Following the murder of Albert Noel Parke’s first wife and the eventual jailing of the perpetrator, Welshman William Jones, the local police in Cornwall begin to suspect Parke himself. A Detective Inspector in the London Metropolitan Police, known as ‘Bobby’ to his friends, he is accused of framing Jones for arranging the death of his second wife. Jones was convicted, but Detective Sergeant Arnold Baxter of the Devon and Cornwall Constabulary is determined to uncover the truth.
Gordon S. Dickson was born near Inverness, Scotland, but left from there at a young age when the family returned to Northern Ireland.
He was educated at secondary and grammar schools and scraped through English ‘O’ levels as essay writing was not a strong point.
He was employed in the civil service for several years but is now retired and has only recently taken up writing novels.
He enjoys reading several genres of books but mainly historical and detective stories, gardening, going to the cinema.