Death Is Always with Us — M.L. Spurgeon

This book, death is Always With Us, is the fifth to be published in a series of John Holmes Johnson mysteries. It looks back at the background of John Holmes in order to clarify who he is and the key role played by an interesting roster of characters.during his childhood.
These are the people, places and experiences that created the rare blend of characteristics that identify the man himself. He was born in London, raised in the South Downs between Lewes and Dover. The bright, inquisitive boy grew to be an intelligent, curious investigator of all sorts of mysteries. His boyhood is fraught with peril as he watches his family go through many man-instigated hells in the course of nine years.
The nature of this book is such that it could quite easily have served as a Pre-quel to death is Belligerent, however, John Holmes himself pieced this material together, using notes left to him by his late Uncle John. Death is Always With Us is a unique mixture of personalities come together on a wide variety of life and death struggles, whose very scars built stronger than strong ties. You will meet them all in this book.