‘Broken Dreams’ by Nick Quantrill

Great news from Hull's finest crimewriter, Nick Quantrill 'I’m delighted to announce I’ve signed contracts for my novel, ‘Broken Dreams’, with Caffeine Nights Publishing. Caffeine Nights specialise in crime-fiction and I think their motto of wanting to entertain you with ‘fiction aimed at the heart and head’ is a perfect fit. ‘Broken Dreams’ will be available in paperback and all the new digital platforms like e-Readers and mobile phones from late 2009. More details to follow, but for now here’s a brief blurb: ‘Broken Dreams’ by Nick Quantrill Joe Geraghty, Private Investigator, is used to struggling from one case to the next, barely making the rent on his small office in the Old Town of Hull. Invited by a local businessman to investigate a member of his staff’s absenteeism, it’s the kind of surveillance work that Geraghty and his small team have performed countless times. When Jennifer Murdoch is found bleeding to death in her bed, Geraghty quickly finds himself trapped in the middle of a police investigation which stretches back to the days when the city had a thriving fishing industry. As the woman’s tangled private life begins to unravel, the trail leads Geraghty to local gangster-turned-respectable businessman, Frank Salford, a man with a significant stake in the city’s regeneration plans. Still haunted by the death of his wife in a house fire, it seems the people with the answers Geraghty wants are the police and Salford, both of whom want his co-operation for their own ends. With everything at stake, some would go to any length to get what they want, Geraghty included.' Nick's website -HULL CRIME SCENE- contains his great first novel -Black&White as well as two top short stories. http://www.hullcrimefiction.co.uk/ or click on the post header for the link.