Francis Szeben has lived in Chislehurst all his life, having been educated at Chislehurst & Sidcup Grammar School and University College London. Now a full-time writer, he has been published in a variety of genres (under different pen names). This series - the Cunningham Files - explores the darker side of life in London, through the eyes of a young Detective Inspector for whom that dark side is as unfamiliar as it is to most of those living in the city. Like all the great detectives in fiction, Martha Cunningham is just a little enigmatic, both an insider and an outsider, both a maverick and