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Theft of the illicit gain: Chronicles of Hams Hall -2
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Series: Chronicles of Hams Hall
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ISBN13: 9798875546334
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Dec 15 2025
Pages: 344
Weight: 0.74
Height: 0.72 Width: 5.06 Depth: 7.81
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Dec 15 2025
Pages: 344
Weight: 0.74
Height: 0.72 Width: 5.06 Depth: 7.81
Language: English
Chronicles of Hams Hall, a trilogy of books, all related. The link being that the main characters have worked within the manor or at the Power Station or are related. Book 2 Theft of the illicit gain
I Have called upon my hands-on experience of working at Hams Hall at a time before the bulldozers moved in. I consider the location to be somewhat unusual for a crime, murder mystery. The opening chapter give a detailed understanding
I Have called upon my hands-on experience of working at Hams Hall at a time before the bulldozers moved in. I consider the location to be somewhat unusual for a crime, murder mystery. The opening chapter give a detailed understanding
of the workings of an old coal fired, steam driven, electricity power station.. The roll out of National Grid in the UK marked the end of many of the older and less efficient power generating plants. Hams Hall electricity power station is on that list. Workforce morale is low with fear of mass redundancies.
A tragic accident at the power station, involving Stephen Sutton, a trainee, further jeopardised the entire workforces' retirement plans. A month before the accident, a man with a grudge - with only a few years before retirement, helped to secrete a ruthless gang into the power station. He further disrupted the smooth running of the power station, by commandeering one of the workshops for his own project without consulting the station superintendent.
The callous ringleader, a distant relative of the mastermind behind the great train robbery in 1855, would not hesitate to eliminate anybody who got in his way. He is on a mission - before the bulldozers move in - his intention, to remove a distant family treasure that has lain partly buried in a cellar in the old manor house for 100 years, before it is lost forever. Initial investigations into the accident by Health and Safety and the police, threw the smooth running of the power station into further chaos as the existence of the gang was established. The trainee had accidently got too close; his findings and actions threatened to jeopardise their well-planned operation. Turbine generator number two must not be allowed to restart. - Action had to be taken'. The station superintendent and his close friend and college, were angered and shocked at the ruthlessness of the gang who had dared to infiltrate their power station. The police cajoled them to act as undercover agents. Whilst convalescing, the sleuth detective findings of Stephen Sutton, revealed tentative links with famous crimes going back over 100 years, both in the USA and UK. Together they discover crime and murder that had been going on in the grounds at Hams Hall and elsewhere, from the present day - to more than one hundred years ago and on both sides of the Atlantic involving Scotland Yard, the SAS, Interpol, the F.B.I. and the Wells Fargo Museum. The accumulation of events had spurred several people into action; setting off a chain of catastrophic events and murders of surplus collaborators. Time is running out, the gang had completed their mission and are preparing to leave the grounds of the power station. The SAS had been informed and were in command for the final stage of operation PFA.' The knock was a success; however, there were causalities along the way, including the fatal wounding of the gang leader.
A tragic accident at the power station, involving Stephen Sutton, a trainee, further jeopardised the entire workforces' retirement plans. A month before the accident, a man with a grudge - with only a few years before retirement, helped to secrete a ruthless gang into the power station. He further disrupted the smooth running of the power station, by commandeering one of the workshops for his own project without consulting the station superintendent.
The callous ringleader, a distant relative of the mastermind behind the great train robbery in 1855, would not hesitate to eliminate anybody who got in his way. He is on a mission - before the bulldozers move in - his intention, to remove a distant family treasure that has lain partly buried in a cellar in the old manor house for 100 years, before it is lost forever. Initial investigations into the accident by Health and Safety and the police, threw the smooth running of the power station into further chaos as the existence of the gang was established. The trainee had accidently got too close; his findings and actions threatened to jeopardise their well-planned operation. Turbine generator number two must not be allowed to restart. - Action had to be taken'. The station superintendent and his close friend and college, were angered and shocked at the ruthlessness of the gang who had dared to infiltrate their power station. The police cajoled them to act as undercover agents. Whilst convalescing, the sleuth detective findings of Stephen Sutton, revealed tentative links with famous crimes going back over 100 years, both in the USA and UK. Together they discover crime and murder that had been going on in the grounds at Hams Hall and elsewhere, from the present day - to more than one hundred years ago and on both sides of the Atlantic involving Scotland Yard, the SAS, Interpol, the F.B.I. and the Wells Fargo Museum. The accumulation of events had spurred several people into action; setting off a chain of catastrophic events and murders of surplus collaborators. Time is running out, the gang had completed their mission and are preparing to leave the grounds of the power station. The SAS had been informed and were in command for the final stage of operation PFA.' The knock was a success; however, there were causalities along the way, including the fatal wounding of the gang leader.
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