks may be a killer.

You can find out more about the book,and buy it in ebook and paperback formats, at

LAST MAN ALIVE: a classic British murder mystery (Detective Chief I...

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