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A Salisbury

Tendresse

Radu Herklots

KEY SELLING POINTS

TouchingshortstoriesfromtheauthorofthesuccessfulJohnTedescocrimeseries.
Talesset in reallocationsthattheauthorknowswell.
Thiscollectionseeks toachieveablend of thehappy,sad,wistful, andreflectivewithagood seasoning of
humour.

From the author of the successful ‘John Tedesco crime series’ a collection of eleven short stories.
The title story, ‘A Salisbury Tendresse’ introduces Stephen and Joanna, two middle-aged newcomers to
Salisburywhosetoutnervouslyonwhatmay ormay notturnoutto bea romanticadventure.

Intheotherstories, wemeet Maureen,whohateswhathashappened to hersmalltown in Devonanddecides
totake mattersintoherownhands,theyoungartistandhiswifewhosestrugglethroughtheCovidpandemicis
rewardedwiththejoy ofanunexpectedadditiontothefamily andRex,awidowerstrugglingwithgrief. Other
charactersincludeShaneMeredith,awannaberock god from1960’sPlymouth,thedenizensof thepubin
‘Backwoodsmen’ and a group of old friends from university clinging on to past glories in ‘The Autumn Men’.
For fans of John Tedesco, there is a bonus story featuring the familiar cast, ‘A Close Encounter’.

Radu Herklots grew up in Plymouth and studied law at Kingston University, London and the College of Law,
Guildford.HepractisedasasolicitorforoverthirtyyearsandnowlivesinSalisburywherehedivideshistime
between writing the John Tedesco Cathedral Murder Mystery series, volunteering at the cathedral and following
his local football club.

Publication Date: 28th October 2024 £8.99 ISBN: 9781836280163
Thema subject category: FYB – Short stories
paperback 198 x 129 mm 144 pp Portrait Authorlocation: Salisbury
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