Dolores Gordon-Smith
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Dolores Gordon-Smith (born 15 April 1958) is a British author. She is best known for writing The Jack Haldean murder mysteries, the first of which, A fête worse than death was released on 28 June 2007. The second instalment Mad about the boy is to be released on 29 May 2008.
[edit] Biography
Dolores Gordon-Smith was born in Stalybridge, Cheshire. She is the youngest of 3, with an older brother, Michael Whitbread, and an older sister, Barbara.
She is married and lives in Cheshire with her 5 daughters, two dogs and their three cats.
[edit] Jack Haldean
Jack Haldean is the fictional main character of Dolores Gordon-Smith's books. Currently, he has appeared in two books, A fête worse than death and Mad about the boy. Jack, when younger, wanted to become a pilot, and, in 1915 (aged only 16), he was accepted into the new service.
After the war, Jack began writing detective stories, and became known for this talent. He was offered a job in a magazine office after solving a crime, and this kick-started all that was to happen to Jack.
Jack became a good friend to a police officer after trying to get information on a crime. He was later confided in about a huge murder, and this was to start all of which happens in the books.
