Old Wives' Tale
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A truth long buried, a lie well told, and an old detective willing to walk toward danger.
Travelling to Prague, Albert and his faithful dog have a very specific purpose in mind: Amidst the tourists and sightseers, they are on the trail of plundered Nazi gold.
They know roughly where to look, but Prague is a city of shadows and secrets so when a chance encounter in a darkened backstreet draws attention to a local superstition, Albert will find himself looking into the city's ancient past ...
... and his interest sparks a crime he refuses to ignore.
The locals dismiss the story as nothing more than an old wives' tale, but is that really all it is?
In a city built on legends, Albert is about to discover which ones are worth killing for.
Steve Higgs
At school, the author was mostly disinterested in every subject except creative writing, for which, at age ten, he won his first award. However, calling it his first award suggests that there have been more, which there have not. Accolades may come but, in the meantime, he is having a ball writing mystery stories and crime thrillers and claims to have more than a hundred books forming an unruly queue in his head as they clamour to get out. He lives in the south-east corner of England with a duo of lazy sausage dogs. Surrounded by rolling hills, brooding castles, and vineyards, he doubts he will ever leave, the beer is just too good.
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