FIRE ON THE NORFOLK BROADS a gripping British crime mystery (Detective Geldard Mysteries Book 3)

Winner of the Firebird Book Award 2022. This book was previously published as Fires of Hate. Detective Greg Geldard has settled into life in the Norfolk Broads, hoping to make it his home. But the silent waterways hide danger, and among the brooding marshes, a deadly plot unfolds. When an explosion devastates the local Science Park, Geldard rushes to the scene to find carnage: seven people dead and sixteen unaccounted for. Professor Lai, Head of Chemistry, is among the missing and presumed killed. However, forensics reveals the body found is not hers—someone was deliberately left to die in the blaze. As Geldard investigates, his estranged wife delivers shocking news: she is pregnant with another man's child and wants a divorce. While coping with this betrayal, Geldard must race against time to catch a cunning killer before more innocent lives are claimed. The story is set in Norfolk, a region characterized by vast waterways, the unique Broads environment of navigable rivers and man-made lakes, open skies, and diverse wildlife. Geldard is an outsider—impatient with paperwork and dismissive of inter-agency politics, but a natural leader who is hardworking, insightful, and willing to listen.