In Hard Place, Detective Inspector Todd “Ratso” Holtom is fighting to bring down a European drug baron rather than a crime boss in the USA. Even so, having the chance to launch Hard Place here in New York City seems very appropriate given its long history of violent Mob action. Besides therefore the chance to […]
#DetectiveRatso’s Police Joke of the week
A police officer sees a young woman driving in London with the rear-seat of her Jaguar full of seals honking noisily through the windows. He stops her and says: “You can’t drive with a car loaded with these things next to Buckingham Palace! Take them to Regents Park Zoo.” The blonde blows a kiss and […]
Q&A with Humphrey Hawksley
www.DouglasStewartBooks.com I was very fortunate to have a Q & A session with Humphrey Hawksley. Humphrey is a journalist and foreign correspondent for the BBC and a best-selling author of international political thrillers with emphasis on the Far East. Links for him appear below. Humphrey: Hard Place runs with the international drugs trade from Afghanistan […]
#DetectiveRatso’s Police Joke
Now that Det.Inspector Todd “Ratso” Holtom has appeared in Hard Place, my latest mystery thriller just released, he is going to publish a police joke each week to celebrate. You can pick up Hard Place via my website or from Amazon, Kindle, Barnes & Noble etc and currently there is a special offer on Amazon […]