Mark South

Augustus Caesar Smith thought he was nothing but ordinary. But on his sixteenth birthday his life took such a change that he was far from ordinary. Together with his new found friend, a ghost called Flo, Augustus discovers his destiny - to save the universe from a group of greedy and evil monks, whom are set to reap Time and Essence from the many worlds of the universe for their own ends.

Proof of Life is the second novel in the Detective Best series based on the Isle of Wight. Enduring the scorching heat of yet another blazing summer on the Island Best is visited by a mysterious woman, who just happens to predict every one of the murders that seems to be falling around him. Not only has Best been burdened with solving these horrendous cases but he has to shed the reputation of his father who awaits trial for murder.