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The Truth About Archie and Pye

Jonathan Pinnock author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Duckworth Books

Published:4th Oct '18

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What connects the mysterious deaths of twin mathematical geniuses with the Belarusian mafia and a cat called µ?

Join disillusioned junior PR exec Tom Winscombe and a cast of disreputable and downright dangerous characters in this witty thriller set in a murky world of murder, mystery and complex equations, involving internet conspiracy theorists, hedge fund managers, the Belarusian mafia and a cat called µ.

Something doesn't add up about Archie and Pye...

After a disastrous day at work, disillusioned junior PR executive Tom Winscombe finds himself sharing a train carriage and a dodgy Merlot with George Burgess, biographer of the Vavasor twins, mathematicians Archimedes and Pythagoras, who both died in curious circumstances a decade ago.

Burgess himself will die tonight in an equally odd manner, leaving Tom with a locked case and a lot of unanswered questions.

Join Tom and a cast of disreputable and downright dangerous characters in this witty thriller set in a murky world of murder, mystery and complex equations, involving internet conspiracy theorists, hedge fund managers, the Belarusian mafia and a cat called µ.

Praise for Jonathan Pinnock:

‘Lovely stuff’ Ian Rankin


'A series of humorous, riotous mathematical mysteries' David Nicholls


‘He makes funny and self-deprecating company’ The Herald


‘Jonathan Pinnock writes compelling tales with a deliciously wicked glint in his eye’ Ian Skillicorn, National Short Story Week


‘Jonathan Pinnock is Roald Dahl’s natural successor’ Vanessa Gebbie


'Funny, clever, and sometimes brilliantly daft. A comedy that I am sure would have made Pythagoras, Archimedes and Douglas Adams all laugh out loud' Scott Pack on The Truth About Archie and Pye

ISBN: 9781788421089

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320 pages