A Very Private Enterprise - Softcover
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.
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"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.
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"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
"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
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- PublisherNew English Library Ltd
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 0340640332
- ISBN 13 9780340640333
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages250
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Very good. To his colleagues, co-workers and friends (did he have any real friends?), Hugo Frenchman was the consummate British civil servant. A bit dull, perhaps; a bit fussily fastidious, a bit of a stickler for protocol. But in the right position, even dullness can be a virtue. And as Her Majesty's 'Head of Chancery' in India, Frenchman was the ideal man to make up the numbers at a diplomatic dinner party, keep the junior officers in line, and represent solid British values in Delhi. Indeed, Frenchman,s life was such a model of propriety that its two areas of untidiness stood out like sore thumbs. One, certainly, was his death: Diplomats like Frenchman do not tend to be found in a bloody heap, furiously and fatally stabbed with an antique ritual dagger. Nor do they tend to amass priceless collections of Tibetan artifacts and bank accounts that are bulging at the seams. Had Frenchman been smuggling? Spying? Clearly he had been up to something untoward, and George Sinclair is sent off to Delhi to find out what it was and -- ideally -- sweep it all under an ornate Indian rug. Back in London, this seemed like a relatively straightforward task. But once in India, Sinclair soon realizes that nothing about the dull, eternally correct Hugo Frenchman was straightforward. And he realizes as well that he s going to need a very, very big rug. 250 pages. Seller Inventory # 1456028
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