The Water Clock

Jim Kelly has contributed to The Water Clock as an author. Jim Kelly, whose father was a detective for Scotland Yard, previously worked as a journalist and education correspondent for the "Financial Times," He lives in Ely with the biographer Midge Gillies and their young daughter. His debut, "The Water Clock," was shortlisted for the Crime Writers' Association John Creasey Memorial Dagger for the best first crime novel of 2002, and in 2004 he was very highly commended for the CWA Dagger in the Library, which is awarded to "the author of crime fiction whose work is giving the greatest enjoyment to readers."