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THE STRANGE MICHAEL FOLMER AFFAIR
“Circa 2003 and following the savage murder of a prostitute in London's East End, Detective Chief Inspector Michael Gregory of New Scotland Yard is deputed to investigate what proves to be the emergence of a crazed serial killer bent on emulating the crimes of nineteenth century Jack the Ripper.
With his marriage failing and plagued by self-doubt, Gregory pits his wits against the killer, but when the fingerprints on a letter sent to the Yard are found to be identical to those of a man hanged for murdering a prostitute fifty years earlier – a scientific impossibility – the investigation takes an unprecedented turn.
As Gregory pieces together the fragile threads of the case, the reader follows him through the slums of Victorian London to the West End of the fifties and on to the present day, culminating with the shocking and grisly final attempt of the killer to replicate the last murder of his 1888 predecessor.”
“Folmer” allows a fascinating insight into modern forensic investigation, as well as examining the Victorian crimes and the appalling circumstances of day to day life in the London slums. Coming to know the the modern serial killer, the reader watches as he descends into the pit of insanity and slowly comes to know the misery of his childhood and the various catalysts which have set him on the road to evil.
“Folmer” may not suit the squeamish, but it is an essential read for all lovers of crime fiction in general and “Ripperologists” in particular.
Over-priced by avaricious and unmoving publishers, “Folmer” did not sell as well as expected – and solely for that reason, there can be no doubt. Thanks to modern technology and the blessings KINDLE it is now available worldwide for £1.14. And now you don't have to own a KINDLE! Free download of KINDLE FOR PC here
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FROM THE BEATLES TO BLAIR
“FROM THE BEATLES TO BLAIR (and some of the bad behaviour in between)” is JOHN RIGBEY's second Michael Gregory novel. It is story of wickedness and corruption in high places in government and in the police service and an account of whitewash and manipulation, of murder and of blackmail, both in the sixties and the present day.
Following a professional hit on a retired detective chief inspector, Gregory is deputed to find the killer, at the same time tracing the origins of a large sum of money traced to the dead man. A second murder, this time in Spain, opens up the enquiry and in coming to terms with the past lives of both victims, Gregory has a detailed insight into the gangster world of the so-called “swinging era”.
Meet “The Off Couple” and follow them to France and Spain as they go about their grisly business. Learn how they are tied into the web of blackmail enfolding a loose-living MP and prospective Blair successor, and how they come to a shocking end at the hands of the enigmatic Arthur.
Under pressure to resolve the investigation in a manner which he finds unacceptable, at the same time attempting to come to terms with his own matrimonial disharmony, Gregory seeks comfort in the arms of black solicitor Cammie Cornish. Confronted with the duplicity and double standards of “those on the opposite side of Parliament Square”, finally, he is obliged to take drastic steps to ensure that justice is done.
“BEATLES TO BLAIR” is written by a man who knows his subject: JOHN RIGBEY has truly “been there, done that and got the T shirt”......
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THE LUCIANO LEGACY.
A MICHAEL GREGORY NOVEL
BY
JOHN RIGBEY
SYNOPSIS.
When Lucky Luciano was deported from New York to Italy in 1946 he took upwards of $100,000 with him – today about one and a half million dollars. Responsible for the formation of the five New York crime families and organised crime in America as it is today, Luciano was a career criminal – and that career continued after his deportation.
Maintaining control over his various interests in the States, at the same time he enlarged his portfolio. Casinos in Cuba (in association with then President Batista) and the importation of opium base from Turkey and Afghanistan and the export of narcotics through Naples to the USA became big business and by the time he died suddenly of a heart attack in 1962 Charlie Lucky had accumulated vast wealth.
So what happened to the money – and what is the connection with the murders of an old lady and her corrupt lawyer half a century later in London?
In Detective Chief Inspector Mike Gregory’s most challenging case we find him liaising with the FBI as he endeavours to establish the links between the New York crime world of a half century before and violent death and torture in present day London. Himself under investigation for perjury and conspiracy, Gregory unravels the complexities of Luciano’s involvement with both deaths at the same time uncovering a series of long-hidden secrets.
A master of the roman a clef, JOHN RIGBEY has come up with yet another Mike Gregory page-turner. This author, himself a former Scotland Yard officer, has truly been there, done most of it and got a lot of T shirts – many of which he admits no longer fit! But that apart, he knows how to charm and to thrill, how to take us to the edge of the cliff and back again - and his books are essential reading for devotees of crime fiction.
By the same author: The Strange Michael Folmer Affair
From the Beatles to Blair (and some of the bad behaviour in between!)
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