Blotto, Twinks and the Bootlegger's Moll: Blotto, Twinks #4 - Softcover

Brett, Simon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1937384926 ISBN 13: 9781937384920

Publisher: Felony & Mayhem, 2014

Synopsis

Blotto and Twinks travel to America! Specifically, they travel to Chicago (and this would be during the Prohibition years) in the hopes of marrying Blotto off to an American heiress and thus saving Tawcester Towers from financial ruin. Thankfully, Twinks is around to nose out the dirty undertakings of the heiress's father, a meat-packing magnate and Chicago mob associate.

About this title

Book Description:

Another hair-raising adventure featuring the aristocratic brother and sister sleuthing duo!

From the Back Cover:

Horrors! Blotto is about to be married off . . . to an American!

So begins the latest adventure in the Blotto and Twinks series, and this time the aristocratic sleuthing siblings end up being transported across the Pond to the gangster-ridden hell-hole that is Prohibition Chicago.

Reluctantly, Blotto, together with Twinks set sail on ocean liner S/S His Majesty. He feels like a condemned man: awaiting him in Illinois is fabulously wealthy heiress Mary Chapstick, the only daughter of meat-packing magnate Hiram P. Chapstick III. But it's Twinks who discovers early on that all is not as it seems and that Chapstick III is in fact up to his neck in a bootlegging operation run by the notorious Chicago mobster, Spagsy Chiaparelli.

So Blotto and Twinks set out to unmask the villainy of Chapstick III and save Blotto from matrimony - but will they ever make it back to dear old Blighty again?

Praise for Simon Brett

'A new Simon Brett is an event for mystery fans.' P. D. James

'Murder most enjoyable.' Colin Dexter

'Simon Brett writes stunning detective stories. I would recommend them to anyone.' Jilly Cooper

'Few crime writers are so enchantingly gifted.' Sunday Times

'One of British crime's most assured craftsmen . . . Crime writing just like in the good old days, and perfect entertainment.' Guardian

About this edition

• Publisher: Felony & Mayhem
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1937384926
• ISBN 13: 9781937384920
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240