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Cold Gold (Blitz Bullion Busters II) - Daryl Joyce

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After the success of their previous gold-hunting escapades, Faiza, Jack and Wade are looking forward to a quieter summer. But in the shadows, someone is keen to make sure their summer holidays are their last. After obtaining some irresistible clues, they are drawn into another thrilling hunt and dangerous chase. Following the trail of mysteries both old and new, they venture into even more death-defying adventures, both above and below ground. Will they survive long enough to find the elusive gold?


As part of the blogtour, I am pleased to be able to share this interview with author, Daryl Joyce, about the second book in this exciting series:


Cold Gold is my second book and is a sequel to Blitz Bullion Busters. So what’s it all about?
Imagine a mystery that has been hushed up for decades and you and a friend stumble across it. Throw in some pathos, a huge helping of suspense with some scary tense moments, a quest for something amazing and you have Blitz Bullion busters. There’s no spoilers here, but Cold Gold has even more of this; similar but not the same. I wanted to make sure that there were all the familiar, suspenseful and exciting elements of the first book, without it being a simple revisit
At the start of Cold Gold, it’s been a month since their last gold-hunting escapades and the three are looking forward to a quieter, relaxing summer holidays. However, there are still some unanswered questions and mysteries that don’t seem to want to stay hidden. So in a flurry of activity and exciting adventures, the trio are again thrown into a whirlwind of suspense, mayhem, danger and yes, gold-hunting! There are some things lurking in the background, in the shadows, this time around and their activities have been spotted. The twist at the end of the first book gives rise to a lot of the… problems they encounter in this book.
You don’t have to have to read the first book to get instantly into the second one, but I know many people will. I like to feel [and I’ve been told] readers identify with the characters and this book shows a fleshing out of the personalities, giving them [even] more depth. My current class – Year 6 – are my most honest critics. They read the first book with me as part of our reading sessions and gave me their thoughts and ideas and what they felt would make an even better story! When I had a proof of book two, we read it and they loved it.
I like all three – Faiza, Jack and Wade – and whilst on their own they do ok, but when they work as a team and listen first, they do amazing things. Personally, I feel I have been similar to all of the characters in the book at different times in my life. Jack for instance – too shy by half and a bit studious – was much like me until I got to about twenty. Wade who is a rush-in-and-ask-questions-later type was more like me in my twenties and thirties. And Faiza – the shoot-from-the-hip-and-take-no- prisoners - is a joy to write. I like her honesty and spikiness to everyone but her closest friends and family, and I can empathise with that!
I’m happy to say there will be a third and final book, that I have just started creating.
In the meantime, go and read a copy of Cold Gold; you won’t be disappointed.

Daryl Joyce was born in Andover, Hampshire and brought up in Farnborough, also in Hampshire. He worked in IT for over twenty years, mostly in London, before deciding to do something more worthwhile than switching it off and on, and so become a primary school teacher.


Somewhere before being in school at 7am and after the end of a long day teaching hordes of young people, Blitz Bullion Busters was written. Daryl has long had a fascination with the London Underground and the myriad of stories surrounding it. Working with children has also given him valuable experience of what makes a story exciting and worthwhile.


When he is not writing, Daryl spends most of his time reading about hidden places underground and watching Star Trek. He now lives in Surrey, not far from Gatwick Airport with his wife and two pampered cats.


Cold Gold is the second book in the Blitz Bullion Busters series - see my review of book one here: https://www.whatiread.co.uk/post/blitz-bullion-busters-daryl-joyce


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