Charlie Foster & The Guardians of Time

About the Book

Charlie Foster and The Guardians of Time



Investigative journalist, Charlie Foster, is forced into premature retirement after a physical confrontation with the owner of Dixons News Agency - the place he'd worked for most of his life.
His colleague and protege, the beautiful Mabel Derbyshire, suggests he 'goes it alone' and work freelance.
    Over the next week or so, Charlie investigates the disappearance of a young lad on a Scottish moor and the discovery of a 'strange' body in the same area.
When governmental intervention insists he 'back off', it's like a red rag to a bull where Charlie Foster is concerned.
    Charlie forms an unlikely alliance with a professor of physics and a retired director of the Secret Intelligence Service (S.I.S.).
Together - with his pal D.C.I Fred Tingwell - Charlie & Co., investigate the workings of a secretive army camp high in the Scottish moors. What they find beggars belief and casts all manner of doubt on their combined efforts. Yet, strange and unaccountable forces bring them all closer together in a way none of them ever imagined possible.   T.J.

About the Author

I was born in Manchester one year after The Second World War was declared over and never experienced the horrors of that conflict and the effect it had on peoples lives. Yet here I was, a mere ha'penny worth, in a city full of hope..
My father spent 5 years in Egypt during the war, and my mother worked in the mills - both members of The Salvation Army.
Working class life for a Salvationist wasn't easy in those days.
" Here he comes.."  they would say.  " Walks on his heels to save his soul.."  and so on. Yet,  it was all good hearted banter.
A secondary school education was to be my 'lot', but being a member of the S.A taught me other things.  Music was and is my passion.  Not just brass and military bands, but a much wider field. I played the cornet/trumpet from the age of seven until about 12 years ago and enjoyed every single minute. I have written music for brass bands and had work published.
Since retiring from work through ill health some 2 years ago, I thought it about time I had one of my many novels published.
About the time I finished playing, I started writing.  At first, it was a stop-gap but soon took over my entire life. The music was put on hold and literature was pushed forwards.
There's an old saying which reinforces a point:  practice makes perfect -  and so it should inspire. I was never 'perfect' in any shape or form, but I just love story-telling.  I also like a good read. Not a long winded one but, as we say up north, a good 'un. Straight in and no messing about. In the Charlie Foster novels, I hope I've done just that.  T.J.