The Reluctant Detective
Martin never planned to do any actual detecting. He just wanted a quiet life. Something his mother was not going to allow. There again he never for one moment imagined he would have to look into the death of a 90-year-old lady who was gambling away her family fortune.
The Hayden Detective Agency has no need of clients. The very existence of the Agency allows Martin Hayden to claim his large monthly allowance from the family fortune - without lifting a finger. Martin’s biggest problem is his interfering mother, who understands her idle son too well. She takes steps to find him not just clients but also a personal assistant to keep an eye on him.
Under pressure from the women in his life, Martin agrees to take on his first client. How hard can it be to follow a 90-year-old woman who spends her time losing money at roulette tables? As it turns out harder than Martin ever thought possible, especially with the old lady dying in strange circumstances.
Soon the Reluctant Detective is grappling with shady estate agents, an intellectual artist, missing charity money and an irritating Indian waiter. Luckily for Martin there is help in the form of Colin, a transvestite who, apart from having very good fashion sense, is an expert at breaking into houses.
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About the Author
Finding the time to write has always been the challenge for Adrian Spalding. The requirement to feed the family, pay the mortgage and work, all got in the way. Adrian only found the time to write, when he began commuting each day between London and Kent. Thanks to the numerous and regular delays he encountered with South Eastern railways, he was able to actually settle down amongst his snoring fellow travellers to write fiction.
Back in the days when he had ‘real jobs’, Adrian worked as a photographer, a journalist and a charity fundraiser, all giving him the opportunity to see first-hand the life that others lead, as well as regular press passes to Brands Hatch.
Now, a full time writer, living in Kent with his wife, he writes both thriller mysteries and humorous detective books, which some say will make a great case study for a psychologist’s convention. His biggest challenge now, is no longer finding the time to write, it is to protect his biscuit tin from sneaky swoops carried out by his grandsons.
You can find more about Adrian, the books he writes, and what he is up to on his website www.adrianspalding.co.uk or find him on his Facebook page Adrian Spalding Author.