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    Tragedy
    Tragedy
    Tragedy
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    Tragedy

    By Stephen E Pennykid

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    Chief Inspector Robert Casey had been retired only five weeks when the package arrived. The content would change the course of his retirement.

    This is the second short story in a new series taking the reader through the experiences of a career policeman from his initial investigation as a detective constable to his eventual retirement.
    However, his investigating days may not yet be over...

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherS & S P Publishing
    Release dateJan 20, 2013
    ISBN9781301001187
    Tragedy
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    Stephen E Pennykid

    Born in 1952, Steve Pennykid grew up on a Leicester council estate built to accommodate new families after the war and the baby boom of the 50's and 60's. Steve was an only child and although he had plenty of friends with whom to play football on the green outside his home, he had time on his hands to develop his love of the written word, and as a child always had something to read whether it be a football annual at Christmas, a thrilling children's story or a Look and Learn comic. Writing though did not come until much later. Steve took early retirement in 2005, which gave him a few years to achieve a number of goals he set himself to do before he was 60. One of these was to write a short story and try to get it published. This was a big ask as he had never written anything before. However, it was achieved in 2010 when a local story-writing competition gave him the opportunity. By then he had written one story – The News from Spain. He began to amend this story to suit the framework required for the competition but it soon became a completely different tale – Smoke Gets in Your Eyes. These are both gentle romances but Steve's writing has now become more eclectic with a number of other tales including two detective stories, from his Chief Inspector Robert Casey series, two children's short stories and a non-fiction title under his belt. Steve also loves music and you will undoubtedly notice a common theme in many of his stories of titles and chapters containing the names of songs, particularly those from the 60's. His passion for music of this era encouraged him to write his own personal favourite, the non-fiction "MisHits of the Sixties". Steve lives in Loughborough and is married with two sons, a daughter-in-law and two delightful granddaughters.

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      Tragedy - Stephen E Pennykid

      TRAGEDY

      Stephen E Pennykid

      Copyright 2013 by Stephen E Pennykid

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      TRAGEDY

      Ex-Chief Inspector Robert Casey settled back into his lounger. Life was good. In fact, a lot better than he could have imagined. He was now five weeks into retirement and had adjusted to his changes so well that he barely missed the long hours and mainly tedious slog of his police work.

      Closing his eyes against the bright eleven o’clock August sun, Bob decided he would have a short siesta and then maybe wander down to the Guiding Light public house for a swift half before returning for lunch. A ten minute stroll there and back would sharpen up his appetite. Although not in a routine, Bob would more often than not take a pre-lunch drink at the local.

      Bob had vowed on his retirement that he wouldn’t run to fat as had happened to some of his former colleagues. His lean six foot frame was largely due to healthy eating, and a regular exercise regime maintained his youngish appearance. Bob had completed over 30 years’ service and had never succumbed to the fast food habit that seemed endemic in the police force. Although his hair was greying, it was still thick and wavy and would be the envy of a man ten years younger.

      The next thing Bob knew, his wife Martha

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