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    Evil Turn
    Evil Turn
    Evil Turn
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    Evil Turn

    By Douglas Watkinson

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    The Nathan Hawk Murder Mysteries takes you on another breathtaking ride - with a dark story of deceit, betrayal, romance and, of course, a horrific murder. This British detective with his biting wit and volatile nature comes from tv scriptwriter Douglas Watkinson, writer of The Bill, Poirot, Midsomer Murders and many more.
    Evil Turn is a crime thriller with another original story that will grip you from the start. Nathan Hawk is asked by an old police colleague to house a trial witness to the murder of two trawlermen. The young Irishman is accompanied by two police officers - one an attractive young woman, the other the crusty Sergeant Bill Grogan.
    And as Hawk's romance with Dr Laura Peterson goes from strength to strength, so his daughter's love life implodes and she comes home from Japan to her father for love and sympathy.
    The twists and turns in this fascinating British detective novel will keep you enthralled to the very end. But nobody, Hawk included, is preared for the final outcome. Don't miss out on this must read story from a compelling British crime author.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDouglas Watkinson
    Release dateFeb 7, 2023
    ISBN9781915497116
    Evil Turn
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    Douglas Watkinson

    I’m the author of The Nathan Hawk Murder Mysteries, each one a murder story told by the man hunting the killer. Hawk is a witty, belligerent, but finally charming English ex-copper who makes out that he doesn’t like being asked for help. It’s a lie. There’s nothing he’d rather be doing than solving a crime which has baffled the competition.I’ve also written hundreds of television scripts, everything from Z Cars to Midsomer Murders (or Inspector Barnaby as it’s known in some parts the world). There’s a list of some of the series I’ve contributed to on my Other Writing page. In at least half of them someone gets murdered!I started off as an actor and my first plays were produced while I was a student at East 15 Acting School. To pay the bills I also wrote the backs of album sleeves for Decca Records.It took a year after leaving drama school to get my first television play produced, a two hander called Click but from that moment on I was never out of work. I look back now and think how lucky I was...I had my first stage play performed at The Mercury Theatre in Colchester when I was 25 and went on to write several more, the last being The Wall, which caused some controversy on the London fringe.I’m married with four allegedly grown up children. Two of them are actors, one is a news reporter for Central Television News and the fourth is the director of an events company. The hero of my books also has four children and – surprise, surprise – they remind me of my own.I live in an English village with my wife and two German Shepherds. Like all writers worth their salt I work in a shed in the garden.

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