'Saying farewell to the dark side doesn't mean the dark side wants rid of you.' It's a new decade, and in a new career as a school caretaker, JT Ellington is desperate to rid himself of the guilt that creeps into his present and the ghosts that haunt his dreams. As Ellington's nights of torment turn into days, an unwelcome figure from the past, Superintendent Fletcher, arrives with an offer he can't refuse, plunging JT into a demi-monde of vice, violence and forbidden passion. Nikhil Suresh has disappeared hours before his wedding; the young man's family is distraught and rumours are circulating. Seeking a path to redemption with blood money heavy in his pocket and a malevolent enemy intent on destroying him, JT must survive by playing as dirty and dangerous as those who want him gone. 'Dark crime fiction to mix with your dark rum on the sunny summer evenings!' ANNE BONNY BOOK REVIEWS 'As with any good thriller the action comes thick and fast ... thoughtful narrative involving fully-rounded characters you want to encounter again, and again.' SHOTS MAG

It's 1965, and a young woman has vanished from the streets of Bristol. A Caribbean immigrant, unable to hear or speak, she is invisible to the police and lost to the biting winter night. Enter Joseph Tremaine Ellington. An ex-cop fleeing a broken heart and a tragic past in Barbados, only to find himself choosing between starving or freezing to death in England. That is, until local big shot Earl Linney hires him to track down the missing girl, casting him adrift in the murky waters of sex, kidnapping and conspiracy among the shebeens, brothels and nightclubs of his strange new reality. Navigating a hostile environment full of prejudice and violence, he discovers other women are missing, and Earl Linney's hands are far from clean. As JT uncovers the truth, each clue draws him deeper into the world of vice. Dangerous and unfamiliar, it's a world that could prove deadly. 'Excellent read. Loved the picture [M.P. Wright paints] of '60s Bristol.' DERMOT O'LEARY 'A good plot with lively dialogue and Ellington [as] an engaging hero.' THE TIMES

'Brother, a dead body can't run from a coffin, but their spirit sure as hell can try.' Life is tough for JT Ellington. As an ex-cop he isn't exactly built for the job of morally corrupt private eye. But it's 1967 in St Paul's, Bristol, and he doesn't have a choice. He's still trading in favours, helping those wary of the police. And as the cousin of Vic, Harlem's newest crime lord, JT's business is booming. As he travels to New York and becomes entangled with the seedy underworld, tragedy unfolds thousands of miles away in Barbados, and JT discovers his cousin's activities stretch all the way back to his hometown - a web of violence that catches his own wife and daughters' tragic deaths in its wake. Forced to journey home to the Caribbean and embroiled in a world of drugs and corruption, can JT untangle a dark history on the island of his birth? 'Great "Windrush Noir". Keep them coming.' DERMOT O'LEARY 'Intense, emotive, shocking and oozing atmosphere and character, Restless Coffins really captured the times and emotions beautifully!' CRIME BOOK JUNKIE

'It's quite simple, Mr Ellington. When you find Fowler, just ask where we can find the truth.' It's a straightforward case. Find the doctor and retrieve the stolen documentation. Yet following in the footsteps of Dr Fowler unearths more than expected. An illicit secret, a sticky end outside a gangland pub and the words of a dying man whose reputation is in tatters. Though he is relentless in his pursuit of the truth, the streets of 1960s Bristol lead JT Ellington into a tight corner, as demons of the past pursue him as implacably and relentlessly as the devil himself. And when JT concludes his search, it's a truth more disturbing and deadlier than he could ever have imagined. 'A brilliant second offering!' DERMOT O'LEARY 'This is terrific crime fiction - evocative, socially aware and gripping - and JT Ellington is a compelling protagonist.' MARK BILLINGHAM, on Restless Coffins

'Page turning historical detective fiction at its finest.' - DERMOT O'LEARY 'This is terrific crime fiction - evocative, socially aware and gripping - and JT Ellington is a compelling protagonist.' - MARK BILLINGHAM A HAUNTED MAN. A BURIED PAST. A JOURNEY INTO DARKNESS. 'Brother, a dead body can't run from a coffin, but their spirit sure as hell can try.' 1967, Bristol. Life is tough for JT Ellington, ex-cop and reluctant private eye. He's still trading in favours, helping those scared of the police or trying to stay one step ahead of the law. But when news arrives of a tragedy that's unfolded thousands of miles away, JT's life gets even tougher. He needs to journey home to Barbados to pay his final respects - but first he must travel to New York, where his cousin Vic is boss of a criminal empire. On Harlem's mean streets, JT is fast entangled with Evangeline - a smooth as velvet Black Panther - along with Pigfoot, a Bajan too flash with his knife. As the underworld draws him in, JT discovers the extent of Vic's criminal activities - a web of violence that stretches to Barbados and back, and connects him to the deaths of JT's beloved wife and daughter. Embroiled in a world of drugs, corruption, voodoo and the legacy of slavery, can JT escape the demons of his past as he returns to the island of his birth?