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(0)Simon Brett
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Blotto and Twinks mystery volume 8
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201 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
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A quick trip to the capital goes horribly wrong when Blotto and Twinks get accidentally involved in London's criminal underworld ... It starts innocently enough at the intimate review 'absolutely everyone is talking about', Light and Frothy, where its glamorous star, Frou Frou Gavotte, has rather taken the fancy of Blotto's school friend Giles 'Whiffler' Trumpington. But while Blotto and Whiffler wait for the star outside the theatre to take her to...
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Mrs Pargeter mystery volume 7
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186 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
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For Mrs Pargeter, it is a matter of principle that she should complete any of her late husband's unfinished business. Amongst the many bequests he made to her, perhaps the most valuable is his little black book, in which he listed all the people who ever worked for him, with details of their particular skill sets. This means that whenever Mrs P has a crime to solve she can readily contact someone with the relevant expertise to help in her enquiries....
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Blotto and Twinks mystery volume 11
Physical Desc
202 pages ; 23 cm.
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English
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'What? You mean the earl does it for money? That's way beyond the barbed wire!' This explosion of disgust from Blotto is provoked when Twinks informs him of the activities of the Earl of Woking. The gentleman in question is owner of Clusters, a stately home not far from Tawcester Towers, and he has been renting out parts of Clusters for private functions - and charging his guests! The discovery of this appalling lapse in aristocratic behaviour sets...
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6 audio discs (6 hr., 15 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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The aristocratic but slow-witted Blotto and his extremely brainy sister Twinks are attending a weekend house party when their hostess, the Dowager Duchess of Melmost, is murdered. An amateur detective, conveniently staying for the weekend, deduces that the Lyminster family's chauffeur, Corky Froggett, is the murderer. But Blotto and Twinks are unconvinced, and the only way to prove Corky's innocence is to find the real perpetrator. So begins the second...
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ix, 416 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
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An anthology of crime stories. In John Helfers' The Better to Eat You With, a woman bank robber holds up a woodsman and is punished for it by wolves, while in Ed Gorman's Of the Fog a woman hitchhiker frames a man for rape because he refused to give her a ride.