The Games Keeper

The Slim Hardy Mystery, Book 3

Having fallen on hard times, disgraced soldier turned private investigator John "Slim" Hardy is hired by a rich and enigmatic land owner, Oliver Ozgood, to uncover the identity of a mysterious blackmailer.

The blackmailer, demanding a fortune in exchange for his silence, claims to be Dennis Sharp, a former employee of Ozgood, and threatens to reveal secrets that will soil Ozgood’s family name and send the patriarch to prison.

There’s only one problem.

Dennis Sharp is dead, killed by Ozgood himself.

In search of answers, Slim moves to the remote, rural hamlet of Scuttleworth. In the Devonshire countryside, he will confront demons from within and without, in his most challenging case yet.

The Games Keeper is the third title in the Slim Hardy Mystery series. While the stories follow a rough sequence, they can be heard in any order.

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