Other Books - Tony Bassett Author

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Book cover for Smile of the Stowaway by Tony Bassett

This novel (also published by The Book Folks) concerns journalist Nick Colton, who arrives early for a concert by American soul singer Loretta Kay at the Royal Albert Hall. A man who takes the seat beside Nick is suddenly shot dead. From a brief conversation in the stalls, the journalist learned the victim had swapped seats with another ticket-holder.

As Nick embarks upon his dangerous quest to find the killer, he asks himself: Was the dead man the intended victim or was the other concertgoer the assassin’s real target?

The Lazarus Charter

Bob Shaw is baffled to see a man in a brown coat at a bustling Underground station. Surely it can’t be his friend, the scientist Professor Morley? Morley perished weeks before in a blazing car. Is the man an impostor or did his friend fake his death? This fascinating and ingenious thriller tells of Bob’s battle to find out the truth, helped by his wife Anne. They are confronted by ruthless enemies and forced to flee their home in this fast-paced spy thriller.

Smile Of The Stowaway

Smile Of The Stowaway is a novel telling the story of Yusuf, a man who emerges from beneath a couple’s motor home when they return to Kent from France.

Teacher Bob Shaw and his wife Anne, a librarian, consider handing him to the authorities, but, despite tensions emerging in the couple’s relationship, they decide to let the friendly Eritrean move in and find him work at a farm.

When a man is found brutally murdered, suspicion falls upon Yusuf, who has become the farm messenger boy, and he is arrested. Anne battles against a mountain of circumstantial evidence and police bungling to try to find the real killer as she becomes convinced that Yusuf is innocent.