The Dark Side of Innocence

A devastating incident turns Matthew Morgan, a caring and innocent school teacher, into a would-be vigilante. What makes him want to tackle Lawrence Tyburn and his merciless, underworld, criminal gang?

What does a woman do when she falls in love with a man and sees him bent on self-destruction? This is Melissa Reagan’s dilemma, as she becomes infatuated by Matthew. She feels his pain and anguish and comes to a terrible realisation. His obsession has no boundaries, as a need for retribution drives him to desperate measures.

Charles Rydell is a minister at the home office. Why does he make an agreement to move selected inmates to an old Victorian prison? The action is fast and furious with MI6 chasing shadows as they try to unravel an outrageous crime in the highest echelons of government. In the background is a prime minister trying to keep the lid on a scandal that would ruin her career. Two very different worlds collide with spectacular effect!

Derek Farmer was brought up in a coal mining village in West Yorkshire and graduated with a degree in chemical engineering. He subsequently joined his wife, Jan, into the teaching profession where he quickly became the head of the mathematics department in a secondary school. He wanted to make mathematics more fun for students and had a series of three textbooks published, called Getting on With Maths, which were designed to do just that.

Derek has three children and three grandchildren and recently had his first children’s book published, a fantasy novel called Somewhere in Yorkshire.

He loves to spend quality time with his family.