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"The road to hell isn't always paved with good intentions"
Synopsis
When builder Terry Johnson spots what he thinks is a bargain he can’t resist but to succumb to temptation.
The large, detached house stands on the side of a railway track and would be perfect for his needs … and it’s cheap!
But Billington Manor has a very tainted history, and the grounds upon which it stands were part of an unsolved murder back in the 1850s.
Terry is about to discover that the road to hell is not always paved with good intentions.
Based upon a true incident, Ryder On The Storm is a stand-alone supernatural crime novella from the author of the IMP series, featuring desk sergeant Maurice Cragg.
Extract
“It doesn’t exist, Maurice.”
They were now on their second pint of the evening. Reg Trood had told Maurice Cragg what he’d discovered from the land registry search.
The pub hadn’t livened up any, but the music had: someone had chosen a bit of rock ‘n’ roll rather than festive clap-trap.
“The house just doesn’t exist anymore,” repeated Trood, as if he couldn’t actually believe his own words. “It used to, but it was demolished years ago. I don’t know what’s going on.”
“I thought we’d stopped it,” Maurice said to himself.
“Stopped what?”
Maurice turned to his friend. “That’s just it, Reg. I’ve no idea.”
View my Review of Ray Clark's previous novel from the Imp series Implant
Author Bio
Ray Clark is the co-author of Manitou Man: The World of Graham Masterton, nominated for both the World and British Fantasy Awards.
Between 2007 and 2010 further publications included, The Lord of Misrule and Other Stories, Calix, Whitby Abbey: Pure Inspiration, plus a number of award nominations for short stories.
2012: The Priest's Hole by Damnation Books in the U.S. 2013: Calix by Double Dragon Press in Canada. 2013: a short story collection entitled, A Devil's Dozen by Canadian publisher, Double Dragon. 2014: Seven Secrets by Damnation Books. 2015: a short story collection, entitled, A Detective's Dozen by Canadian publisher, Double Dragon Books. 2016: Impurity: the first in the IMP crime thriller series from Caliburn Press featuring D.I. Gardener and D.S. Reilly. 2017: Imperfection: the second in the IMP crime thriller series from Urbane Publications, featuring D.I. Gardener and D.S. Reilly 2017: Resurrection: a stand alone horror novel from Endeavour Press. 2018: Implant: the third in the IMP crime thriller series from Urbane Publications, featuring D.I. Gardener and D.S. Reilly 2019: Ryder On The Storm, a stand-alone cross genre novella from IMPulse Press, featuring Desk Sergeant Maurice Cragg from Seven Secrets and Implant.
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