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Cat Chaser : Chapter Five

I woke to what was becoming a much more familiar sight; the wall with the Employee of the Month certificate on it and the still disconcerting knock-hiss noise coming up behind me. I rubbed the sleep...

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Cat Chaser : Chapter Six

The wide expansive corridors had begun to smell damp and were narrowing claustrophobically as I followed Ray towards the staff car park.  I’d been fortunate in that, unlike the public who were forced...

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Cat Chaser : Chapter Seven

The stairs were a bit of a mistake if I’m honest.  They went around the elevator shaft so there were three flights of stairs and a landing for every floor.  And since there were two basements, a ground...

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Cat Chaser : Chapter Eight

My eyes snapped open and I sat up sharply, smacking my head on the underside of a counter and sending several sample bottles rolling off to break on the floor. I hopped to my feet to avoid the stink...

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Cat Chaser : Chapter Nine

“Right, people,” I said as I strode into the security office and slammed the door behind me.  “Have we got a key?  Can we lock that?” “Erm, probably not,” said Jacob, pointing at the monitor. “Oh never...

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Cat Chaser : Chapter Ten

It was the smell of rotting flesh that permeated the sleep first. Hitting my face in bursts. Then something slightly damp touching my hair and the strange puffs of air that came from whatever it was....

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Cat Chaser : Chapter Eleven

“So, I think I know what we need to do to catch that bleeding big cat,” I said to my captive audience. They reacted with effusive indifference. Even Jacob’s enthusiasm, which had so far remained...

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Cat Chaser : Chapter Twelve

Ray’s face was upside down. Oh, hang on a second, no.  That’s wrong.  He was leaning over me and I was on the floor.  I turned my head and could see the grain of the wood on his leg. “You must have...

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Cat Chaser : Chapter Thirteen

I threw open the door of the security office completely intent on going down and confronting Ray, but Lori was insistent.  Someone had to take her to the toilet, otherwise she was going to end up...

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Cat Chaser : Chapter Fourteen

Apparently someone from the Agency had called the police, but as I sat on the fire escape outside the department store I had my doubts as to whether that was true or not.  After I extricated myself...

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Cat Chaser Teaser Trailer

So here it is, folks.  The teaser trailer for the new novella ‘”The Defective Detective – Cat Chaser” and with it an announcement… Later this month I will be unleashing this novella on an unsuspecting...

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The Defective Detective : Cat Chaser : Prologue

There was another horrendous thud against the door of the storeroom we were hiding in.  Erin screamed as the force of it threw her down to the ground.  I scrambled forward to take her place,...

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Cat Chaser Prologue Podcast

To accompany the words on screen I give you words in your ears. I hope you enjoy both.

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Cat Chaser Chaper One Podcast

To accompany chapter one of ‘The Defective Detective : Cat Chaser’ here in audiobook podcast-type form.

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Cat Chaser : Chapter One

Actually, hang on a minute, I’m getting ahead of myself here aren’t I?  Sorry.  That  happens sometimes.  I suppose that seemed to be the most important bit.  In the storeroom but in actual fact it...

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Cat Chaser : Chapter Two

“Of course,” said Forsyth as we walked down a long corridor, light streaming in from a spectacular atrium high above us.  “Detection isn’t all we do.” The whole thing was slightly overwhelming.  I...

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Cat Chaser Chapter Two

For your listening pleasure.

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