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The Man in Button Boots

Anthony Gilbert author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:The Murder Room

Published:21st May '14

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'No author is more skilled at making a good story seem brilliant' Sunday Express

The most glamorous hotel in Europe is not immune to murder...
Classic crime from one of the greats of the Detection Club

The most glamorous hotel in Europe is not immune to murder...
Classic crime from one of the greats of the Detection Club

When Julian Marks, a well-known diamond merchant, is found murdered at the Hotel Fantastique in Monte Carlo, the motive is presumed to be theft. Marks always carried with him an enormous diamond on a steel chain.

Guests have noticed a shady character in button boots staying at the hotel. But when the diamond is found in an unexpected place, French sleuth M Dupuy has to rethink his investigation. Could the mystery man now lead him to the culprit?

Fast, light, likeable * NEW YORK TIMES *
A delight from start to finish ... The plotting is mesmerizing, the characters are outrageous, the suspense is relentless and the ending is killer. You're sure to be stunned by one or more twists in the gasp inducing finale * prettysinister.blogspot *
Unquestionably a most intelligent author. Gifts of ingenuity, style and character drawing * SUNDAY TIMES *
No author is more skilled at making a good story seem brilliant * SUNDAY EXPRESS *
The plot is knife-edge tension all the way * BELFAST TELEGRAPH *
If there is one author whose books need to be widely available, it is Gilbert * Inkquilletc.blogspot *
Anthony Gilbert's novels show the unsensational type of detective story at its best * DAILY TELEGRAPH *
Well-plotted, fast-moving - brilliant -- Nashville Banner

ISBN: 9781471910609

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: unknown

224 pages