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Bokassa's Last Apostle Rod Shelton "There must be a small fortune in here, he thought as he stared at the contents of the bank box. Why didn't I know about this? Hundred dollar bills too: still legal tender." He bent over. Who said money doesn't smell good? Nice choice matey boy, whoever you are. Pity you didn't come back. He rummaged around a bit and his hands came across a lumpy envelope. "Everton?" he read. "Who the hell is he?" In this pacy and funny thriller, we follow the fortunes of Everton Jones, a mixed race boy from Dudley, as an inheritance left hidden in a bank vault by the Cantral African father he never knew leads him into a race against time to find out how his father stole Emperor Bokassa's diamonds and, more importantly, where he hid them before Bokassa's remaining followers, his "apostles" get there first. Intended publication in August 2012

Rod Shelton has a PhD in physics from Manchester University and has worked briefly for NASA. Whilst working at Oxford University he helped establish the Oxford Lesbian and Gay Centre and edited their magazine. He has been a teacher since 1995 and is now focussing on designing e-books. This is his first novel author blog Paradise Press authors: anthologies Rex BATTEN John DIXON Martin FOREMAN Timothy GRAVES Winston GREEN Michael HARTH Elizabeth LISTER Paul MANN Graham ROBERTSON Ian STEWART Elsa WALLACE Donald WEST