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No Logical Connection OUT NOW!

Mike Stanhope Mysteries 7

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During a working visit to Cornwall, journalist Mike Stanhope is asked by ex-girlfriend Ashley to help her friend Giles fend off an online blackmail attempt. Then Giles disappears. What is Mike supposed to do – find him, or find out why he’s being blackmailed?

While Mike is contending with this puzzle, he’s sidetracked by a burglary, a batch of missing paintings, a hint of a long-forgotten murder, and a thwarted company takeover. He senses that a news story must be hovering just beyond his grasp, but can’t work out which angle to pursue.

Meanwhile, Mike is surprised to discover dormant feelings for Ashley. Should he be rethinking his relationship with girlfriend Samantha, or is nostalgia distorting his judgement? He returns to London, but finds a whole new set of challenges waiting for him there.

Mike heads north in pursuit of Giles and his murky past, but on his return he’s drawn inexorably back to Cornwall. That’s when he starts to wonder if his various story leads could somehow be connected.

Surely not?

The online threat

Online shaming is the threat facing one of the characters in No Logical Connection. The problem is becoming frighteningly commonplace in the real world, and is not always prompted by anger or revenge; sometimes it can also be a blackmailer’s tool. Anonymous accusations can be hard enough to fight off even when they’re completely false, but what if there’s a grain of truth in them?

Unfinished business

How do you report the theft of something when it may not have existed in the first place? That’s the problem faced by characters in No Logical Connection. A famous artist may have left behind some glorious final works, but nobody seems to know for sure.