Böcker av Alex Willis

On that fateful Saturday morning, when Glaswegian John McDermott left for work for another painting job in Eastbourne, DCI Jack Buchanan was preparing for the first barbeque in his new home thinking his days of being a policeman in Glasgow were over. But it wasn't to be, while Buchanan browned the chicken on his barbeque, John McDermott's body went headfirst through a garage roof on its downwards travel from the scaffolding seven floors above. And so it was, as John McDermott's body rested in the Eastbourne morgue, the long arm of history reached out to draw Buchanan back to Glasgow and a showdown with the Busby Gang.

Did you ever wonder where the zombie phenomenon began? Some believe it was Romero with his movies back in the 60s. But zombie stories are much older and can be traced back to Ancient Egypt. We have laughed at and created fascinating tales about some of our historic folklore of zombies. Even today we can readily believe the possiblity of an infectious virus that will put us all into a zombie like tranz. This story examines a plausible timetable leading to the eventual outbreak.

For Eastbourne guitar maker Jack Nevis, tomorrow is a foreign country. Yet today, living and working on the Osprey, a rust encrusted WW2 tugboat, are memories, safety, and home. Woken by the sound of a gunshot, Jack finds a body in his workshop and is immediately thrust into a world of dead Pharaohs, looted Nazi gold, and a damsel in distress, Nancy. Does Nancy really want to learn how to make a guitar? Or is she being coerced into to finding out if the much sought after falcon figurine of Horus and the Nazi gold are secreted somewhere on the Osprey? Chased from Eastbourne to the highlands of Scotland and back on their quest to find the falcon and gold, can Jack and Nancy keep one step ahead of those who seek the Falcon and gold for their own evil ends?