As Time Goes By

In Book 3, As Time Goes By: Secrets and Lies, Bart Bridges and Emily Hobbs are partners in The March of Time clock shop, where they formalise The Bartholomew and Hobbs Detective Agency, initially to find Emily's father and cousin Peter. The investigation leads to enquiries about the sudden hit-and-run death of a local man, which uncovers a tangled web of drug dealing and money laundering.

Gina, a young girl who works at the local Co-op, knows an awful lot about everyone in the village. Is she really just a student, or something entirely different?

Emily lives in a strange cottage on the Balmoral estate with Lily, whose ex-husband Martin, now in prison for murder and rape, finds every means available to make her life miserable. Bart is plagued by his past deed of helping Lily dispose of her car by using Anna and Warren Doyle, when her father, the Russian oligarch Grigoriy Novikov, traces her to him.

Who is the Bogeyman written large on the graffiti in the Tour Bus Building?

Will Emily and Bart be able to unravel all the secrets and lies in time to save their closest friends from becoming collateral damage?

About The Author:
British crime author Pat McDonald lives in a rural part of the Midlands, United Kingdom. She previously worked as a researcher, project manager, and programme manager in the NHS and in law enforcement and the criminal justice system. She is now a full-time novelist.