Verdict Unknown

The continuous ringing of the doorbell disturbs the shower of Detective Sergeant Albert Noel Parke, after he comes home to his wife from a tiring 20-hour shift. When he opens the door, the caller has already left, but what awaits him in his lounge is a gut-wrenching sight, even for a police officer.

The stock-piling evidence points to Parke being the cold-blooded killer of his wife. Yet circumstances take a fortunate turn when a chance incident leads to discovering the real perpetrator behind the crime.

All is well until ten years later, when Parke marries for a second time and his wife is strangled to death in the room on their honeymoon.

All suspicion points to the same murderer who killed Parke’s first wife.

Gordon S. Dickson was born near Inverness, Scotland, but left there at a young age when the family moved back to Northern Ireland. He was educated at Secondary and Grammar schools and scraped through English ‘O’ levels, as ‘essay writing’ was not a strong point. He was employed in the Civil Service for a number of years but is now retired and has only recently taken up writing. Verdict Unknown is his first novel. He enjoys reading historical novels, gardening and going to the gym, occasionally, and to the cinema.