Book description
In the stinking mud of a great tidal river, a body lies half submerged.
Sir Tommy Best, adored British actor, has fallen to his death through a
hole in the walkway above. The saintly Sir Tommy was friend to the
starving and penniless, to kings and stars. He was also totally blind
and reliant on his brilliant guide dog, Suzy. But she is nowhere to be
found. It seems unimaginable that Suzy would have led him into danger,
so is it murder? And where is she? When she finally turns up, it is only
to deepen the mystery. She is stressed and tense and soon Chief
Superintendent 'Fatso' and Detective Chief Inspector Ned realise that
only one person in the force can possibly help. Kate, police dog handler
extraordinaire, known affectionately as the Dog Tart, suggests they find
Nick Parsons, who trained Suzy, in the hope that he can get the dog to
lead them to the truth. The search for Nick Parsons culminates in a
highly unusual plan, in which Ned will become blind for one night and
with Suzy the guide dog, re-enact Sir Tommy Best's last fateful walk.
The truth which they uncover is utterly horrible. Jonathan Lewis made
award-winning documentary films for thirty years. He, his wife and their
dog now split their time between a cottage in Oxfordshire and an old
motor yacht.
Into Darkness
is his first novel.
