Peter G. Thompson is a retired oil industry executive whose career spanned Australia, the Asia-Pacific, and the Middle East, before he returned to the corporate intrigue of Head Office life in London. He left the corporate world to launch his own business. After building it from the ground up and successfully selling it, he now divides his time between restoring an old manor in the heart of France and writing the Reginald Hargrove Mystery series. The next novel, The Patient Ground, is coming soon.