People go missing all the time. Most are people we have never heard of before, some are in the public eye. When Donal McBastargh, bass player with the new metal band, Lecter, apparently disappears into thin air, his father, Rory is not prepared to sit back and let the formal police investigation proceed at its snails pace. He enlists the help of Mike Logan who is in the early stages of setting up the Provincial Eye private inquiry agency.As Logan investigates it becomes obvious that there is far more going on than initially meets the private eye. Men of a certain genetic type have been disappearing for a number of months. Strangely, despite the obvious epidemic of disappearances, the authorities seem to show little interest. What on Earth is going on? Or does the solution to the mystery lie somewhat further afield?Triple Helix relates the story of how Mike Logan, together with an old friend from his university days and some new friends, solves the riddle of the disappearances and yet, in doing so, finds himself propelled into an adventure in even more bizarre circumstances. An expatriate Londoner living in the South West of England, Keith Spratley was trained as a scientist and, fortunately, employed as one. He started writing at school and continued at University. His first love is science fiction/fantasy, written with twisted humour. He acknowledges one wife, two children and two cats.