Jim Kelly (author)

Jim Kelly ( born January 4, 1957) is a British author of crime novels.

Kelly comes from the Suffolk town of Ely, which is also the scene of his novels. Many years he was a correspondent for the Financial Times. Already with his first publication, he had success: his 2002 novel Death in the Moor ( engl. The Water Clock) made ​​it to the finals of the prestigious Dagger Awards. For cold as blood ( engl. The Coldest Blood) he received the 2007 with £ 1,500 doped Dagger Library Award, which is awarded by the British public libraries.

Protagonist of his novels is the lost business and personal survival fighting small-town reporter Philip Dryden, who lives in a boat and - despite the mobility requirements of his job - not even own a car. His wife is after a serious traffic accident in a vegetative state. The only friend is the taxi driver Humph, who also holds a getting on in years, Ford Capri, just a struggle to survive.

The actions of Kelly's novels begin with everyday situations, which develop into felony in the course. In all previously published works, the causes and motives for the present actions are in decades past events. In some cases, the protagonist Dryden is itself implicated in the triggering events of the past.

Works

• The Water Clock ( 2002) - Death in the Moor ( 2003)
• The Fire Baby ( 2004) - No place to die (2005)
• The Moon Tunnel ( 2005) - Beneath the Earth (2006)
• The Coldest Blood ( 2006) - Cold as Blood (2007)
• The Skeleton Man ( 2007) - One of lagged (2008)