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Stuart Jonathan Wakefield was born and lives in Reading with his wife of thirty years, Susan and their three grown-up daughters. Stuart is a qualified printer and print finisher, having studied and gained a city and guilds from the London college of printing. He spent thirty years as a print finisher, manufacturing paperback books.Stuart is also a qualified swimming instructor, having spent eight years coaching at Reading swimming club, and the last five years working for Swimexpert and Hydrokids swim school.Stuart is a keen sports fan, follows Chelsea football club, and names Sir Ian Botham as his sporting hero.

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Detective Chief Inspector Johnny Allen always knew his past would catch up with him, he was told often enough.Jane Woods was the most beautiful girl he’d ever seen, she was the love of his life, his sin, but she kept a guilty secret from him.The brutal murder of Jane’s cousin, Alison Woods, some thirty years back had haunted him ever since. Did Norman Denman murder Alison?The shocking discovery of Megan Davis’s body brings Allen’s past back to haunt him. Billy Reynolds was his best friend, the pair were more like brothers than friends, but Billy changed, he just wasn’t the same Billy anymore.Allen must fight against his past. These people were my friends, my family.We all have a past, some good, some bad, it’s only a matter of time before it catches up with us.

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STILL NOT TO LATE FOR CHRISTMAS

Still not to late for Christmas, available in paperback and eBook. From Amazon, WH Smith, Waterstones, Austin Macauley. You won’t be disappointed.

STUART JONATHAN SHARES AN EXCERPT FROM HIS BOOK

He’s coming. ‘Johnny Allen, the man who see’s everything.’ ‘He’ll find us, that’s what he does, that’s all he does.’ ‘Johnny Allen, have you come for me?’ ‘You always knew I would.’

BOOK RELEASE

Available to pre-order from Amazon, Waterstones, Austin Macauley AND Barnes and noble, in paperback and Kindle ebook. Released on June 30th 2021.

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