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Blotto, Twinks and the Ex-King's Daughter: a hair-raising adventure introducing the fabulous brother and sister sleuthing duo
Simon Brett
Blotto Twinks, Fiction, Crime & mystery
A hair-raising adventure set between the wars introduces fabulous brother and sister sleuthing duo, Blotto and Twinks!
'Murder most enjoyable' Colin Dexter
Ex-Princess Etheline, daughter of the exiled king of Mitteleuropia, has been kidnapped during a visit to Tawcester Towers, ancestral seat of the Dukes of Tawcester, and ducal family honour demands that she should be rescued.
The Dowager Duchess entrusts the task to her son, the Right Hon. Devereux Lyminster, known universally as 'Blotto'. He is, of course, terribly handsome, honourable and brave, but as sadly deficient in the brains department as his sister 'Twinks' is gifted.
So the siblings set off, accompanied by trusty chauffeur, Corky Froggett. They drive across many countries to Mitteleuropia, a realm now ruled by a usurper, the ex-king's brother, where they suspect the princess has been taken.
Can brave Blotto and Twinks rescue Ethelinda, or will they meet their end in the evil clutches of King Vlatislav?
Praise for Simon Brett:
'A new Simon Brett is an event for mystery fans' P. D. James
'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
Praise for Blotto, Twinks and the Ex-King's Daughter: a hair-raising adventure introducing the fabulous brother and sister sleuthing duo
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Top notch - TheBookBag.co.uk
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Highly amusing - One80
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P.G. Wodehouse never turned his hand to detective fiction, but if he had done so, he might have done something a little like this. - MyShelf.com
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Light, well-balanced and bubbling with subtlety and delight. - Crime Time
Simon Brett
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.
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