One Foot in the Grave: 6 (The James Pibble Mysteries) - Softcover

Dickinson, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1504005058 ISBN 13: 9781504005050

Publisher: Open Road Media Mystery & Thriller, 2015

Synopsis

CWA Gold Dagger winner Peter Dickinson is back: Now-retired Scotland Yard superintendent James Pibble isn t about to go quietly into the night not when there s a murder case or two (or three) to solve At Flycatchers, a well-to-do nursing home watched over by no-nonsense nurse Jenny, one-time detective James Pibble shuttles between his nothing-to-live-for present and memories of the crimes he s solved or failed to. He s roused from his listless existence when he discovers a dead body on top of the water tower. Security guard George Tosca isn t the only one at Flycatchers who has met his maker a bit too abruptly. There have been other suspicious deaths in the last three years, including those of military man Sir Archibald Gunter and Bertie Foster-Banks, an inveterate gambler and shareholder in the home. The arrival of a woman in black sets off a sinister chain of events, and before he knows it, Pibble is on the case. As he travels down a twisting path of blackmail and escalating violence, Pibble finds that his life is suddenly filled with purpose again. He will bring a cunning killer to justice or die trying. But the real reason he went up to the tower on that stormy winter night is linked to a secret he ll carry to his grave."

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Review:

“Dickinson, literate and provocative as ever, proves once again that he has a sure touch for the unexpected.” —The Washington Post Book World

“Full of tension and hidden menace. This British author is a virtuoso.”—The New York Times Book Review

“Dickinson, as ever, is the master of any milieu he cares to invent.”—The Nation

“Peter Dickinson is the best thing that has happened to serious, sophisticated, witty crime fiction since Michael Innes.” —The Sunday Times

“A masterpiece . . . caviar for the mystery zealot.” —Los Angeles Times

Book Description:

'Peter Dickinson is a delight to read' Times Literary Supplement

About this edition

• Publisher: Open Road Media Mystery & Thriller
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1504005058
• ISBN 13: 9781504005050
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 230