Murder, mystery, and the world of professional golf — like nothing you’ve read before.
Having the good fortune to work on the outside and inside of professional golf, I was able to put that inside knowledge to good use when the plot for a crime novel first came to me.
The genteel world of professional golf is rocked to its core by the brutal murder of rising star Ryan Slater at the exclusive Wentworth Golf Club.
Irascible DCI Jack Hunter leads the investigation into the killing, bringing him into direct conflict with disgraced investigative journalist Adam Stringer.
Now working as a freelance sports writer. Stringer sees the killing as his chance for redemption, using his wealth of experience and guile of working in the shadows.
The vitriol and contempt between the ill-matched pair, who had clashed during Stringer’s fall from grace, emerges once more and they race to find Slater’s murderer, set against the colourful backdrop of a professional tournament over Wentworth’s world-famous West Course.
As Hunter and Stringer delve deeper, exposing the soft underbelly of professional sport, they uncover a web of lies, deceit, drug-use and deadly secrets worth killing for, leading to a jaw-dropping finale as the tournament reaches its thrilling climax.
It’s not only your scorecard that can kill you.
Some years ago, I wrote a factual book ‘Golfing Greats’ (Sportsprint, 1990). It’s sadly out of print but can occasionally pop up on book websites.