Altered Life (1) (Sam Dyke Investigations) - Softcover

Dixon, Keith

Softcover

ISBN 10: 2490675044 ISBN 13: 9782490675043

Publisher: Semiologic Ltd, 2019

Synopsis

Making a killing in business is one thing - doing it for real is another.
In this thrilling detective story, Private Investigator Sam Dyke turns down a job that would require skills that he doesn't have - patience, computer-literacy, tact. Then he finds that the skills he does have - tenacity, aggression, street-smarts - are exactly the ones he needs for his next case - hunting down a cold-blooded murderer who seems to know what his every step will be. 

To solve the case Sam must negotiate with his ex-wife, cement a relationship with a new love, unravel an office-based financial fraud and fight off an arrogant murderer armed only with a pen-knife.

Altered Life is gripping, fast-paced, bitterly comic and introduces a tough new English private eye who knows what he wants and, usually, how to get it.

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Review:

"An intelligently constructed and plausible plot which made for extremely compelling reading." - Amazon reviewer.

"The discovery of this author was a blessing, one which I intend to maximize by reading the other novels in his Sam Dyke series (seven in total at the moment). I would thoroughly recommend this novel to all who seek an antidote to the inflated, hollywoodian, Private Eyes that seem to monopolise the Crime and Mystery genre. This was, indeed, a breath of fresh air in an original and credible tale." Amazon reviewer
"If you like private eye stories, you owe it to yourself to check out Keith Dixon's Altered Life. I had a hard time putting it down and I bet you will too. With this book you'll be in on the ground floor of what is sure to be a successful series of 'Sam Dyke' mysteries." - Dan Marvin, The LL Book Review.

"I enjoy Lee Child, Robert Crais, Tess Gerritson. So I think Keith Dixon is up there with the greats." - Amazon Reviewer 

About the Author:

Keith Dixon was born in Yorkshire and grew up in the Midlands. He's been writing since he was thirteen years old in a number of different genres: thriller, espionage, science fiction, literary. Two-time winner of the Chanticleer Reviews CLUE First in Category award for Private Eye/Noir novel, he's the author of eight full-length books and one short-story in the Sam Dyke Investigations series and two other non-crime works, as well as two collections of blog posts on the craft of writing. His new series of Paul Storey Thrillers began in 2016 and there are now three books in the series.

About this edition

• Publisher: Semiologic Ltd
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 2490675044
• ISBN 13: 9782490675043
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 318