Jack Benton Books In Order

Publication Order of Slim Hardy Mysteries Books

Publication Order of Tokyo Lost Books

Jack Benton is a British author.

He was born in the United Kingdom on January 29, 1979. It is the pen name used for writing mysteries by Chris Ward, a science fiction writer.

Jack or Chris as he is known is a native to Cornwall, England. He is currently living and working in Nagano, Japan. He is known for writing many different series across different genres, and has written under different pen names in other genres as well.

He likes to spend some of his free time doing other hobbies, such as writing, snowboarding, playing guitar in his rock band (which is named Steampunk Unicorn), and has too much in general to say when it comes to just about everything.

The Man by the Sea is the first book in the Slim Hardy Mystery series by Jack Benton. If you’re the type of reader to devour every type of mystery story that you can get your hands on, this might be the perfect book for you. It’s a thrilling British mystery that has plenty of turns and a twist that will leave readers stunned. Bestthrillers.com said that this book was an ‘absolute feast for noir and paranormal thriller fans alike’.

John “Slim” Hardy is a man who drinks heavily and is a former soldier who is now disgraced. He had to transition to a new living in some way and is now a private detective bumbling his way around. He’s been hired to investigate Ted Douglas, an investment banker who leaves work every Friday so that he can go out to a cove located on the Lancashire coast.

Once he gets there, he walks over to the shore, opens up an old book, and starts reading aloud from it. He is married and his wife doesn’t know what to make of it all– she thinks that he’s having an affair. Having observed the situation, Slim thinks that he’s insane. But the truth is more interesting than either of them would be able to imagine.

This is an incredible novel written by Jack Benton that focuses on betrayal, love, murder, intrigue and more. If you want to know what happens in the end, pick up a copy for yourself and see what you think of it.

The Clockmaker’s Secret is the second book in the Slim Hardy Mystery series by Jack Benton. Those who are fans of the first story are going to find more to enjoy with the sequel in this series, where a buried clock might end up being the key to a mystery that is decades old.

John “Slim” Hardy is a disgraced soldier who has become a private detective. He’s gone on holiday so that he can run away from the nightmares of his last case, but as he does so, he comes upon something that has been buried in the peat on Bodmin Moor.

The old clock is unfinished and water-damaged but is still ticking. It also ends up giving a vital clue as it is relevant to a missing persons case that has yet to go unsolved. Slim starts asking questions in the small Cornish village of Penleven, but as he does, he ends up being pulled further into a world of lies as well as secrets and rumors, some of which the local people would prefer to stay buried.

It was 23 years previous that a clock maker decided to leave his workshop and go into Bodmin Moor, taking his last clock with him that is totally unfinished and he went missing. Slim wants nothing more than to find out why. What will he discover and will he be happy about it or will he find out that he is in over his head? Read this engaging book from Jack Benton to find out!