The Problem with Janice: A Case for Crabbe and Crabbe - Couverture souple

Foster, Geoffrey

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 098053108X ISBN 13 : 9780980531084

Editeur : Geoffrey Foster, 2011

Synopsis

The partners of 'Crabbe and Crabbe: Private Investigators' have unusual qualifications for detectives. Both in their twenties, Melpomene is a social anthropologist, and Alexander is a solicitor, a combination that brings fresh approaches to a sometimes jaded profession, benefitting from collaboration with police colleagues in London. This, their latest case, begins innocuously enough when a young friend is concerned that Janice, her fourteen-year old school friend, is the target of idle gossip accusing her diplomat father of misconduct, and she asks Melpomene and Alex to help. In investigating further, it soon becomes apparent that there are indeed serious undercurrents going on behind the work of the London embassy of a small Caribbean state, involving murder and kidnapping. Of course, Crabbe and Crabbe uncover the culprits and bring them to justice.

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À propos de l'auteur

Geoffrey Foster was born in London, England in 1933, and his childhood was mostly spent in Kent and the south-eastern suburbs of London. His father was a London policeman most of his working life, and his mother, when she worked, was a Pitman-trained shorthand typist (like Marjorie and Winnie in this story). He has two sisters, five and thirteen years younger than himself; his youngest son is studying Law and biological science. He went to public elementary and secondary schools and then to the University of Cambridge, where he studied engineering. Moving to Australia in 1959, he taught for 36 years at the University of Queensland, first Mechanical Engineering and then educational development. He retired early in 1995. As well as writing, he likes reading, listening to music, solving cryptic crosswords, walking the family beagle, Kafka, and playing tennis with his younger sister, Ynes.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Geoffrey Foster
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 098053108X
• ISBN 13: 9780980531084
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 160
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