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Initiation: Amsterdam, ’83

Initiation: Amsterdam, ’83
  • Author(s): Daniel Pembrey
  • Location(s): Amsterdam
  • Genre(s): Crime, Novella
  • Era(s): 1983

In autumn 1983, Henk van der Pol is twenty-three years old and just one week out of police training. His dream is to be admitted to the elite detective bureau of Amsterdam’s police force, but he knows he needs...

Simon Sixsmith: A Ghost Story

Simon Sixsmith: A Ghost Story
  • Author(s): Daniel Pembrey
  • Location(s): South Carolina
  • Genre(s): Horror, Novella
  • Era(s): Modern

“Daniel Pembrey tells a cracking tale with verve and style. He can write, the jury’s not out on that one…” Susan Hill, Booker Prize short-listed writer, and author of ghost story The Woman In Black THE HORRORS OF FAMILY...

The Candidate: A Luxembourg Thriller

The Candidate: A Luxembourg Thriller
  • Author(s): Daniel Pembrey
  • Location(s): Luxembourg
  • Genre(s): Novella, Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

WHEN HEADHUNTER BECOMES THE HUNTED (a concise, pacy read): Nick Thorneycroft is a British headhunter working in Luxembourg. His company asks him to recruit a high-flying executive for the company’s Russian business. The best candidate turns out to be...

The Harbour Master

The Harbour Master
  • Author(s): Daniel Pembrey
  • Location(s): Amsterdam
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Henk van der Pol is a 30-year-term policeman, a few months off retirement. When he finds a woman’s body in Amsterdam Harbour, his detective instincts take over, even though it’s not his jurisdiction. Warned off investigating the case, Henk soon realises...

The Lion Hunter

The Lion Hunter
  • Author(s): Daniel Pembrey
  • Location(s): Tanzania
  • Genre(s): Fantasy, Novella
  • Era(s): Modern

Andrew and Lavinia Riley are on their honeymoon at an African game lodge when they meet a Texan trophy hunter. Andrew, a journalist, senses a timely story about lion hunting, and engages a local guide to learn how the...

The Scientist of Berlin

The Scientist of Berlin
  • Author(s): Daniel Pembrey
  • Location(s): California, Berlin
  • Genre(s): Thriller

From LA to Berlin, from present day to the 1940s, journey from glamorous Santa Monica to the deepest darkest corners of Nazi Germany. David Collins, a British private investigator living in LA, is hired by Geoff Hoffman, a billionaire...

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