Dreamwalkers Book One - The Intruder. A Markland Garraway Paranormal Mystery Thriller
Andrew M Stafford
Dreamwalkers
(Book One)
The Intruder
A Paranormal Mystery Thriller
By Andrew M Stafford
‘Be careful for what you yearn…’
Text Copyright © 2017 Andrew M Stafford
All the characters in this book are fictitious, and any resemblance to actual persons living or dead is purely coincidental.
Thank you to
DC Rob Callaway (Retired) for his advice on matters of the law
Beta Readers Sharon Newton and Dozy Powell
Nigel Burrough
Penny Rowe for proof reading
For Kerry, Olivia, Sam, Mum and Sharon.
Especially for Dad and Ivan.
The poem referred to in Badock’s Wood was written by John Fairfax (1930 – 2009)
Dreamwalkers is the sequel to The Hill by Andrew M Stafford. Although it is a sequel, it is a ‘standalone’ book, which does not need to be read in conjunction with The Hill.
Please note: This is the first book in a two part series. The story begins with Dreamwalkers (Book One) - The Intruder, and carries on seamlessly and concludes with Dreamwalkers Book Two – The Ghost Returns.
Alternatively, you have the option to purchase an omnibus edition containing both Book One and Book two, which readers are recommended to purchase.
Table of contents
Prologue
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
Chapter 53
Chapter 54
Chapter 55
Chapter 56
Chapter 57
Chapter 58
Please note: This is the first book in a two part series. The story begins with Dreamwalkers (Book One) - The Intruder, and carries on seamlessly and concludes with Dreamwalkers Book Two – The Ghost Returns.
Alternatively, you have the option to purchase an omnibus edition containing both Book One and Book two, which readers are recommended to purchase.
Prologue
It has been a tough couple of years for Markland Garraway.
In September 2009 Ben Walker was murdered on a Bronze Age burial mound in Badock’s Wood in Bristol. Daniel Boyd, fled the scene and thought he had got away with the horrific crime he had committed.
But the burial mound held a secret and Ben lived on. His spirit was nurtured within Christopher Jameson, who was born at the precise time that Ben died.
Three years later, DI Garraway, along with hypnotist Tom Judd, communicated with Ben’s spirit through toddler, Christopher Jameson whilst he was under hypnosis.
Markland Garraway is the only detective to have closed a case with the evidence provided by the murder victim; after the victim was killed.
Solving the crime had turned him into a reluctant hero, and proving that life exists after death made him famous around the world.
But all things come at a cost. Markland suffered ridicule whilst on the case. Support from the Avon and Somerset Constabulary had been minimal and he had been signed off as unfit to work for almost a year.
He had suffered mental health, crippling arthritis, alcoholism and to add to everything, his wife left him. Joan, was unable to cope with her husband and the way he had been affected by the case.
And all because of the influence of the burial mound, which Markland refers to as ‘The Hill’.
Tom Judd has recently published his memoirs in a book called ‘The Man Who Caught His Killer’. Immediately it is a best seller and Markland finds himself, once again, in the spotlight.
Markland continues on the road to recovery, vowing never to set foot in Badock’s Wood again.
But The Hill has not finished with Markland Garraway.
Once More, the burial mound in the woods is reaching out to him.
Chapter 1
