Testimony

Inspector 'Jacko' Jackson Mystery #1

by Frank Palmer

Not yet thirty, ex-Police Constable Terry Davis, with a gaping throat wound as though a spiked glove or some wild animal - a pit bull terrier? - had done it, isn't expected to live.
Forced to resign for accepting unauthorized hospitality from a known criminal, he had set himself up as a private investigator and paid informant to a Sunday tabloid.
The only witness to this savage attack is a blind man.
When a full-scale murder hunt gets underway, Detective Inspector "Jacko" Jackson and Detective Sergeant Caroline Parker, probing Davis's nefarious dealings - some very close to "home" - unearth a sinister connection with the unsolved drowning of a teenage girl.
Through stealth, patience, and finally, justifiable deception, an unexpected solution to a brutal killing is reached and a tragic story of misplaced loyalty revealed.
This first novel by a Nottingham journalist displays degrees of inventiveness, pure expertise, and narrative power that ensure him a successful career as a writer of crime fiction.

207 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1993

About the author

Frank Palmer was born in Lincoln and educated at the City School. As a journalist, he covered many major crimes before becoming a full-time novelist in 1990. His 'Jacko' series was acclaimed on both sides of the Atlantic.