Slim Hardy Mysteries Books In Order

Publication Order of Slim Hardy Mysteries Books

Jack Benton is a published American author.

He is a British author established in the United Kingdom and was born on January 29, 1979. It is the mystery writing pen name used by Chris Ward, a British science fiction author.

While Chris Ward is a native to Cornwall, England, today he resides and works in Nagano, Japan. He has written several series across several different speculative genres and has written in more genres using different pen names.

The author spends his time writing, snowboarding, and playing guitar in his rock band, Steampunk Unicorn. He generally has too much to say when it comes to just about everything.

The Man by the Sea is the first book in the Slim Hardy Mysteries Series by Jack Benton. If you have been looking for an interesting and dramatic new book to read, check out this book and see what you think.

John Slim Hardy is a heavy drinker and a former disgraced soldier who has now become a private detective. He gets hired to look into Ted Douglas, an investment banker who leaves work every Friday so that he can go to a cove on the Lancashire coast.

Once he is there he goes to the shore and opens an old book and starts reading aloud from it. His wife believes that the reason for all of this is that he is having an affair. Slim has his own opinion and thinks that he’s insane. But at the end of the day, the truth is going to be more interesting than any of them could ever picture. A story of murder, betrayal, love and intrigue, check out this book to follow along with all of the adventure and to find out how it ends.

The Clockmaker’s Secret is the second book in the Slim Hardy Mysteries Series by Jack Benton. This story is a continuation of all the adventure started in the first novel, check it out and see what you think.

A buried clock may end up being the key to a mystery that has gone on for decades. John Slim Hardy is on holiday to try and relax and forget all the nightmares that came with his last case. While there, the soldier turned private detective discovers something that has been buried in the peat of Bodmin Moor.

The old clock is unfinished and has water damage, but is still working and ticking. The clock gives a vital clue when it comes to an unsolved missing persons case. Slim starts asking questions of the people of the Cornish village of Penleven, but as he does, he gets pulled even further into a world full of secrets, lies, and rumors, many of which the residents would prefer not to come out.

It was 23 years ago when a reclusive clock maker decided to leave his workshop. He instead walked out into Bodmin Moor, and decided to take his final unfinished clock along with him and disappeared. Slim would like nothing more than to find out why. Check out this sequel to follow along with everything that happens!