It gives me great pleasure to be featuring a new to me author, John Day, whose latest novel Bent Penny will be released on 11th May 2016 and is available to order here. John kindly agreed to an interview on Linda’s Book Bag to tell me all about his writing. Not only that, but John has given me an exclusive extract from the opening of the second book in the series, Dirty Penny, to share with you too.

Bent Penny

D.I. Penny Britain is a brilliant detective, but despised by colleagues for not being normal, like them. She has dark secrets and no man, or woman come to that, in her life. Until Paul enters her life, that is, but he is taken.

Her boss dumps a high profile kidnapping case on her. She discovers a trail of intrigue and murder out of all proportion to the crime…