Gritty, tender and moving, A Traitor to His Blood follows the adventures of reluctant Bajan private eye JT Ellington as he returns to 1980’s Bristol. Published by Black & White Publishing, this is the fifth novel in the critically acclaimed historical crime fiction series by M.P. Wright.
Set in St Pauls, Bristol in 1980, Joseph Tremaine Ellington, now 57 years old, has long abandoned his former career as an enquiry agent for the safety of teaching. But his old life draws him back. When the wife of a locally respected Baptist minister vanishes into a seamy, dead-end world of users and abusers, leaving behind both her family and a critically fragile premature infant daughter, Ellington is asked if he can help find the woman…
Described by Dermot O’Leary as ‘Page-turning historical detective fiction at its finest, picks you up and puts you right in 80s Britain and its underbelly’, the TV rights to the series have been bought by award-winning production company, Wilson Worldwide.
Best-selling crime novelist, Mark Billingham, describes the Windrush noir series as ‘terrific crime fiction – evocative, socially aware and gripping – and JT Ellington is a compelling protagonist’.
Talking about the publication of A Traitor to His Blood, M.P. Wright said, “My debut novel, Heartman, was longlisted for the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger, and I am thrilled to be publishing the fifth book in the series. What I thought was just going to be a trilogy has grown so much in popularity, so the publication of the fifth book, A Traitor to His Blood, is an absolute pleasure. Readers have genuinely embraced my Bajan detective and I cant wait to share the latest exploits of JT Ellington with them.”
A Traitor to His Blood is published by Black & White Publishing and is available from all good bookshops.
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St Pauls, Bristol. 1980. Joseph Tremaine Ellington, now 57 years old, has long abandoned his former career as an enquiry agent for the safety of teaching. But his old life draws him back.
One of the very few lights from Ellington’s dark and violent past has flickered out. His fiance Ruth Castle is dead – leaving him again heartbroken and alone to bring up his fifteen year old niece, Chloe. Ellington’s days are long and lonely, his nights tormented by old ghosts.
When the wife of a locally respected Baptist minister vanishes into a seamy, dead-end world of users and abusers, leaving behind both her own family and a critically fragile premature infant daughter, Ellington is asked if he can help find the woman. Joseph is determined to keep his distance from the dangers of the Bristol night. But his inescapable obligation to an old friend, a man he deeply respects, keeps bringing him back like a moth to a flame.
