Jack Stallworthy is a bad detective just on the right side of corrupt. But now he's turning criminal... Detective Sergeant Jack Stallworthy has been accepting backhanders for most of his career. And why not? He's spent thirty years putting villains behind bars, surely he's entitled to a little nest-egg? Lily, the pretty wife he dearly loves, dreams of retirement on the tropical island Ko Samui, but Jack will happily settle for a bungalow in Devon. Until, that is, influential businessman Emslie Warnaby offers him paradise on ...
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Jack Stallworthy is a bad detective just on the right side of corrupt. But now he's turning criminal... Detective Sergeant Jack Stallworthy has been accepting backhanders for most of his career. And why not? He's spent thirty years putting villains behind bars, surely he's entitled to a little nest-egg? Lily, the pretty wife he dearly loves, dreams of retirement on the tropical island Ko Samui, but Jack will happily settle for a bungalow in Devon. Until, that is, influential businessman Emslie Warnaby offers him paradise on a plate. All he has to do is steal one slim file from the Fraud Investigation office at police HQ. But soon Jack Stallworthy is dangerously out of his depth...
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None. Fine in Near Fine jacket. A signed second impression of the first edition of this crime novel concerning an unlikely anti-hero-the bend policeman. While the corrupt DS Stallworthy would be content to retire to the seaside, his wife Lily dreams of paradise. A shady gangster conveniently offers to hand him the keys to a hotel on the tropical island of Ko Samui, in exchange for the theft of an incriminating file. As the deadline for removing the file grows nearer (and Lily grows more impatient) DS Stallworthy resorts more and more proactively to crime-only to discover there is no going back. In the original publisher's cloth binding with the original dustwrapper. Negligible bumping to tail of spine. Dust jacket in excellent condition, with only some fading to blue/purple ink. Internally firmly bound, with very clean and bright pages notwithstanding some marginal age-toning. Signed by author in the title page. Fine.
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Good. Audio Book 6 unabridged AUDIO CASSETTES, tested for your satisfaction for a worthwhile set, withdrawn from the library collection. Some shelf wear and library markings to the box and the tapes. The audio cassettes are in individual slots, protected and clear sounding. Enjoy this worthwhile audio production.