I’m so pleased to be welcoming Tony Bassett back to Novel Kicks and the blog tour for his book,  It Never Rains – book six in the Detectives Roy and Roscoe crime fiction series.

It never rains but it pours . . .

When a ruthless gang burgles the home of a Premier League football player, DCI Gavin Roscoe and DS Sunita Roy suddenly have a murder and a kidnap on their hands.

The footballer’s stepson, Marcel, is taken from the palatial property whilst it is being ransacked, and his bodyguard is shot, stone cold dead.

To help them with their task, DI Parkes from the National Crime Agency’s Kidnap Unit joins the investigation but he has very different ideas about how the operation should be run.

While rain lashes the surrounding countryside, tempers rise, as do the flood waters.

Can the police track down this dangerous gang, unmask its malevolent ringleader, and reunite the boy with his family before it’s too late?

Tony has shared an extract with us today. We hope you enjoy. 

*****beginning of extract*****

Chapter 16

Three detectives – DCI Gavin Roscoe, DI Joseph Parkes and DS Sunita Roy – are visiting footballer Jean-Jacques Beauvais and his wife Camille at their mansion near Worcester. The couple’s son Marcel has been kidnapped and the family have just received a message and video from the gang holding him.

Roscoe was meanwhile concerned about drafting a proper response to the text message.

‘Shall we sort out a reply now?’ he asked.

‘Yes,’ said Jean-Jacques. ‘What do you suggest?’

‘Just keep it simple,’ said Parkes. ‘I suggest you say, “Thank you for your message and for keeping Marcel safe. We await further instructions.”’

‘All right,’ said the footballer. ‘I will send that now.’

Parkes stepped across the room and took the phone from the Frenchman.

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