Sneaky Peek: The Reach of Shadows by Tony J Forder

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Blurb

Recovering from injuries sustained in a road collision, DI Bliss is taken directly from hospital to a fresh crime scene and ordered to investigate the vicious stabbing and murder of Jade Coleman.

When Bliss realises the victim had reported being stalked, and that two of his own team members had been drafted in to take her statement, he is then given the unenviable task of interviewing both of his detectives.

Increasingly it appears that the stalker may be their killer. However, several other people soon become part of the team’s suspect list.

Bliss also finds himself being questioned about his own past, and has to battle to defend himself whilst continuing to investigate the vicious murder.

Soon more questions arise.

Why would anybody target the victim, Jade Coleman?

Why are the team unable to identify her close female friend?

And why did Jade recently leave her job without any explanation?

With his work cut out, and his team under tremendous pressure, can Bliss solve the case before more victims show up? Or will the shadows of his own past reach out to drag him under before he can succeed?

Author Bio

Tony J Forder is the author of the critically acclaimed, internationally best-selling crime thriller series featuring detectives Jimmy Bliss and Penny Chandler. The first three books, Bad to the Bone, The Scent of Guilt, and If Fear Wins, are now joined by The Reach of Shadows, published in January 2019.

Tony’s dark, psychological crime thriller, Degrees of Darkness, featuring ex-detective Frank Rogers, was also published by Bloodhound Books. This is a stand-alone novel. Another book that was written as a stand-alone was Scream Blue Murder. This was published in November 2017, and received praise from many, including fellow authors Mason Cross, Matt Hilton and Anita Waller. Before it had even been published, Tony had decided to write a sequel, and Cold Winter Sun was published in November 2018.

Tony lives with his wife in Peterborough, UK, and is now a full-time author.

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Sneaky Peek 

The curious thing to his mind was how loud his bare feet sounded as they slapped against the sodden pavement, puddles exploding and spattering his legs from the knee down with rainwater the colour of thin gravy. The way the sound reverberated along the quiet streets, he might as well have been wearing clogs. As his legs and arms pumped and the muscles that worked them burned, the thin cotton dressing gown he wore flapped behind him like a superhero’s cloak. He was only subliminally aware of these things, because his direct focus remained on the figure ahead. The one he had chased from his back garden, and who was now steadily increasing the gap between them. Much to his disgust.

                I’m too old for this shit, Bliss thought.

                His body agreed.

                Jimmy Bliss seldom slept well during humid, sticky summers, and his slumber that night had not been deep. The fierce downpour that started rolling through the city shortly after midnight hadn’t helped, with the constant tip-tapping against windowpanes and the sound of rainwater overflowing from leaky guttering. He woke often, tossing and turning, not knowing which had inspired the other. Remnants of scattered dreams drifted across his semi-conscious thoughts, each of them as unwelcome as the last. Every time his sleep was disturbed, Bliss had considered throwing aside the thin cotton sheet and getting up out of bed.