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When their new employer dies in a suspicious road accident and his brother, a South African government lawyer disappears in Cape Town, Dawson and Lucy are recalled to MI6. For once their mission is straightforward: liaise with Rebecca Erasmus of South African State Security and find the missing lawyer. Then Rebecca is kidnapped. Surely this has nothing to do with the forthcoming presidential election and the vengeful Chinese assassin in town…
Why are Dawson and Lucy held up at gunpoint on Table Mountain?
Why is a South African presidential candidate hiding in a vineyard?
How are the CIA and Chinese involved?
Can you fly a helicopter without scooping some goats up for the ride?
And what part does dreadful cooking have to play in proceedings?

LAZYTOWN


For jobbing writer, Sam Bryant, life in the quirky Oxfordshire village of Idleborough – known to all and sundry as Lazytown – is relaxed, despite living in the unfortunately named Slaughterhouse Cottages. The most he has to concern himself with is the annual cricket grudge match with neighbours, Stockford, organising the local Duck Race, watching Granny’s Bobbins matches and deciding which of the village’s four pubs to frequent, whilst smiling at the antics of Lazytown’s collection of weird and wonderful residents.
Then, one of the pubs unexpectedly shuts and Clem and Maeve, the landlord and his wife, Maeve, disappear. Have they just gone to Benidorm on holiday or is there something more sinister afoot? Sam sets up an action group to save the pub and teams up with recently arrived local reporter, Mallory Fillery, to dig deeper.
Then things take a darker turn with the murder of a prominent local citizen and soon, Sam and Mallory find their own lives at risk.
Exactly what is going on in the sleepy backwater of Lazytown?
  




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Some Reviews for Dawson and Lucy

A curiously magical thriller with suburban subterfuge and sparkle.
Helen Lederer (comedy author and founder of the Comedy Women in Print Prize)
 
This is a thriller, a chase, a buddy story and a mystery, all smoothly told with hugely engaging characters, and rips along at a hectic pace.
Adrian Magson (author of over 25 spy thrillers, including Hostile State)
 
My goodness! What a hilarious, energetic and entertaining roller-coaster of a read this is. The pace never lets up.
Sue Clark (comedy author of Note to Boy and A Novel Solution)
 
The plot twists and turns just heighten the fun of the ride. A highly entertaining read which I thoroughly enjoyed and would definitely recommend. Five stars from me.
Amazon Review
 
A fast-paced spy thriller, with a cast of international characters. It’s great fun. I loved it!
Loree Westron (author of Missing Words)
 
Bored, I certainly wasn’t. Witty, raucous, clever and intriguing. A very funny, and a little hapless, James Bond lead, with lots of strong women characters - I love the twins. A great story and twisting plot, right from page one to the end.
Onia Fox (author of several comedy thrillers including Listless in Turkey)
 
A fast-paced page-turner that is genuinely funny and gripping. The suspense is skilfully maintained throughout, and the comedy moments abound, helped along by a beautifully drawn cast of comic heroes and villains.
Brendan James (author of Gerard Philey’s Euro-Diary)
 
A comedy thriller with twists and turnings you never expected. The amusing asides and quirky comments were a treat. Shall look forward to his next publication! 
Jennie Rayment (author of Tucked Up In Bed and many other titles)
 
I'm used to writers only writing thrillers, or writers only writing comedy, the fact that Steve Sheppard can do both makes this a unique read, a fun read and a page-turning read.
Amazon Review
 
I felt I had to catch my breath quite a few times, such was the pace of the story with many unexpected twists and turns, brought to a very satisfying conclusion. I feel sure we haven't heard the last from the hapless Dawson and feisty Lucy.
Imogen Matthews (author of six World War II resistance thrillers, including The Boy in the Attic)
 

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