Welsh author Gary M. Dobbs first saw print as a fiction writer. Using the pen name Jack Martin he is responsible for a string of best-selling western novels as well as the hugely popular crime series, Granny Smith. The latter published under his own name. A Date with the Hangman, is his fourth major non-fiction work following the successful Cardiff and the Valleys in the Great War, Cardiff and the Valleys at War 1939 - 45 and Dark Valleys, all of which were also published by Pen and Sword.
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