I’d like to introduce you to Boniface. His birth certificate says Alexander Boniface, but he insists on being called Boniface.
Boniface was journalist who moved to become a government spin doctor. He was skilled at controlling the news, but less skilled about controlling himself, and with no hint of irony, his life spun out of control. Boniface alienated himself from his friends and colleagues; his marriage broke down; and he became unemployed at the point when he had rendered himself too much of a risk for anyone to employ.
He is now rebuilding his life and career and has set up Boniface Communications, a small public relations agency. With the agency he is forced to beg his few friends and contacts who will still speak to him—and his former wife—for scraps of work, and when he is offered a job, he can’t be too fussy about the client.
And when you’re forced to be less fussy about your clients there are consequences.
What the Reviews Say:
a pacey page-turner written with a light touch
fast action and quick thinking, especially by Boniface
I’m a sucker for a good thriller/crime novel, and this book did not disappoint
The Murder of Henry VIII
When the author of a book about England’s most famous Tudor monarch is murdered, Boniface realizes that handling the press and publicity for the book launch demands more than he expected. And when the man he is talking with is shot, then he witnesses as a third person is forcibly drowned, and he finds he is being pursued by a former Russian Special Forces soldier, Boniface runs.
He delays his death by trading the only thing of value he can offer his would-be assassin: details of a 500-year-old cover-up. The only difficulty in making the trade is that Boniface can’t prove what he knows is true—yet.
If he finds and hands over the proof, the murderer has no incentive to keep him alive. If he lives, Boniface has to explain the transaction for his life to his capricious paymaster.
Boniface needs to unwrap what the dead author found, figure out why he was killed, protect his client’s interests, and stay alive.
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Pollute the Poor
The first Boniface knows about the dead body in the next room is when he is arrested for murder.
The lack of evidence against Boniface doesn’t seem to concern the police—they are sure they have the right man—they just need to prove his guilt, and while they do, Boniface is bailed allowing him to return to work with his client.
His client, a shipping company, couldn’t care less that Boniface is distracted. The client has its own problems: News is about to break that one of its ships dumped toxic waste in East Africa, leading to painful and lingering deaths, as well as widespread disability and illness. While the company privately acknowledges its role in the dumping—and its ongoing responsibility for the welfare of the victims—it is insistent that Boniface keeps the story out of the public domain until it has fully assessed how it can most effectively deliver support to those affected.
Boniface knows he has been set up for the murder—and that somebody is trying to destroy him, his business, and everything he holds dear—but he doesn’t know who has set him up, or why. He strips back the layers, discovering who the dead man was, why he was killed, why the body was dumped in his office, and why he was set up in such a clumsy manner until, he finds who has endangered his livelihood, his liberty, and his friends.
This leaves Boniface with only one conclusion: He must neutralize the threat, permanently, while at the same time trying to protect anyone affected by the dumping.
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Tattoo Your Name on My Heart
Although past his mid-thirties, the teenager that lives inside Boniface’s head can’t believe his luck when he is hired to help one of his rock idols, Danny Featherstone, and his ex-glamour-model wife, Dawn.
Danny and Dawn are the target of an anonymous internet hate campaign that has led to poor ticket sales and lost television work. Broken contractual terms brought to light by the hate campaign have led the management to freeze the band’s assets, cutting off the couple’s source of income.
And then Dawn disappears.
Boniface searches for Dawn but uncovers small-time crooks looking for money and excitement who think Boniface has something they can extort. Making his search even more complicated is an angry son looking to destroy the parent he believes abandoned him, and embittered, poverty-stricken musicians trying to regain their former fame and get a slice of the income that was only ever theirs in their dreams.
But most worrying, Boniface finds a husband who loves his wife, unconditionally, and who will do anything to protect her.
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Boniface Box Set
The first three gripping Boniface novels for one low price.
The Murder of Henry VIII
When his client is murdered, Boniface realizes the job demands more than he expected. And when the man he is talking with is shot, Boniface runs.
Pollute the Poor
The first Boniface knows about the dead body in the next room is when he is arrested for murder.
Tattoo Your Name on My Heart
When his client’s wife disappears, Boniface uncovers the secret she has been keeping from her husband.
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High Five
Montbretia ‘Monty’ Armstrong is one of the lead characters in the Boniface novels. High Five is one of Monty’s tales from before she meets Boniface.
Montbretia was there; she saw what happened. The pickpocket went down, but that wasn’t enough to stop Curtis’s fists from flying. And when she pulled Curtis away, the other guy just laid on the side of the street. Inert. Barely breathing.
Now the victim’s comrades—who have seen their friend grievously wounded and have lost their source of income—want to talk with Curtis. But the only person they can find is Montbretia, and they aren’t sure whether she’s telling the truth when she says she doesn’t know where Curtis has gone.
Maybe she does know. Maybe she can contact Curtis. Maybe she’s the leverage the gang needs to force Curtis to meet them. Or maybe Curtis really has gone, and Montbretia will be a pretty little trinket for them to enjoy.
Montbretia is on her own—caught in a tussle between Curtis and the gang—and she needs to take her life back.
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