A Slight Case of Arson - Couverture souple

George, Edward

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1907732209 ISBN 13 : 9781907732201

Editeur : Melrose Books, 2011

Synopsis

From the mind of Edward George comes a unique, noir-style crime thriller. You know who the criminals are. Now follow along as two detectives endeavour to determine the how's and the why's, and then attempt to bring the perpetrators to justice. Set in 1970s London, David Thomas and Elizabeth Lloyd investigate a fire that burnt down a disused council warehouse site in Hammersmith. As they learn about the men responsible for the criminal act it becomes clear that this was only the beginning. Something much larger is at stake. As the trail heats up and conspiracies begin to unravel, David and Elizabeth must determine the criminals' motives in order to stop them in time. But it may already be too late. A Slight Case of Arson is a gritty, atmospheric thriller. With understated violence and authentic, character-driven narrative, this is a one-of-a-kind debut from a discriminating and imaginative author.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Ron Davies, born in 1921, has spent most of his life dedicated to the history of air transport and commercial aviation economic research. Educated at Shaftesbury Grammar School, he joined the army in1939, driving a Bren-Gun Carrier on to a Normandy beach in 1944. Returning to the Civil Service after the Second World War he began a long career in the aviation industry. From the Ministry of Civil Aviation to British European Airways, then Bristol Aircraft Corporation and De Havilland Aircraft (Hawker Siddeley, now British Aerospace); he moved to California in 1968 to lead market research for McDonnell Douglas Aircraft Corporation (now Boeing). Alongside this career he wrote many books on airline history beginning with The History of the World s Airlines, published in 1964. In 1981 he accepted the Lindbergh Professorship of Aviation History at the Smithsonian Institute s National Air and Space Museum in Washington and subsequently became Curator of Aviation History. He continued to write, founding his own company, Paladwr Press, to publish his pictorial series of airline and aviation histories, which included books on Lindbergh, Howard Hughes, British Airways, the Berlin Airlift, and the Chelyuskin Adventure. His prolific output on aviation did not preclude other writings which included a diary of his experiences during the war and this detective novel.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Melrose Books
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1907732209
• ISBN 13: 9781907732201
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 244
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• Personne responsable: non disponible