A THRILLER set in Winchester will be published this week.
Your Call... is the third in the much-feted DCI Logan series by author David Palin, and will see DCI Ben Logan grace the streets of the old Anglo-Saxon capital as he tries to solve a mysterious crime.
Among the places featuring in the book is a "rain-sodden service station" near the cathedral city, where one of the central characters, Paula Godwin, comes across a mysterious Post-it note.
The book is a prequel to the other two novels in DCI Logan trilogy, which sees the detective unravel another puzzling murder.
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But Ben Logan is no ordinary detective – he has a condition called prosopagnosia which means he is unable to recognise faces, giving him the ability to "sometimes see what others miss".
Other books in the series include The Armistice Killer and This Changed Everything. The series is published by Nine Elms Books.
Mr Palin was born in London and currently lives in Berkshire. He went to university in Southampton – it was during that time that he forged links with Winchester.
He intends to host a writers' workshop in the city in the New Year.
The following is a brief synopsis of the book: “...why are we – by which, of course, I mean am I – here?
"A question Paula Godwin could have, perhaps should have, asked more often as her once secure life spirals downwards almost to insanity.
"Little is she to know that she will discover demons other than just her own when, prompted by finding a Post-it note in a rain-sodden service station near Winchester, she makes a random telephone call.
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"In this taut prequel to This Changed Everything and The Armistice Killer, the enigmatic DCI Ben Logan has to unravel the confusing circumstances around a murder and potential sex scandal.
"But, can he balance intricate detective work with his own ambitions and complex emotions? An intriguing challenge, especially given Logan’s prosopagnosia – the inability to recognise faces. Despite this, or maybe because of this, he often sees what others miss. Choices and consequences make strange bedfellows. Sometimes literally. Sometimes fatally..."
Publishers Nine Elms Books said: "David Palin never ceases to surprise us. Yes... the stories are dark! Yes...the characters are often flawed. But the quality of the writing and the devious twists and turns in his narrative make for compelling reading. As his two previous books prove, in DCI Logan David has created a truly original and intriguing detective. We love publishing this author.”
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