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Detective Inspector ‘Percy’ Peach is not a natural sportsman.However, as chance would have it, a recent discovery at his local club might just allow for his other talents to come to the fore.A body has been found on the golf course.It is that of a pregnant young woman, killed by strangulation. Upon examining the body, they make a troubling discovery. Her corpse has been there approximately two years. Peach is given the case, but along with a cold trail, he must contend with his new sidekick, one DS Blake, as well as Tommy Tucker, his snobbish superior. From the girl’s grieving parents to her former flames, everyone seems to know more about this case than they are letting on. As the suspect list lengthens, Peach realises that the killer might be closer to home than he first thought…Missing, Presumed Dead is the next thrilling installment to the DI Percy Peach series.Praise for J M Gregson‘Begins with quiet observation before pouncing to murderous effect’ - Sunday Express ‘A chilling story that never flags from start to finish’ - Bolton Evening NewsJames Michael Gregson taught for twenty-seven years in schools, colleges and universities before concentrating on full-time writing. He has written books on subjects as diverse as golf and Shakespeare. His other crime novels include Bring Forth Your Dead, Dead on Course, Making a Killing, Stranglehold and Body Politic.

Detective Inspector Percy Peach, as bouncy and as aggressive as a bantam cock, is feared greatly by the petty criminals of Lancashire - and not a little by his own chief, the feeble Superintendent Tucker. Peach finds to his disgust that his new detective sergeant is to be a woman. However the capable and resourceful Lucy Blake proves, as the tale proceeds, to be more than a match for the formidable Peach.Their initial assignment is a baffling one. A nineteen year old girl has disappeared without warning from her home. Two years later, her body is found at the bottom of a deep pond on the North Lancs golf course. Peach and Blake, in finding out about those who are close to her in her last months, begin to work out their own relationship and find it may after all be a rewarding one. The solution to the mystery is as unexpected as it is chilling and convincing.

Introducing a lively new detective duo. Detective Inspector Percy Peach, aggressive and bouncy, is unimpressed to find his new detective sergeant is a woman, especially as Lucy Blake proves to be more than a match for her formidable boss. The first assignment for the unlikely duo is the case of a nineteen-year-old girl who had disappeared without warning from her home. Her body has now been found at the bottom of a deep pond. While investigating those who were close to the girl, Peach and Lucy begin to work out their own relationship, but find the truth behind the mystery is as unexpected as it is chilling...