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Blotto Twinks, Crime & mystery
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- Paperback Feb 23, 2021 | 9781472128317 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- Hardback Oct 24, 2019 | 9781472128294 | RRP $55.00 Buy Now
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- Paperback Feb 23, 2021 | 9781472128317 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- Hardback Oct 24, 2019 | 9781472128294 | RRP $55.00 Buy Now
- e-Book Oct 24, 2019 | 9781472128300 | RRP $12.99 Buy Now
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- Paperback Feb 23, 2021 | 9781472128317 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- Hardback Oct 24, 2019 | 9781472128294 | RRP $55.00 Buy Now
- e-Book Oct 24, 2019 | 9781472128300 | RRP $12.99 Buy Now
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The ninth thrilling adventure featuring the aristocratic brother and sister sleuthing duo, by accalimed crime writer Simon Brett.
'One of British crime's most assured craftsmen . . . perfect entertainment' Guardian
Once again, the plumbing at Tawcester Towers is causing consternation for the Dowager Duchess, so - unusually for her - she gives her blessing for Blotto to take part in the 'Great Road Race' in his beloved Lagonda ... so long as he wins. The first prize of 10,000 pre-War sovereigns will help towards repairing the leaky ancestral home.
Blotto elects to take chauffeur Corky Froggett as his spare mechanic, while Twinks is despatched by her mother to the Highlands, to paint water colours and bag herself a wealthy husband. But, on the morning of the race's start, enfeebled by food poisoning, Blotto and Corky are forced to employ an extra mechanic on their team - a slender, blonde and rather attractive young American... named Ronald.
So Blotto and his team are pitted against Europe's finest, in a race which takes them through France, across the Alps, to a finish line at the Colosseum in Rome. Among the competitors are Florian Carre-Dagneau, indulged son of the race sponsors, Count Daspoontz from Germany, and the Italian Enrico Parmigiano-Reggiano. All want to win the race, and all want the prize money and all - with the exception of Blotto and his team - will resort to dastardly deception and fiendish sabotage to ensure Blotto's Lagonda is not the first car over the finishing line...
The ninth hair-raising adventure featuring the aristocratic brother and sister sleuthing duo!
Praise for Simon Brett: 'A new Simon Brett is an event for mystery fans' P. D. James
'Murder most enjoyable' Colin Dexter
'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 Great Road Race
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Few crime writers are so enchantingly gifted - Sunday Times
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A new Simon Brett is an event for mystery fans
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Simon Brett is one of British crime's most assured craftsmen, with idiosyncratic characters proving winning creations... A feast of red herrings, broadly drawn characters, and gentle thrills and spills litter the witty plot. Crime writing just like in the good old days, and perfect entertainment - Guardian
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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