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    The mystery of cabin 312
    The Reluctant Jockey
    The Laminated Man: A DCI Buchanan Mystery
    Ebook series4 titles

    DCI Buchanan Series

    By Alex Willis and TBD

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    About this series

    On that fateful Saturday morning, when Glaswegian John McDermott left for work for another painting job in Eastbourne, DCI Jack Buchanan was preparing for the first barbeque in his new home thinking his days of being a policeman in Glasgow were over. But it wasn't to be, while Buchanan browned the chicken on his barbeque, John McDermott's body w

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMount Pleasant Publishing
    Release dateMar 14, 2020
    The mystery of cabin 312
    The Reluctant Jockey
    The Laminated Man: A DCI Buchanan Mystery

    Titles in the series (4)

    • 2

      The Laminated Man: A DCI Buchanan Mystery
      The Laminated Man: A DCI Buchanan Mystery

      The Laminated Man: A DCI Buchanan Mystery

      Alex Willis
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      In spite of being trapped between the never-ending pressure from above to retire, and the need to quickly resolve the latest, cold blooded murder. Buchanan grits his teeth and doggedly forges ahead with the investigation. Was the gruesome death of the businessman a one off, performed by some sadistic killer? Or was it a macabre message to

      In spite of being trapped between the never-ending pressure from above to retire, and the need to quickly resolve the latest, cold blooded murder. Buchanan grits his teeth and doggedly forges ahead with the investigation. Was the gruesome death of the businessman a one off, performed by some sadistic killer? Or was it a macabre message to

    • 3

      The mystery of cabin 312
      The mystery of cabin 312

      The mystery of cabin 312

      Alex Willis
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      The myatery of cabin 312 is the third in the DCI Buchanan mystery series. Recovering from a very bad car crash, Buchanan takes his wife Karen on a two-week luxury cruise through the Dutch and Belgian canals. During the cruise, an English couple go missing. When their cabin is searched, blood stained female clothing is found but there is no

      The myatery of cabin 312 is the third in the DCI Buchanan mystery series. Recovering from a very bad car crash, Buchanan takes his wife Karen on a two-week luxury cruise through the Dutch and Belgian canals. During the cruise, an English couple go missing. When their cabin is searched, blood stained female clothing is found but there is no

    • 4

      The Reluctant Jockey
      The Reluctant Jockey

      The Reluctant Jockey

      Alex Willis
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      DCI Buchanan is on administration leave and is staying at Castlewood Country Club. He’d seen his wife and daughter off to France on the ferry and now planned to spend the week relaxing, reading, horse riding, and sipping his favourite single malt; and come hell or high water nothing was going to get in the way of that. But he hadn’t

      DCI Buchanan is on administration leave and is staying at Castlewood Country Club. He’d seen his wife and daughter off to France on the ferry and now planned to spend the week relaxing, reading, horse riding, and sipping his favourite single malt; and come hell or high water nothing was going to get in the way of that. But he hadn’t

    • 7

      Death on the Cart
      Death on the Cart

      Death on the Cart

      Alex Willis
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      On that fateful Saturday morning, when Glaswegian John McDermott left for work for another painting job in Eastbourne, DCI Jack Buchanan was preparing for the first barbeque in his new home thinking his days of being a policeman in Glasgow were over. But it wasn't to be, while Buchanan browned the chicken on his barbeque, John McDermott's body w

      On that fateful Saturday morning, when Glaswegian John McDermott left for work for another painting job in Eastbourne, DCI Jack Buchanan was preparing for the first barbeque in his new home thinking his days of being a policeman in Glasgow were over. But it wasn't to be, while Buchanan browned the chicken on his barbeque, John McDermott's body w

    Author

    Alex Willis

    Alex Willis is man of many talents. 'My dad can do anything,' say his children. 'Alexander the Great,' says his wife with a smile. He spent his early years with the sound of riveting hammers on the Clyde ringing in his ears. Then as the family outgrew the Port Glasgow home they moved to various houses around the suburbs of Glasgow. At the young age of 17, he left school and joined the Royal Navy. This was not a mutually happy arrangement and after three years being trained as an engineer, he left to explore other avenues for a career. His family emigrated to the USA in early 1967, bored and at a loose end he joined them in December that year. This turned out to be a fortuitous decision. Within a few months of arriving he had registered for the draft but was classified as 4A having already served in the Royal Navy. He was hired by the PT&T to work in the Palo Alto, California, telephone exchange, maintaining the switching equipment and short haul carrier systems. Not being challenged enough with his full-time job, he took to building and racing motorcycles on the clubman circuits of Northern California. One engine blow-up to many saw me change direction and declare he was going to build a boat and sail the oceans of the world. Plans for a 45-foot (later stretched to 51 feet by adding a bowsprit) ocean going ketch were purchased, space in the marina rented and construction began. As the building of the boat progressed, he met and married his wife, Nancy. Three years after starting construction, the boat was launched and suitably named, Nancy L. It wasn't long before the sound of tiny feet could be heard running up and down the deck. After sailing the San Francisco bay and short trips up and down the Pacific coast it was decided to sell the boat and relocate to England. On arriving in the UK, he sought employment within the telecom industry. He found a position as installation supervisor with a local private telecom company. This was short lived as the company over-extended itself and he was found to be surplus to requirements, made redundant. But all was not lost, he ended up becoming self-employed and very quickly became managing director of his own telecoms company. When his previous employer finally ceased to trade, some of their customers became his customers. For a hobby he took to making acoustic guitars and showing them at folk festivals. From his love of making guitars came his love of writing about guitars. The highly successful book "Step by Step Guitar Making" published by GMC publishing, was the result of this endeavour. Not satiated from writing his guitar making book, he turned to one of his first loves, storytelling. His first novel, "The Penitent Heart", inspired by the story of the Prodigal Son was the catalyst to inflame his desire to write. From there he started writing the DCI Buchanan series. Stories about a Glasgow cop Jack, Buchanan seconded to the genteel town of Eastbourne. He now keeps busy chronicling the further exploits of DCI Jack Buchanan and his sidekick DS Jill Street, and publishing and marketing them through his own publishing house, Mount Pleasant Publishing. As an aside to writing, he has taken up basic bookbinding, and is always happy to find time to give talks on creative writing and self-publishing. The remainder of his time is taken up being a gregarious grandfather, househusband, going for walks with his wife, cycling and helping on the family allotment. You can read more about Alex on his webpage, www.alexwillis.me where you can get in contact with him by email.

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