The Sandman Blue Moon Investigations Book 17 Steve Higgs Text Copyright © 2021 Steven J Higgs Publisher: Steve Higgs The right of Steve Higgs to be identified as author of the Work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 All rights reserved. The book is copyright material and must not be copied, reproduced, transferred, distributed, leased, licensed or publicly performed or used in any way except as specifically permitted in writing by the publishers, as allowed under the terms and conditions under which it was purchased or as strictly permitted by applicable copyright law. Any unauthorised distribution or use of this text may be a direct infringement of the author’s and publisher’s rights and those responsible may be liable in law accordingly. ‘The Sandman’ is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, organisations, places, events, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living, dead or undead, events or locations is entirely coincidental. Dedication This book is dedicated to Steve Short, a long-time advocate of my work and dedicated member of my inner circle. He is responsible for the camouflage jackets Basic is now making a fortune with. Thanks, Steve. Top man. Table of Contents Tempest. Missing Team Member. Friday, December 23rd 1517hrs Jane. Unpleasant Sensation. Friday, December 23rd 1518hrs Tempest. Pooling Resources. Friday, December 23rd 1519hrs Jane. First Steps. Friday, December 23rd 1554hrs Tempest. The Blue Moon Office. Friday, December 23rd 1607hrs Big Ben. Jane’s Gran’s House in Aylesford. Friday, December 23rd 1622hrs Jane. Working the Problem. Friday, December 23rd 1645hrs Tempest. The House of Matilda Carpenter. Friday, December 23rd 1648hrs Big Ben. A Show of Strength. Friday, December 23rd 1652hrs Amanda. Research at the Office. Friday, December 23rd 1652hrs Big Ben. Inside Grandma’s House. Friday, December 23rd 1653hrs Jane. Muscular Overload. Friday December 23rd 1701hrs Big Ben. Jane’s Bedroom. Friday, December 23rd 1709hrs Tempest. Karen Gilbert’s House. Friday, December 23rd 1730hrs Big Ben. Retaliation. Friday, December 23rd 1735hrs Jane. Perseverance. Friday, December 23rd 1740hrs Tempest. Wasting Time. Friday, December 23rd 1741hrs Big Ben. Surrounded. Friday, December 23rd 1742hrs Tempest. A Breakthrough, Finally. Friday, December 23rd 1746hrs Amanda. Fingerprints. Friday December 23rd 1751hrs Tempest. Closing In. Friday, December 23rd 1812hrs Jane. A New Challenge. Friday, December 23rd 1836hrs Quinn. Steely Eyed Thief Taker. Friday, December 23rd 1842hrs Tempest. Start Talking, Punk! Friday, December 23rd 1903hrs The Sandman. Dancing to my Tune. Friday, December 23rd 1922hrs Big Ben. More Bad News. Friday, December 23rd 1933hrs Amanda. Toby Carter. Friday, December 23rd 1940hrs Tempest. Defeated. Friday, December 23rd 1942hrs Amanda. Aliases. Friday, December 23rd 1956hrs Tempest. Getting Rubbed the Wrong Way. Friday, December 23rd 2001hrs Jane. Electricity. Friday, December 23rd 2007hrs The Sandman. Listening. Friday, December 23rd 2011hrs Amanda. Slipped Right Through our Fingers. Friday, December 23rd 2024hrs Tempest. Time for Action. Friday, December 23rd 2031hrs Tempest. No Need for Stealth. Friday, December 23rd 2109hrs Jane. Not Alone. Friday, December 23rd 2112hrs Tempest. Time to go! Friday, December 23rd 2120hrs Tempest. Busted. Friday December 23rd 2122hrs Jane. A Noise in the Dark. Friday, December 24th 0215hrs Ramsey Mitchell. Everything According to his Plan. Saturday, December 24th 0217hrs Quinn. Learning from a Master. Saturday December 24th 1127hrs Tempest. Cautioned and Released. Saturday, December 24th 1206hrs Tempest. When the Truth Finally Dawns. Saturday, December 24th 1310hrs The Sandman. Valerie’s Pain. Saturday, December 24th 1327hrs Tempest. The Blue Moon Office. Saturday, December 24th 1336hrs Quinn. Dissection of a Serial Killer. Saturday, December 24th 1348hrs Tempest. Locksmiths. Saturday, December 24th 1406hrs Tempest. A Note from the Sandman. Saturday, December 24th 1417hrs Jane. Hard Choices. Saturday, December 24th 1424hrs Tempest. Hidden Things. Saturday, December 24th 1428hrs Quinn. Reason to get Excited? Saturday, December 24th 1441hrs Big Ben. Tooling Up. Saturday, December 24th 1520hrs Quinn. Updated Information. Saturday, December 24th 1603hrs Tempest. A Plan. Saturday, December 24th 1605hrs The Sandman. Preparation is Everything. Saturday, December 24th 1618hrs Big Ben. Full Assault Mode. Saturday, December 24th 1623hrs Jane. All the Fuel I Would Need. Saturday, December 24th 1627hrs Jane. Behind Every Great Man. Saturday, December 24th 1638hrs Big Ben. How it Went Down. Saturday, December 24th 1630hrs Tempest. Ambush My Ambush. Saturday, December 24th 1638hrs Jane. The Final Fight. Saturday, December 24th 1640hrs Tempest. Grey Hair. Saturday, December 24th 1648hrs Tempest. Doing Something I Probably Shouldn’t. Saturday, December 24th 1715hrs The Golem in Block C Author’s Notes What’s next for the Blue Moon Crew? A FREE Rex and Albert Story More Urban Fantasy by Steve Higgs More Books by Steve Higgs Free Books and More Tempest. Missing Team Member. Friday, December 23rd 1517hrs Amanda and I were all but running as we left the ward. My clothes were on - having dressed in a world record time – but crazily dishevelled and my hair had to be sticking out at all angles because that was what it always did until I tamed it. None of these things registered in my head as both Amanda and I started talking. We were having two different conversations, and neither was with each other. I was on my phone to Big Ben. Amanda was on her phone to Hilary. Two minutes earlier, Chief Inspector Quinn had left my hospital room after dropping a bombshell about Jane. Jane is the third detective at my firm, Blue Moon Investigations, and she was missing. He didn’t say she was missing, that would be poor form for a police officer, a senior one to boot, unless he was already doing something about it, but what he did say was enough for me to believe she was in desperate trouble. Chief Inspector Quinn revealed that Jane had music playing when her phone was answered but there was no one there to talk to. Anyone else would most likely think that was odd, yet dismiss it. Amanda and I knew what it meant, and it sent ice through our veins. The piece of music was
