Algernon Swafford: Private Investigator (Ghostly Shadows Antho...

Algernon Swafford belongs to no man! Debonair, refined and proudly English, Swafford isn’t the usual private eye of 1940’s Los Angeles. Not only is he tougher than the others, he offers an extra service. For the right fee, he’ll not only track down the target, he’ll eliminate them.Hired to do his worst to a disgraceful cad of an author, Swafford tracks him down to a Californian coastal town. He intends to kill him with a grin, but there’s something terrible about this new prey. A fantastical and weird secret that the likes of Swafford have never encountered.The terrible forces of cosmic horror are about to be unleased, but is there anything Swafford can do to stop them?A brand new British horror tale perfect for all fans of Stephen King, H.P. Lovecraft, Mickey Spillane and hard-boiled crime. What are Ghostly Shadows? They are that strange flicker you glimpse from the corner of your eye; that sound you’re certain you hear in the dark of night in an empty house; they’re the feeling of dread which races up and overwhelms you completely. Ghostly Shadows are all that’s scary, disturbing, creepy and unsettling. Every fear and anxiety bound together, nebulous in form, but completely inescapable. For me, Ghostly Shadows are the connective tissue for all my writing. Every one of my novels, novellas and short stories – be they horror or noir – is joined together through these Ghostly Shadows. There are a thousand such tales lurking in my consciousness, and I intend to write them all.Algernon Swafford: Private Investigator is the fourth of the Ghostly Shadows shorts. The main Ghostly Shadows Anthology series: Death at the Seaside; Certain Danger; Call of the Mandrake, Terror of Breakspear Hall and The Caller are for sale on Kindle now. The other Ghostly Shadows Shorts: Foliage; The Strange Fate of Lord Bruton; The Widow Ravens and Sacrifice at St. Nick's are also available.

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