Dead Ringer

Jerry Boyes used to be one of the most in-demand stuntmen in the business.That was, until a horrible car accident left him maimed and unable to work.So when ex-actor Stuart Tyson, for whom Jerry used to double, turns up with a job offer, Boyes jumps at the chance.It will be three thousand for just one week’s all Jerry has to do is hand over half a million in ransom money to the kidnappers of Howard Maxwell, a multimillionaire businessman.Jerry must help Kathleen Maxwell, wife to the kidnapped millionaire, to collect the five hundred thousand.But it’s not as easy as it Howard Maxwell may have been rich in capital assets, but he has almost no cash.As Jerry agrees to help the distraught wife, he cannot help feeling that things are not what they seem.In a bid to clear his name he investigates the situation himself and becomes entangled in a long standing rivalry which is escalating to deadly levels.A rich man has plenty of enemies, and when a murder occurs, the case is thrown wide open.‘Dead Ringer’ is a fast-paced and complex crime that will grip readers from the first page to the last.Praise for Roger “The story gallops along with an irresistible momentum... always fascinating... the shape is near perfect. The characterisation is splendid, the situations dramatic and compelling, the style economic and energetic. What more can a book offer, or a reader ask?” -Reginald Hill“Eclectic, underrated Ormerod can be relied upon to come up with the startling goods” Sunday Times“I am glad to announce that the detective novel is still alive and well in Mr Ormerod's skillful hands” The Spectator,“Fast-moving, with well-orchestrated jiggery-pokery; not unlike an early Dick Francis in tone and method” Times Literary SupplementRoger Ormerod is the author of over twenty novels. He was born in 1920 and left school at seventeen to join the Civil Service in which he spent most of his working life. He retired in 1970 and later worked as a postman and in the production control department of a heavy industry factory. He lives in Wolverhampton. His other novels include ‘A Shot At Nothing’, ‘Third Time Fatal’, ‘The Key to the Case’ and ‘The Night She Died’.Endeavour Press is the UK's leading independent publisher of digital books.

Ex-stuntman Jerry Boyes, forced to leave the film business when he was severely injured stunting for movie star Stuart Tyson, has had to settle for a routine life as a security guard. Years later, Tyson reappears and asks him to help hand over ransom money to the kidnappers of business tycoon Howard Maxwell. The venture goes awry, Tyson is murdered and Sandra HeathBoyes's ex-girlfriend and Tyson's ex-wifeturns out to have some mysterious role in the affair, which revolves around the conflicting family business interests of Maxwell, his wife, and a partner, Ian McBride. Ormerod (Seeing Red, Face Value is in full diverting form in his 20th thriller, blending flavorful family melodrama in the Dynasty mode with his bracing wit, taut dialogue and a suspenseful plot that features several betrayals and some essential mayhem.
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