The Clockmaker's Secret

<p><strong>A buried clock holds the key to a decades-old mystery.</strong><br><br>On holiday to escape the nightmares of his last case disgraced soldier turned private detective John Slim Hardy comes upon something buried in the peat on Bodmin Moor.<br><br>Unfinished and water-damaged but still ticking the old clock provides a vital clue to an unsolved missing-persons case.<br><br>As Slim begins to ask questions of the tiny Cornish village of Penleven he is drawn into a world of lies rumours and secrets some of which the residents would prefer to stay buried.<br><br>Twenty-three years ago a reclusive clockmaker left his workshop and walked out onto Bodmin Moor taking his last unfinished clock with him.</p><p>He disappeared.<br><br>Slim is determined to find out why.<br><br><em>The Clockmaker's Secret</em> is the stunning sequel to Jack Benton's acclaimed debut <em>The Man by the Sea.</em></p>