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Very Good. Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
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Good. [6], 218 pages. Cover has some wear. Small edge tear at page 211/2. Cover states "1st Time in Paperback". Signed by the author on the title page. Robert Barnard (23 November 1936-19 September 2013) was an English crime writer, critic and lecturer. His first crime novel, A Little Local Murder, was published in 1976. The novel was written while he was a lecturer at University of Tromsų in Norway. He went on to write more than 40 other books and numerous short stories. Barnard said that his favorite crime writer was Agatha Christie. In 1980 he published a critique of her work titled A Talent to Deceive: An Appreciation of Agatha Christie. Barnard was awarded the Cartier Diamond Dagger in 2003 by the Crime Writers Association for a lifetime of achievement. Under the pseudonym Bernard Bastable, Robert Barnard published two standalone novels and two alternate history books starring Wolfgang Mozart as a detective, he having survived to old age. Barnard takes on the cunning and ruthless world of politics in this suspenseful tale of the mysterious death of a member of Parliament. The MP for Bootham East was something of a fish out of water-a Tory with a conscience. When he was fished out of water, it looked like a clear case of suicide or accident. But as Superintendent Sutcliffe's investigations got under way, some very murky political waters were dredged and revealed their secrets. The local Labour Party had been hijacked by the extreme left, the Tory Party had had an unattractive man with City connections foisted on it, and the Alliance candidate had something nasty in his past he would prefer to forget. By the time of the declaration poll, all the parties wished the by-election had never had to happen, and that the dirt had remained brushed away under the carpet. In this witty and penetrating look at British politics, Robert Barnard shows a 'sharp and knowing eye', as well as what Newsweek called his 'wit...energy and style.
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Good. [4], 182, [6] pages. Cover has some wear and creasing. Signed, with comment, by the author on the title page. Robert Barnard (23 November 1936-19 September 2013) was an English crime writer, critic and lecturer. His first crime novel, A Little Local Murder, was published in 1976. The novel was written while he was a lecturer at University of Tromsų in Norway. He went on to write more than 40 other books and numerous short stories. Barnard said that his favorite crime writer was Agatha Christie. In 1980 he published a critique of her work titled A Talent to Deceive: An Appreciation of Agatha Christie. Barnard was awarded the Cartier Diamond Dagger in 2003 by the Crime Writers Association for a lifetime of achievement. Under the pseudonym Bernard Bastable, Robert Barnard published two standalone novels and two alternate history books starring Wolfgang Mozart as a detective, he having survived to old age. Derived from a Kirkus review: Another fast-moving adventure for aristocratic Supt. Perry Trethowan of the C.I.D. --told in his usual wry, chatty style. The sleuthings begin when Perry and wife Jan meet, in a country pub, retired schoolmistress Edith Wing--who has found the manuscript of what might be an unknown Bronte novel amongst a pile of inherited old papers. Soon, Ms. Wing is attacked (almost killed) in her cottage; and Perry starts tracking down the now-missing manuscript. Among those who've been showing rather too much interest in the manuscript are: English professor Timothy Scott-Windlesham; strange Dr. Tetterfield, head of a research library; Rev. Amos Macklehouse, of the Tabernacle of the Risen Moses; and a menacing pair of Scandinavians. Eventually the chase leads to the Victorian house of spinster-typist Selina Boothroyd. Big money and a VIP surface among the motivations. Light-handed and light-hearted entertainment to be sure, with that fine satiric edge on good display.
