Murder Take Three

Author: Eric Brown

Title: Murder Take Three

Binding: Paperback

Number Of Pages: 208

Release Date: 2018-10-01

Details: Review "Readers will enjoy spending time in the company of Brown's charming, well-mannered detectives as they try to solve a total of three murders" - Publishers Weekly Product Description 1950s Private Investigator Donald Langham discovers that truth is stranger than fiction when he investigates a murder on an American movie set. 1956. Having just started work as a professional private investigator, Donald Langham's first client is American movie star Suzie Reynard, currently shooting a murder mystery film at Marling Hall, an Elizabethan manor house in the depths of the Norfolk countryside. The film's director - Suzie's lover - has been receiving threats and Suzie is convinced his life is in danger. On arriving at Marling Hall with his fianc'ee Maria, Langham finds the film set awash with clashing egos, petty jealousies, ill-advised love affairs and seething resentments. Matters come to a head when a body is discovered in the director's trailer. It would appear to be an open-and-shut case when someone confesses to the murder. Donald and Maria are not convinced - but why would someone confess to a crime they haven't committed? If Langham is to uncover the truth, he must delve into the past and another murder that took place more than twenty years before... Excerpt. (c) Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. The door opened and a young woman stepped into the office, then paused and stared around her as if surprised to find herself in a shabby, down-at-heel detective agency on Wandsworth High Street. Langham, for his part, was no less surprised that this strikingly attractive woman should have sought out the services of Ryland and Langham. She was perhaps thirty, a little over five feet tall, and had a small, perfectly proportioned face, brilliant crimson lips, and a head of tight, platinum blonde curls. She wore a cream pencil skirt, a box-shouldered jade blouson, and carried a tiny black handbag that was obviously more for show than utility. "Donald Langham," he said. "If you'd care to take a seat..." He indicated a rickety spindle-backed chair before the desk. She remained standing, her small nose wrinkling suddenly. "What in God's name is that awful smell?" she asked in a distinct American accent. "Ah. That's the distinctive redolence of month old beef dripping." "Say again?" "Stale fat. We're directly above a fish and chip shop. You get so that you don't notice it, after a while." "I'm sure you do," she said, eyeing the chair dubiously before seating herself and crossing her legs. "I must admit that this wasn't quite what I was expecting." Contrasted with the woman's startling perfection, the office with its peeling, thrice-painted green wallpaper, worn brown linoleum, and fly-specked window, looked nothing like the headquarters of a successful detective agency. Langham sat back. "We like to expend profits on assuring that our clients receive the best service possible," he said, parroting the line he'd heard Ralph Ryland use more than once. She stared at him across the desk, appraisingly. "And you don't exactly fit the bill as a tough-guy private eye." He laughed. "I'll take that as a compliment. Now, how can I help?"

EAN: 9781847518170

Package Dimensions: Height: 8.5 Inches, Length: 5.5 Inches, Weight: 0.6283174467 Pounds, Width: 0.5 Inches