The Man in Button Boots
Format:Paperback
Publisher:The Murder Room
Published:21st May '14
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
'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