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A violent robbery. A fortune stolen. The loot hidden.

1877

When a fortune is stolen and the soldiers guarding it murdered, Captain Russell is given the job of finding the culprits as well as the stolen money. His investigations take him from the poverty of the village of Oak Old Crossroads to the hustle and bustle of London, and then on to South Africa at the time of the Anglo–Zulu war and the battles of Isandlwana and Rorke’s Drift.

1977

When Gary Stevens and his wife, Anne, move to what is now Oak Cross village, he is shocked to discover that the murders and robbery of a century earlier are part of his family history. He joins forces with a retired reporter to find out what really happened. But is it sensible to dig up the past when some secrets are so close to home?

Tragically, the author, Dennis Jones died before he could see his hard work in print. He spent years researching, writing and re-drafting his historical crime novel, Links to the Past. Now, it has been published in his memory, with all profits going to the British Heart Foundation.