The Good Messenger - Softcover

John writes about love and war with incredible skill and humanity - but also manages to deliver a truly compelling historical drama. --Rob Williams, screenwriter The Man in the High Castle and The Victim

I know that when a work by John Simmons comes into my hands that care, precision and skill will be the hallmarks I can expect. His writing welcomes me in and holds my attention on every page. --Chris Gribble, Chief Executive, National Centre for Writing

A very very very good writer. --John Mitchinson, Backlisted podcast

The Good Messenger is an epic tale of love, loyalty and deception set across three decades. 1912: Tom Shepherd reluctantly stays for two weeks at Hardinge Hall. Mr and Mrs Hardinge are trying to arrange a marriage for their son Teddy to Iris, daughter of a local businessman. Tommy becomes the innocent messenger who delivers the secret arrangements. Armistice Day 1918: The First World War has changed everything, especially the closeted world that Iris, Teddy and Tom existed in. 1927. Tom is now a journalist investigating the discovery of a baby's bones in the woods around Hardinge Hall. Past and present move towards a resolution that might still bring everything crashing down.