Harry is the Nottingham born author of mystery novels, short stories and travel guides. He is married with two grown up children and his interests include reading classical novels, history books, soldier's autobiographies, and touring Northumberland and the Scottish borders as well as gardening, DIY and snapshot photography.
Harry is a member of the Eastwood Writers' Group.

 

 

 

Sins of the Father

 

The haunted life of Doctor James Parker

 

Ruthlessly manipulated for most of his adult life by a cunning enemy posing as his friend, half drowned and enslaved in the Congo and hoodwinked in New York, Dr. Parker slides into a deep pit of depression.
Utterly consumed by misery and grief with his best friend and his fiancee missing, his family decimated by the death of his father and his beloved sister, he is past listening to reason and believes he has every reason to kill his generous benefactor, the man he blames for all his misfortunes. But the gallows await!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Captain Damnation and other strange tales

 

Modern science explains away so many mysteries but often the unexpected catches us out and opens the door to superstitious dread.
In 'The curious case of Austin Lloyd' a man goes to t he dentist and is given gas to remove a stubborn tooth. As he awakens a strange transformation has taken place.

 

 

 

 

The Ghosts of Edgwick Abbey and other strange tales 
 

With modern lives running at such a fast pace we have so little time to do justice to the full length novel. This is why the ten-minute tale is so useful for reading on a bus, a plane or a boat. Here are forty short mystery and ghost stories by Harry Riley that will shock and surprise you, and perhaps even raise a smile or two as you journey through life?s tortuous highway.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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