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The Roar of the Butterflies

Author: Reginald Hill   Series: Joe Sixsmith

In the fifth mystery featuring private eye Joe Sixsmith, shocking allegations of cheating have been directed at one of the leading members of Luton's most exclusive golf course. Before long, Joe is on the trail of a conspiracy that starts with missing balls and ends with murder. Original.

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In the fifth mystery featuring private eye Joe Sixsmith, shocking allegations of cheating have been directed at one of the leading members of Luton's most exclusive golf course. Before long, Joe is on the trail of a conspiracy that starts with missing balls and ends with murder. Original.

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Laid-off lathe operator-turned-private investigator Joe Sixsmith is suddenly very popular, and not just with the ladies. Though he doesn't know a putter from a nine iron, he's being implored to come to the rescue of one Christian Porphyry, the scion of the upper-crust family that owns the most exclusive country club in Luton. Porphyry faces expulsion for the heinous crime of cheating at golf.

Inexplicably, political boss/crime czar "King Rat" Ratcliffe is also interested in employing Joe, offering him some very attractive surveillance work in sunny Spain. But Sixsmith's more intrigued by the first case, especially when a possible witness to the alleged indiscretion mysteriously vanishes.

It's not unusual for Joe to feel out of his depth, but this time he feels out of his class too. Suddenly he faces a potentially fatal pummeling from a variety of sources--and is in grave peril of discovering just how dangerous a contact sport golf can be.

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About the Author

Reginald Hill, acclaimed English crime writer, was a native of Cumbria and a former resident of Yorkshire, the setting for his novels featuring Superintendent Andy Dalziel and DCI Peter Pascoe. Their appearances won Hill numerous awards, including a CWA Golden Dagger and the Cartier Diamond Dagger Lifetime Achievement Award. The Dalziel and Pascoe stories were also adapted into a hugely popular BBC TV series. Hill died in 2012.

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Product Details

Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc | HarperCollins Publishers
Published
27th May 2008
Pages
288
ISBN
9780061451980

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