Prohibited Portrait

In Prohibited Portrait, a thrilling novel form R W Kay, a body is washed up on the shore. After it had been battered by rocks it is unrecognisable.

But the postmortem reveals something concerning. Although the remains were found in salt water, the victim had been drowned, but in fresh water.

What is the victim's name? Was her murdered? Where was he murdered? And by whom?

Using an artist's reconstruction of his face the police officers investigating the case track down his address.

It's dos covered that he may well have been involved with multiple secret service outfits.

A mysterious artefact, a tablet, is discovered. It cannot be opened, adding to its mystery.

Subsequent investigations link the artefact to Abullah Quilliam, Britain's first and only 'Sheikh of Islam,' who once owned it.

The tablet had found its way to a house on the Isle of Man, that was in an isolated location. How? Why?

They discover that the artefact is so valuable as to be without price. But so potentially dangerous that it could cause a war between rival factions of Islam.

What can be done to make certain that such a war never happens and that the artefact is kept safe?

It's a well crafted story.

It's published by The Book Guild at £8.99.