The Savages

The Savages (A Murder Thriller) ‘This is a taut, handsome job, beautifully written, full of real characters and acute observations.’ The New York Times When Colonel Bannister-Coates, an experienced Intelligence officer, fails to return to his Oxfordshire village home and his immaculate clothes are discovered dressing a scarecrow in a roadside field, there is a flurry of anxious activity in Whitehall. Detective Superintendent Staunton and his urbane Detective Inspector, Leo Wyndsor, are under pressure to discover if this is defection or assassination, or if there is some other, less obvious, answer. Despite local obstruction and sparse, enigmatic clues, and without the benefit of the more sophisticated aids to detection that are available now, a pattern gradually emerges, leading the detectives to a climax as intriguing and hazardous as any found in the earlier highly praised Staunton and Wyndsor novels. The Savages is the fourth in a series of classic police procedural murder mysteries set in the 1970s. These books were previously published worldwide, by major publishing houses, in hard and paperback editions and are now available as eBooks. The Hunters is the first in The Staunton and Wyndsor Series which introduced the two memorable detectives, followed by The Liars and The Enthusiast. They are set in various locations in Britain. Each novel is a stand-alone story, with the same two detectives as the major protagonists. Press comments on the other Staunton and Wyndsor books ‘Exceptionally well told, with satisfying outcome.’ Columbus Sunday Dispatch ‘Peter Hill does a fine job with character, plot, atmosphere and suspense.’ Publishers Weekly ‘To follow... the brilliantly inspired tracking of Hill’s two detectives is a joy, apart from the brain teasing pleasure of accepting the author’s challenge to identify the murderer.’ London Evening News ‘A tremendous piece of fast-moving fiction. Not one word wasted, the story starts and ends with a bang.’ Coventry Evening Telegraph ‘I’d like to see Messrs. Staunton and Wyndsor in more books. They’re a lot of fun—and they’re good detectives.’ Daily Press, Newport News, Virginia ‘A really good thriller writer.’ The Daily Telegraph ‘Taut, sharp, fast-moving...’ Manchester Evening News ‘A really first-class who-dunnit.’ Essex Chronicle