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Mike Stanhope Mysteries #7
No Logical Connection: When nothing adds up, think again
Illogical connections can lead to dangerous places
Cornwall beckons, and journalist Mike Stanhope can’t resist the call. He once lived there with Ashley, and now she’s given him an excuse to go back. She wants him to help Giles, a former colleague, to fend off an online blackmail attempt.
When Giles mysteriously disappears, Mike starts to wonder what the blackmail was really about. His probing leads him to a burglary, a sudden death, an ancient murder, and the disappearance of a famous artist’s final paintings. Against all logic, he starts to wonder if these disparate strands could somehow be connected.
Meanwhile, he finds to his dismay that he still has feelings for Ashley. But will he offend her if he turns what he’s discovering into a news story? And what of his girlfriend Sam? Conflicting emotions and divided loyalties conspire to thwart him as this engrossing story lunges towards its dramatic climax.
Like all novels in the ongoing Mike Stanhope series, this one also works as a stand-alone mystery. It’s an intricate tale in which every component gradually turns out to have significance. The likable and believable lead characters are always engaging, and the lively dialogue draws you irresistibly into every scene.
Plaudits for the Mike Stanhope Mysteries
“No Logical Connection is one of Rowlands’ best. A real pleasure to read …”
“I've devoured books one to five with increasing respect and book six did not disappoint. Peter's characters are so real …”
“It's refreshing to pick up a book that not only has a great tale to tell but also has been well edited. The story has numerous unanticipated twists and turns …”
“I love having a new Mike Stanhope book to read, and this one didn't disappoint …”
“Extremely well crafted, and skillfully blended into an engaging mystery where each strand is neatly woven into a comprehensive thread that explains and accounts for every detail …”
“Among the author's strengths are the vibrant dialogue, which really brings the characters to life, and his sense of place …”
Mike Stanhope Mysteries
1. Alternative Outcome
2. Deficit of Diligence
3. Denial of Credit
4. The Concrete Ceiling
5. Now or Not at All
6. Not Exactly True
7. No Logical Connection
Cornwall beckons, and journalist Mike Stanhope can’t resist the call. He once lived there with Ashley, and now she’s given him an excuse to go back. She wants him to help Giles, a former colleague, to fend off an online blackmail attempt.
When Giles mysteriously disappears, Mike starts to wonder what the blackmail was really about. His probing leads him to a burglary, a sudden death, an ancient murder, and the disappearance of a famous artist’s final paintings. Against all logic, he starts to wonder if these disparate strands could somehow be connected.
Meanwhile, he finds to his dismay that he still has feelings for Ashley. But will he offend her if he turns what he’s discovering into a news story? And what of his girlfriend Sam? Conflicting emotions and divided loyalties conspire to thwart him as this engrossing story lunges towards its dramatic climax.
Like all novels in the ongoing Mike Stanhope series, this one also works as a stand-alone mystery. It’s an intricate tale in which every component gradually turns out to have significance. The likable and believable lead characters are always engaging, and the lively dialogue draws you irresistibly into every scene.
Plaudits for the Mike Stanhope Mysteries
“No Logical Connection is one of Rowlands’ best. A real pleasure to read …”
“I've devoured books one to five with increasing respect and book six did not disappoint. Peter's characters are so real …”
“It's refreshing to pick up a book that not only has a great tale to tell but also has been well edited. The story has numerous unanticipated twists and turns …”
“I love having a new Mike Stanhope book to read, and this one didn't disappoint …”
“Extremely well crafted, and skillfully blended into an engaging mystery where each strand is neatly woven into a comprehensive thread that explains and accounts for every detail …”
“Among the author's strengths are the vibrant dialogue, which really brings the characters to life, and his sense of place …”
Mike Stanhope Mysteries
1. Alternative Outcome
2. Deficit of Diligence
3. Denial of Credit
4. The Concrete Ceiling
5. Now or Not at All
6. Not Exactly True
7. No Logical Connection
356 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 9, 2024
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About the author
Peter Rowlands
9 books10 followersPeter Rowlands is an author whose mystery thrillers “are about ordinary people getting thrust into challenging, sometimes dangerous situations.” His leading characters don’t have special skills, and are forced to reach deep into themselves and find the resources they need.
He says character and plot have equal importance for him, and he aims to make his main participants jump off the page as believable, fleshed-out individuals. His objective at all times, he says, is to deliver clear, lucid prose and vibrant natural dialogue.
His keynote series of loosely-connected mysteries features downbeat journalist Mike Stanhope, who works in the superficially unpromising world of logistics journalism. However, his job brings him into contact with all kinds of demanding situations, from corporate corruption to kidnapping, theft and even murder. Along the way he has to weave his way through a tangled love life, trying to do the right thing even when he can’t work out quite what that is.
Mike has aspirations to be a thriller-writer himself, so the series also provides some revealing and occasionally ironic insights into the tribulations of a self-published author.
Peter picked up his background knowledge from editing and contributing to UK business magazines covering transport and logistics. He has also achieved a minor status as a photographer of commercial vehicles – especially British buses – and co-published his first hardback book in that field, Twenty Turbulent Years, in 2022.
He was born in Newcastle upon Tyne in north-east England, but has lived all his adult life in London. He has travelled widely in Europe and North America, and makes use of that experience in some of his novels.
He has also published a thriller under the pen-name Anders Teller.
He says character and plot have equal importance for him, and he aims to make his main participants jump off the page as believable, fleshed-out individuals. His objective at all times, he says, is to deliver clear, lucid prose and vibrant natural dialogue.
His keynote series of loosely-connected mysteries features downbeat journalist Mike Stanhope, who works in the superficially unpromising world of logistics journalism. However, his job brings him into contact with all kinds of demanding situations, from corporate corruption to kidnapping, theft and even murder. Along the way he has to weave his way through a tangled love life, trying to do the right thing even when he can’t work out quite what that is.
Mike has aspirations to be a thriller-writer himself, so the series also provides some revealing and occasionally ironic insights into the tribulations of a self-published author.
Peter picked up his background knowledge from editing and contributing to UK business magazines covering transport and logistics. He has also achieved a minor status as a photographer of commercial vehicles – especially British buses – and co-published his first hardback book in that field, Twenty Turbulent Years, in 2022.
He was born in Newcastle upon Tyne in north-east England, but has lived all his adult life in London. He has travelled widely in Europe and North America, and makes use of that experience in some of his novels.
He has also published a thriller under the pen-name Anders Teller.
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November 15, 2024
a complex and credible thriller
I enjoy these books. They mix being absolutely realistic and true to life,and show us a little known aspect of freelance writing, plus the logistics world, and credible portraits of England, north, south and south west, plus complex plots.
I enjoy these books. They mix being absolutely realistic and true to life,and show us a little known aspect of freelance writing, plus the logistics world, and credible portraits of England, north, south and south west, plus complex plots.
November 2, 2024
Endless curiosity gets Mike in one troubling situation after another.
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