New Crime & Mystery Fiction Titles From
Allison Busby
1998 Jan-March
File Updated: 04/07/00
New Crime & Mystery Fiction Titles From
Allison Busby
JAN-MARCH 1998
Brian Battison
The Witches' Familiar
Pbk published January 1998 by Allison Busby at £5.99
ISBN: 0 74900 310 3
400 years ago as a witch was burned to death she hurled a curse at the aldermen and their issue for all time. Has that witch now returned to Bridgetown - and with her the curse? Superintendent Newton thinks so, but DCI Jim Ashworth is following a quite different line of enquiry
Praise for Brian Battison
`Brian Battison is a John Creasey for the `90s' Telegraph
`...there are enough sufficiently offbeat vignettes of fallible cops to suggest that Battison is one to watch.' Oxford Times
`A first rate debut for Battison, a name to watch.' Citizen
The Author
Brian Battison was born in Northampton. Before becoming a writer, he was an actor, appearing on stage with the Birmingham Repertory Theatre and on television. He lives in Birmingham with his wife Patricia, two cats and a dog.