Blotto, Twinks and the Maharajah's Jewel by Simon Brett Paperback Book

Description: Blotto, Twinks and the Maharajah's Jewel by Simon Brett The latest hair-raising adventure featuring the aristocratic brother and sister sleuthing duo! FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description A new Simon Brett is an event for mystery fans P. D. JamesMurder most enjoyable Colin DexterAnyone for cricket - and a spot of burglary? An idle conversation on the merits of the glorious game with an old Etonian chum is just the excuse Blotto needs to put himself forward for a cricket tour to foreign climes... and so begins the next adventure for our intrepid duo, where the action takes them to India where, as everyone knows, the finest cricket players hail from - as well as the worlds most skilled jewel thieves... The Dowager Duchess has no problems in letting her two children go to the subcontinent as having her beautiful daughter Twinks married off to a massively rich Maharaja offers the Dowager Duchess the prospect of a permanent solution to the cash-draining maintenance of the Tawcester Towers plumbing. So Twinks joins Blotto on a steamer bound for India, one that is full of young woman desperate to marry well there - only once having encountered the dashing Blotto, a lot of them fancy the idea of getting married before they reach their destination. And, unbeknownst to the siblings, also on the ship is the international jewel thief Archie Montmorency, passing himself off as one of Blottos cricketing entourage. His real mission though is to steal the diamond which adorns the turban the Maharajah of Koorbleimee . . . Praise for Simon BrettOne of British crimes most assured craftsmen . . . Crime writing just like in the good old days, and perfect entertainment GuardianFew crime writers are so enchantingly gifted Sunday TimesSimon Brett writes stunning detective stories. I would recommend them to anyone Jilly Cooper Flap Praise for Simon Brett A new Simon Brett is an event for mystery fans P. D. James Murder most enjoyable Colin Dexter One of British crimes most assured craftsmen . . . Crime writing just like in the good old days, and perfect entertainment Guardian Few crime writers are so enchantingly gifted Sunday Times Simon Brett writes stunning detective stories. I would recommend them to anyone Jilly Cooper Anyone for cricket - and a spot of burglary? An idle conversation on the merits of the glorious game with an old Etonian chum is just the excuse Blotto needs to put himself forward for a cricket tour to foreign climes... and so begins the next adventure for him and his sister Twinks, where the action takes them to India where the finest cricket players hail from - as well as the worlds most skilled jewel thieves... So Twinks joins Blotto on a steamer bound for India, but also on the ship is the international jewel thief Archie Montmorency, passing himself off as one of Blottos cricketing entourage. His real mission though is to steal the diamond which adorns the turban the Maharajah of Koorbleimee. So from the moment they arrive in Bombay, Blotto and Twinks are caught up in a rollercoaster of crime and adventure... and thievery! Author Biography SIMON BRETT is the author of over one hundred books, many of them crime novels, including the Charles Paris, Mrs Pargeter and Fethering series. Educated at Dulwich College and Wadham College, Oxford, Simon was chairman of the Crime Writers Association from 1986 to 1987 and of the Society of Authors from 1995 to 1997. He was also President of the Detection Club and was awarded the 2014 CWA Diamond Dagger. In 2016 he was awarded an OBE for services to literature. He lives near Arundel in West Sussex and is married with three grown-up children and six grandchildren. Long Description A new Simon Brett is an event for mystery fans P. D. James Murder most enjoyable Colin Dexter Anyone for cricket - and a spot of burglary? An idle conversation on the merits of the glorious game with an old Etonian chum is just the excuse Blotto needs to put himself forward for a cricket tour to foreign climes... and so begins the next adventure for our intrepid duo, where the action takes them to India where, as everyone knows, the finest cricket players hail from - as well as the worlds most skilled jewel thieves...The Dowager Duchess has no problems in letting her two children go to the subcontinent as having her beautiful daughter Twinks married off to a massively rich Maharaja offers the Dowager Duchess the prospect of a permanent solution to the cash-draining maintenance of the Tawcester Towers plumbing.So Twinks joins Blotto on a steamer bound for India, one that is full of young woman desperate to marry well there - only once having encountered the dashing Blotto, a lot of them fancy the idea of getting married before they reach their destination. And, unbeknownst to the siblings, also on the ship is the international jewel thief Archie Montmorency, passing himself off as one of Blottos cricketing entourage. His real mission though is to steal the diamond which adorns the turban the Maharajah of Koorbleimee . . . Praise for Simon Brett One of British crimes most assured craftsmen . . . Crime writing just like in the good old days, and perfect entertainment Guardian Few crime writers are so e nchantingly gifted Sunday Times Simon Brett writes stunning detective stories. I would recommend them to anyone Jilly Cooper Promotional "Headline" The latest hair-raising adventure featuring the aristocratic brother and sister sleuthing duo! Details ISBN1472133919 Author Simon Brett Pages 240 Publisher Little, Brown Book Group Series Blotto Twinks Year 2021 ISBN-10 1472133919 ISBN-13 9781472133915 Publication Date 2021-11-04 UK Release Date 2021-11-04 Format Paperback Imprint Constable Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 823.92 Audience General NZ Release Date 2022-02-03 AU Release Date 2022-02-03 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:147949714;

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