Bøker av Michael Ettinger

The festivities that accompanied Christmas 2015 and the New Year celebrations brought romance and excitement to Rebecca and having a new home designed and built for her in Esher, Surrey.The following months were the most exciting and rewarding for both her and her husband, David Rogan. Then out of the blue, a blackmailer reared his ugly head, at first threatening Rebecca's health more than her wealth.The blackmail related to Rebecca who had run away from home in Moss Side, Manchester at the age of 15 to avoid her father's hunger for abusing her sexually, with her mother not believing her cries for help. She ended up in Cornwall where she became the lead singer in a jazz group known as A Paler Shade of Blue - which was also the name of their signature tune.Promises of love from musicians twice her age and more were replaced by rape, by nearly every member of the band, she was fed H, uppers, downers and participated in drunken orgies, until, at the age of 19, she escaped for the second time taking refuge in a rehab centre in Blackpool to dry out.Following the blackmailer's threats, murder, greed and betrayal combined in fuelling her tortured and fragile mind, David is left to chase down the people that had chosen to relieve Rebecca of the wealth she had accrued in her new life.

The sleepy, gated village of Baniston, 12 miles north of Stevenage, comes to life when two people are found dead within days of each other.Peter Thompson, the owner of the estate, is concerned more about the effect the incidents will have on the village and his vast income than on the unfortunate deaths.Audrey Mosley, the village vamp, whose tennis coach gave her after match "lessons" worries about what might come out of the woodwork. While husband, Richard, seems unable to come to terms with his wife's infidelity. To add to his woes, he also suffered the loss of his beloved show tomato plants which were destroyed before the village fete.Clive Johnson, deep into plumbing, and his wife, Janice, along with Tina, the hairdresser, disgruntled Tom Grangemore who used to work for Richard Mosley, Ben Griffin retired farmer and ex lightweight boxer together with Inspector Peter Prendergast and his team of detectives bring colour and amusement to this fast-moving and thoroughly enjoyable read.Smile and laugh through this spoof murder mystery.