John Burns

• Jul-1998
• / General Fiction
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There were two splashes in London that night: the first was a body dropping into the Thames with a bullet hole in its head; and the second was tabloid crime hack Max Chard's exclusive story on the killing. But murder is only half the yarn. Meet t...

• Jul-1999
• / Mystery
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Max Chard is despatched - in great discomfort - to a couple's secret hideaway to get the exclusive on how their evidence convicted members of a safe-deposit robbing gang. But once there he quickly realizes there is more to this particular story then ...

• May-2007
• / General Fiction
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Peter’s just a normal teenager living a normal life  -- until his father suddenly dies and his world is turned upside down. Already teetering on the brink of despair, Peter goes over the edge when he accidentally discovers that he was adopted. Fe...

• Oct-2011
• / General Fiction
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A modern day fairy tale that bashfully reinforces the universal values of friendship, trust, courage, and honesty.Pengey Penguin takes the reader on an amazing journey when Pengey sets out from Antarctica to find Wendy, the woman who saved him from s...

• Dec-2016
• / Mystery
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When Joni Poelma went missing, Max Chard's paper had put out a reward for information leading to her whereabouts. Unfortunately the paper forgot the proviso that they wanted her alive. For Joni turns up dead in a Dulwich park. Chard covers the story,...

• Apr-2021
• / Thriller
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Nick Sloan was the greatest private eye in the history of San Francisco, but tough times had his office growing cobwebs.It looked like a lucky break when a bombshell named Elizabeth Burnett walked in with her tale of woe and misery.Her $10,000 dollar...