Book 1 of the
Headline Hero trilogy
Welcome to Brighton, England – where they do like to murder beside the seaside….
A daring robbery on a summer’s day
The rocker with a taste for murder
A reporterchasing a big story
Join ace crime reporter Colin Crampton and his feisty Australian girlfriend Shirley Goldsmith as they embark on a new adventure. It all starts when Colin spends a lazy afternoon by the beach with Shirley. But when a daring robbery takes place, Colin reckons he’s on the trail of a big story.
But nothing about the robbery is what it seems. Colin and Shirley are drawn deeper into danger. Colin encounters a motorcycle rocker with bad teeth, a dyslexic tattooist, and a seller of novelty toilet roll holders as he chases down his story. The laughs are never far from the action when Colin and Shirley face dangers they never anticipated as they race to crack the case.
“The books are simply delightful… superbly crafted and endlessly entertaining.”
“A great lazy afternoon read, either sat in the sunshine or by the fire.”
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Murder in the Morning Edtion is now an audiobook!
Narrated by Matt Jamie
Listen to Murder in the Morning Edition sample...

“The Colin Crampton novels are great fun to narrate. I never know what’s going to happen, or how many wild and whacky characters Peter is going to throw at me.”
Matt Jamie is an actor based in the North East of England. He trained at Drama Studio London and since then has worked on both sides of the stage, screen (and microphone), as an actor, director, film maker, photographer.
Matt has narrated several of the Headline Hero novels into audiobooks. He's also narrated an array of other novels, including the entire Inspector David Graham mystery series by Alison Golden, several other crime fiction books, a Phantom Of The Opera spin-off, and factual books on the moon landings, the secret life of the planets, and a book about an Italian Airship Disaster in the 1940s!
On radio matt has appeared in a couple of BBC radio dramas, and has produced a number of audio dramas for Alphabetti Theatre, Twisting Ducks Theatre Company, and for his own drama podcast series called "Playstream". More info on www.mattjamie.co.uk.