Summary
1926, and Joe Sandilands is back from India, enjoying the frantic pleasures of Jazz Age London. Yet, there is a darkness behind all that postwar gaiety. A woman has been discovered bludgeoned to death in her suite at the Ritz. A broken window and missing emerald necklace suggest that it is a burglary gone wrong. But the corpse is that of a much-respected member of the British establishment, Dame Beatrice Joliffe, one of the founders of the Wrens, and so Scotland Yard send Joe to conduct a swi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781845292386 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1845292383 |
| Author: | Barbara Cleverly |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Robinson Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 29 June 2006 |
| Weight: | 240g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 130mm |
| Series: | Joe Sandilands |
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A well plotted first novel… the atmosphere of the dying days of the Raj is colourfully captured
A great blood and guts blockbuster. - Guardian
In some ways [Cleverly] surpasses the work of Agatha Christie. - Publishers WeeklyA well plotted first novel… the atmosphere of the dying days of the Raj is colourfully captured - Sunday TelegraphAbout The Author
Barbara Cleverly
Barbara Cleverly was born in the north of England and is a graduate of Durham University. She now lives in the middle of Cambridge.
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