BALKAN BRITAIN?
The H J Fields Mysteries are set in a near future England which is explored more thoroughly in Volume 6 of The Oneiriad, Na Trì Tìrean Sin: A Biography of Independent Deaths.
In this world, Brexit ended hard, and kickstarted the end of the United Kingdom. Scotland (now called Alba), Wales (Cymru) and Ireland (now unified as a singular Éire) are all independent, and the United Kingdom has ended.
The prime minister is Sixtus Rees-Mogg of The Conservatives, to indicate a vague time frame, which is illustrated as 20XX.
England has undergone a lot of changes, not all for the better. Unionists, a terrorist group that attacks the borders to the newly independent Celtic Countries, are decried by police and government alike, and yet there are supporters all the way to the top.
H J Fields is a Bow Street Runner, a colloquial term for a police officer who quit the force after learning of its deepest corruptions. Neither policeman nor civilian, neither private investigator nor vigilante, H J Fields lives between worlds, in a United Kingdom shattered, just trying to do good wherever he treads.
This is Balkan Britain.
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Water's Edge
Mystery / ThrillerH J Fields is a Bow Street Runner, a private investigator loathed by public and policeman alike. Straddling the thin blue line, he believes that even if the barrel turns all the apples bad, there must be law somewhere. His first case after getting...
