Patricia Moyes

Death and the Dutch Uncle (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A classic mystery "bubbling with humor, bursting with clues, and switching from petty misdemeanors on the home shores to intrigue and adventure abroad." - Sheffield Morning Telegraph As "Pudge" Coombe-Peters proved, Moyes had a gift for the kind of dreadful nicknames the British are so good at. This time around it's "Flutter" Byers, a small-time hood who gets himself killed in a seedy Soho pub (was there, ever, any other kind?). Byers consorted with criminals and owed money all over town; his death should have been little more than a footnote in the history of London gangs. But for some reason, Inspector Tibbett of Scotland Yard believes it's connected to PIFL, a backwater do-good outfit, currently trying to referee a murderous squabble between two small African nations. And these dark suspicions begin to look more likely when Henry gets word of another assassin's bullet-headed, this time, for one of PIFL's earnest, tweedy justice warriors. Praise for Patricia Moyes "The author who put the 'who' back in whodunit." - Chicago Daily News "A new queen of crime... her name can be mentioned in the same breath as Agatha Christie and Ngaio Marsh." - Daily Herald "An excellent detective novel in the best British tradition. Superbly handled." - Columbus Dispatch "Intricate plots, ingenious murders, and skillfully drawn, often hilarious, characters distinguish Patricia Moyes' writing." - Mystery Scene

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Felony & Mayhem Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. November 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781631941610
• Artikelnr.: 60542627

Autorenporträt

Patricia Moyes (1923-2000) was a British mystery writer best known for her "Henry Tibbet" series of old-fashioned mysteries. During WWII Moyes joined the Royal Air Force and became a radar operator and flight officer. Subsequently, she worked as assistant to actor and director Peter Ustinov, with whom she collaborated on a film script. She also spent some years as assistant editor for British Vogue. A cat lover, Moyes wrote two books about cats.