Phil Simpkin is a retired Police Officer, and now writes period and contemporary crime novels, from 1455bookcompany. He is also a keen Poet. The series, ’The Borough Boys’, of which ’Jack Ketch’s Puppets’ is the first title, has been 36 years in the making, with ideas first formulated, when he was walking the beat in Leicester, England, in 1976. Many of his characters and stories, are founded on personal experiences, and he hopes they bring a level of reality and freshness to the novels. His work can be viewed at his website: www.1455bookcompany.com and also through his blog: www.1455bookcompany.blogspot.co.uk. He will be publishing further titles later this year (2013) together with a series of Novellas, featuring a contemporary Detective, Tony Lawrence. All names and titles copyright Phil Simpkin (c) 2013