Dr. Davie turns detective when a conference at Cambridge College turns deadly after a lethal blowpipe is stolen from a local exhibition and it appears nearly everyone at the conference knows a lot about nasty poisons
V. C. Clinton-Baddeley Knihy
Tento autor zkoumá hlubiny lidské zkušenosti prostřednictvím své literární práce. Jeho styl je charakteristický precizností a citlivostí, která čtenáře vtáhne do složitých témat. Klade důraz na psychologickou hloubku postav a jejich vnitřní boje. Jeho dílo je významným příspěvkem do současné literatury.
Only a Matter of Time
- 263 stránek
- 10 hodin čtení
Kings Lacey, like many an English country town, has a festival. As an opera lover Dr Davie would hate to miss it. Nearby at Bexminster Electronics, secrets are leaking to Japanese rivals. When two bodies are found savagely chopped down Dr Davie begins his scholarly investigations.
An aging man with a restless young wife. An antique collector with a sinister new acquisition. A married couple with part-time lovers. There was definitely more than met the eye in the tranquil town of Tidwell St. Peter's. But Dr. Davie, the distinguished profesor with a penchant for puzzles, would find more than impropriety when he probed beneath the respectable facade. he would discover that one of its residents was a clever driminal who had gotten away with murder...and was perfectly prepared to try again!
