Calvin Hedley is very soon to publish his first
novel, Turning-Point, for sale on Amazon
as an e-book on Kindle and as a paperback on CreateSpace.
In May
1940, an unidentified man is discovered floating in the North
Sea by the crew of a Luftwaffe seaplane. Before he can be taken, an RAF fighter
intervenes, and the naked, unconscious stranger is eventually picked up by the
British. His identity is a mystery, but
the more MI5 specialist Marcus Gifford investigates the more startling the
mystery becomes. Gifford’s task leads
him into the corridors of power, to Churchill and war policy, and much
more. Meanwhile, Heinrich Himmler
realises the priceless asset the Reich has lost and initiates a ruthless
operation to get the man back.
In
June 1982, university lecturer Dr Richard Pelham and his daughter Sally are
mourning the loss of Matthew, his son and her brother, whose disappearance
three years previously while flying an RAF Harrier remains unexplained. Worse, what official conclusions there are
blame Matthew for the incident. Pelham’s
grief and wartime memories are made raw again when Patrick Milburn, a complete
stranger, delivers a seemingly innocent photograph and letter. Pelham, in trying to prove the photograph
fake, clear his son’s name, and discover Milburn’s motives, calls in what few
favours remain to him; as he struggles to uncover the truth, further questions
emerge to challenge fundamental beliefs in science, history, and time
itself. It also emerges that, for some
forty years, MI5 has harboured its own secrets about the matter and is still
determined to maintain security.
The
combined investigations uncover a temporal jigsaw that not only redefines much
of the past but also offers potential for a tantalising future prize. For Pelham and Sally, at least some measure
of ‘closure’ is gained as they regather their lives and try to move on.
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