A deadly fire at a nudist club plunges DCI Harry Brock and DS Dave Poole into an explosive mix of deception, betrayal and fraud.
DCI Harry Brock's leisurely Saturday afternoon is shattered when he receives the news that Robert Sharp, a charming, good-looking man in his thirties, has been found dead in a suspicious fire in his hut at the Pretext Club, a nudist club near Harrow.
Besides being a philandering husband, it seems Robert Sharp was a conman on the wanted list of three different constabularies, a chameleon who managed to escape the police's clutches and justice . . . until now. Plunged into a deadly mix of deception, betrayal and fraud, Harry and his colleague DS Dave Poole soon uncover a number of people with a grudge against Robert, but can they unmask his killer
During Graham Ison's thirty-year career in Scotland Yard's Special Branch he was involved in several espionage cases. He also spent four years at 10 Downing Street as Protection Officer to two Prime Ministers. He is an honorary agent of the US Army Criminal Investigation Command. As well as the Brock and Poole Mysteries, Ison is the author of the Hardcastle and Marriott historical mystery series.
Title: Naked Flames: 13 (A Brock & Poole Mystery)
Author: Ison, Graham
ISBN: 9781780296227
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Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd
Publication Date: 2021-01-29
Number of Pages: 208
Weight: 0.2851 kg
Cleverly plotted, with wry wit, a likable copper hero, and an ingenious plot, this one will keep even seasoned mystery fans off-balance * Booklist *
Fans of sweetly old-fashioned police procedurals will be rewarded * Publishers Weekly *
An eminently typical Ison procedural * Kirkus Reviews *