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From the Broads to the Greek Islands for Local Writer
The latest mystery thriller from former TV and radio reporter Phil, writing as PN Johnson is a far cry from the early children's books he wrote about a teddy bear on the Broads Phil wrote The Little Blue Boat and the Secret of the Broads, which was produced as a play and performed in local theatres ten years ago
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Since then, the former Radio Norfolk, BBC Look East and Anglia TV journalist, has turned to adult thrillers His first book "Killer in the Crowd" came out last March and was a Finalist in the 2022 Page Turner Awards.
Now his new book, "Run to the Blue" by PN Johnson, published on April 14th, is a fast-moving thriller set in the world of TV news in London and the Greek Islands It's been described by critics as "A Perfect Summer Read" Phil has dedicated the book to all of his former Radio and TV colleagues
The story revolves around TV reporter Tess Anderson Phil told us - It was supposed to be the best day of her career, the day when she was the hero, the reporter whose story put a deadly gangster behind bars But as crime boss Ken Lean is sentenced, ace reporter Tess Anderson instead finds herself in the headlines: her husband is exposed as having an affair with a top government minister, and Tess herself faces death threats from the Lean crime family
With her life collapsing around her, Tess runs to her friend’s villa on the Greek island of Paxos, but soon finds she’s been tracked down by killers and spies. Her only hope of escape is a mysterious, glamorous, and somehow familiar American yachtsman Can Tess stay alive long enough to see her pursuers behind bars? Who can she trust as her enemies close in? And what is the secret that her husband and his lover are so keen to ensure remains buried?
Run to the Blue by PN Johnson is published by Burning Chair Publishing London burningchairpublishing.com/product/run-to-the-blue
As for Able Sea Bear Teddy and The Little Blue Boat, Phil assures us he's still out there patrolling the Broads looking after the birds and animals, and he may appear in another children's story in the future.
