The warm summer night was filled with the throb of disco music. The old woman paused as her dog stopped to pee against the wheel of a sports car. She did not hear the body hit the ground.

Arthur Hughes has travelled extensively. He was born in Llanwrst, brought up near Liverpool and educated in Widnes. At 25, he emigrated to Canada where he got a degree in Psychology. He then returned to the UK, where he taught at Reading University until retirement. He has lived and worked in Turkey and Morocco and now lives in both Spain and Reading.