The Disappearance of Sylvester Purbeck

By Hylton Smith

He didn't show up for work on Monday morning. It was unusual as he'd never been off work in twelve years. Did anybody care? Did anybody know?
He was engmatic, intelligent, popular, humble, reliable and engaging. The police? Apathetic........Until.........

• Language: English
• Publisher: Hylton Smith
• Release date: Mar 29, 2020
• ISBN: 9780463145869

Hylton Smith

Born in the Northeast of England, I graduated from Newcastle University in Chemistry. My entire career has been in the manufacturing industry, first in research, then general management. After a number of years as the chief executive of a UK division of an American multinational corporation, I set up my own company, and in less than five years I was able to retire and turn to a boyhood yearning to write science fiction stories. This has gradually expanded to other genres such as alternate history and crime fiction.

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