It was getting dark. He found himself adrift in a leaky dinghy twenty-five miles off shore. He had spent much of the day bailing out water. Fortunately, they had left a bucket in the dinghy, otherwise bailing would have been impossible. He'd been drifting in a northerly direction. But, now as it was getting dark, he was feeling tired from his effort. He didn't know how much longer he would be able to keep going... In this, the second book of Detective Inspector George Washington's cases, he is spending a brief vacation in the small fishing town of Port Kennedy at the invitation of a prominent...
It was getting dark. He found himself adrift in a leaky dinghy twenty-five miles off shore. He had spent much of the day bailing out water. Fortunatel...
In this story H R Roth introduces Detective Inspector George Washington of the Sydney Metropolitan Police Force, who always gets his man (or woman). His attempt at investigating a crime is frustrated by his boss, who doesn't want him to succeed. As a result, he leaves the police force. Later, when working as a private investigator, he finds himself again trying to solve the same crime. But now it is clear that a serial killer is involved. As he gets closer to his target he receives many death threats and evades a number of attempts on his life.
In this story H R Roth introduces Detective Inspector George Washington of the Sydney Metropolitan Police Force, who always gets his man (or woman). H...
"I was sitting on a bench about thirty meters from the fountain. I observed a man standing next to the fountain. He kept looking at his watch as if he was waiting for someone. Then I saw a woman approaching him from behind. She was very attractive and had a large shoulder bag over her left shoulder. He hadn't noticed her. When she got close to him, she took what looked like a shiny piece of metal pipe from her bag and held it to the back of his head. The man instantly collapsed. I did not hear a shot being fired. I now assume the shiny metal pipe must have been a gun with a silencer. The...
"I was sitting on a bench about thirty meters from the fountain. I observed a man standing next to the fountain. He kept looking at his watch as if he...
T 6:10 is all he can see written on a small piece of paper. DCI George Washington looks at it closely. He doesn't touch it. Forensics will check it for prints. The note is lying on the body of the murder victim. But what does it mean? Is it a clue? Who placed it there? The killer? Someone else? What relevance does it have to the murder of wealthy wine maker Ebenezer 'Benny' Schiller who had recently become a Disciple of the Scriptures and a follower of the preacher?
T 6:10 is all he can see written on a small piece of paper. DCI George Washington looks at it closely. He doesn't touch it. Forensics will check it fo...
