Peter Bartram

Welcome to Brighton, England, the home of local crime reporter, Colin Crampton. Brighton is a great town on the south coast of England. There are long beaches, seaside piers, quaint lanes, and an ornate palace, the Royal Pavilion.

1960s Brighton, England... Christmas cheer? But only if reporter Colin Crampton can save an innocent comic postcard artist from the gallows. “A real cracker of a story. Bravo Bartram!” An artist who faces the hangman’s scaffold. The niece who believes in his innocence. A reporter’s race...

Shadows from the past haunt crime reporter Colin Crampton as he tracks down a killer.

A new clue to an unsolved murder. A dangerous killer on the loose. A reporter desperate for a scoop… It’s August 1962 and Brighton Evening Chronicle crime reporter Colin Crampton needs a front-page story. Then Colin gets a tip-off that Arnold Trumper, who owns the seafront’s miniature golf...

Welcome to Brighton, England - where they do like to murder beside the seaside... A daring robbery on a summer's day. The rocker with a taste for murder. A reporter chasing a big story. Join ace crime reporter Colin Crampton and his feisty Australian girlfriend Shirley Goldsmith as they embark...

Join ace crime reporter Colin Crampton and his feisty Australian girlfriend Shirley Goldsmith as they embark on a new adventure. It all starts when Colin spends a lazy afternoon by the beach with Shirley. But when a daring robbery takes place, Colin reckons he's on the trail of a big story.

Ace crime reporter Colin Crampton believes he's uncovered the stunning motive behind a train robbery that ended in murder. But that was before he uncovers unexpected clues.

Crime reporter Colin Crampton thinks he's wrapped up a story that began with a robbery and ended with a murder. But that was before he hit on a new clue - which takes him to New York and into more danger.

Want to know what it's like when a quiet romantic dinner ends in murder? Ace reporter Colin Crampton and his feisty girlfriend Shirley Goldsmith are tucking into their meal when Shirley discovers more blood on her rare steak than she'd expected....

There are just four days to Mother's Day and crime reporter Colin Crampton is under pressure to find a front-page story to fit the theme. Then Colin and his feisty girlfriend Shirley Goldsmith stumble across a body late at night on a lonely country road....

1960s Brighton, England... With five comedians in the frame, murder has never been such fun… pity the corpse didn’t see the joke. The dead body of a theatrical agent. A missing book worth a fortune. Five comedians in the frame for murder. There’s trouble for crime reporter Colin Crampton...