James Hawkins
Description
Retired District Police Commander, James Hawkins, weaves more than thirty years of police and private investigation experience into his novels and plays. While he was born in rural southern England James has spent much of his life traveling, and today he splits his time between Vancouver Island in the Pacific, Ontario, England and France. In addition to being a senior police officer, James is also an experienced actor, television presenter and educator and, before taking up writing full-time in 1996, James was Director of Education at the Institute for Environmental Investigations in Toronto.
Books
Missing
Born into privilege, Sibylla lives by choice on the chilly streets of Stockholm. When she spends a night with a businessman, and his body is found the next morning, she becomes a wanted woman.
No Cherubs for Melanie
"Melanie Gordonstone, a cherubic six-year-old, was Daddy's favourite in every way, but her life ended tragically when she drowned in a backyard pond. Inexperience led young English detective David Bliss to attribute the girl's death to an accident, but since that time he has been haunted by doubts about his original conclusion." "Now, more than twenty years later, Melanie's father has died, and toxicology reports indicate that he was murdered. Bliss begins to suspect Melanie's sister, Margaret, who lives in a remote community in northern Ontario. But could Margaret have killed her father from half a world away?" "Bliss's unauthorized investigation brings him overseas to Canada in search of Margaret - and answers. As he gets closer to the truth, he uncovers the disturbing secrets that have destroyed the Gordonstone family."--Jacket.