BOOK DESCRIPTION
Family historian Graham Hasselhoff thought there were no skeletons in his cupboard. That is, until the day he met the son he never knew he had.Getting to know Andreas, who is now the boss of a road haulage firm, soon leads him to a trail of arson, beatings, mysterious warnings – and murder. Can his son really be behind this deadly business? Graham has to quickly work out if Andreas is an impetuous eccentric – or a dangerously ruthless criminal.
Who would have thought that working in the haulage business would be so dangerous. Arson, kidnapping, murder, threats, dubious characters, police raids in the early hours of the morning, mystery and intrigue were the last things on Graham Hasselhoff's mind when he accepted the offer of a job from the mysterious man called Andreas who arrived in his doorstop insisting that he was Graham's son. Our hero Graham was a likeable, mild mannered if a little naive character, I mean how many people would uproute their whole life just because a total stranger offers them a house and employment for both himself and his wife? But was Andreas who he said he was or had the innocent couple placed their trust and lives into the hands of a dangerous con man?
The plot of this gripping read contains all the elements that a reader hopes to find in a thriller. A likeable hero, dubious characters, danger, suspense, intrigue and unexpected twists. So many thrillers these days promise readers a twist that they will not see coming and then don't deliver on that promise. Well, believe me this story has a genuinely shocking twist that I most definitely didn't see coming. A very enjoyable read and very highly recommended.
AUTHOR BIO
It took until I was 57 to finally fulfil my dream to become a published author but seeing my work in print was far from a new experience.
Sunbeam, my debut novel, was self-published in November 2019 and was followed by Family Business on June 3 this year. Both are fast-moving, plot-twisting contemporary thrillers which use the city of my birth, Sheffield, as their backdrop, though Family Business is also part-set in my current home city, Derby.
My writing background is a career as a newspaper journalist, starting out as a trainee reporter with the South Yorkshire Times in 1984 before, three years later, joining the sports desk of the Derby Telegraph, where I have been ever since.
Most of that time in Derby has been as the newspaper’s cricket writer, a role that brought national recognition in the 2012 and 2013 England and Wales Cricket Board awards. I have also been a contributor for the last nine years to the Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack and have had many articles published in national magazines, annuals and newspapers.
The hefty workload of writing as a profession meant writing for pleasure was largely left on the back burner but changed priorities at work made it possible – essential, even - to pick up the threads of one of the many half-formed novels in my computer files and, this time, see it through to publication.
Sunbeam was the result but it was never the intention to stop there. Family Business was well on the way by the time Sunbeam was published and a third novel, possibly the start of a series, is already well into the planning stage.
I was born in Sheffield and have lived in Derby since 1988 with my partner, Sue. We have two sons.
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https://www.amazon.co.uk/Family-Business-Mark-Eklid-ebook/dp/B089FN37N8/ref=sr_1_4?crid=MHKD354HH9HE&dchild=1&keywords=family+business&qid=1596308274&sprefix=Family+bu%2Caps%2C173&sr=8-4
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