Headline Murder

A Crampton of the Chronicle mystery

Published by Roundfire Books, August 2015

RRP: £9.99
ISBN: 978-1-78535-072-6
248 pages

Murder, he reported…

Colin Crampton faces dangers they never mentioned at journalism school when he hunts a secret killer.

AUGUST 1962 and Colin Crampton, the Brighton Evening Chronicle’s crime reporter, is suffering the curse of the “silly season” – no hard news.

HIS ONLY TIP-OFF: the disappearance of the seafront’s crazy-golf proprietor, Arnold Trumper. Colin thinks the story is about as useful as a set of concrete water-wings.

UNSOLVED MURDER: when Colin learns Trumper’s vanishing act is linked to one, he immediately senses a scoop.

POWERFUL PEOPLE are determined Colin should not discover the truth. So he must use every newspaper scam in the book to land his exclusive.

THERE’S TROUBLE when Colin’s Aussie girlfriend, feisty Shirley Goldsmith ends up on the sticky end when the scams backfire.

COLIN OVERCOMES DANGERS they never mentioned at journalism school before he writes his story. Headline Murder is a racy romp through seedy Brighton, where there’s a bad guy around every corner.

…a real whodunit in the classic mould
M J Trow

Author

…Colin Crampton is Very engaging
Simon Brett

Author

Bravo Five Well Deserved Stars
Kevin Chilvers

Author

Very highly recommended
Midwest Book Review

Indie Reviewer

FIVE STARS
Jo Lynn

Amazon Reviewer

A cozy headline for Headline Murder
Rick Vincent

Amazon Reader

About Peter

Peter Bartram brings years of experience as a journalist to his Crampton of the Chronicle crime series – which features crime reporter Colin Crampton in 1960s Brighton. Peter has done most things in journalism from door-stepping for quotes to writing serious editorials. He’s interviewed cabinet ministers and crooks – at least the crooks usually answer the questions, he says.

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