The Ill-starred Exile of John Smith

Download or read book The Ill-starred Exile of John Smith written by Barry Durham and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-02-26 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Smith is what is known as a 'placeholder name', like the American term John Doe. It is the name bestowed on unidentified corpses, amnesiacs and hospital patients - which is why the odd young man staked out to die in the remains of a 4,000-year-old Neolithic Circle on the edge of the Lancashire Fells ends up with it. However his violent allergic reaction to iron and steel causes problems for his rescuers and when he refuses to co-operate with the police, Detective Chief Inspector Stone washes his hands of him. So 'John Smith' simply disappears - literally. And that's when strange things start to happen around the city of Preston.