A Very Private Enterprise - Softcover

Elizabeth Ironside

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0006172806 ISBN 13: 9780006172802

Publisher: Fontana / Collins, 1986

Synopsis

As Her Majesty?s ?Head of Chancery? in India, Hugo Frenchman was the consummate British diplomat, his life a model of propriety, except for two areas of untidiness. One was his death: Diplomats do not tend to be found in a bloody heap, fatally stabbed with an antique dagger. Nor do they tend to amass priceless collections of Tibetan artifacts and bulging bank accounts. Had Frenchman been smuggling? Spying? Clearly he had been up to something, and George Sinclair is sent off to Delhi to find out what it was and?ideally?sweep it all under an ornate Indian rug.

About this title

About the Author:

"Elizabeth Ironside" is the pseudonym for Lady Catherine Manning, the current British Ambassador to the United States. As "Elizabeth Ironside" she has written five stand-alone mystery novels, of which two (Death in the Garden and The Accomplice) have been published in the U.S. by Felony & Mayhem; National Public Radio named Death in the Garden one of the 12 Best Books of 2005. Upon initial publication in the UK, A Very Private Enterprise won Britain's CWA Creasey award for Best First Crime Novel of the Year, and Death in the Garden was shortlisted for the CWA Golden Dagger award, for Best Crime Novel of the Year. Lady Manning and her husband, Sir David Manning, live in Washington, DC.

Review:

"A really excellent first novel, with original and interesting characters, great atmosphere, good action, and a genuine surprise in the tail" --Times Literary Supplement (UK)

"This intriguing first novel is imbued with an atmosphere of reality -- partly through its sheer intelligence -- that makes it outweigh the work of many more practiced writers" --The Telegraph (UK)

"Excellent local colour and culture, grand adventure, and an admirable denoument" --Times of London

About this edition

• Publisher: Fontana / Collins
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0006172806
• ISBN 13: 9780006172802
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256