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Recovering from a broken leg after his ignominious fall from the Titanic, Superintendent Lestrade goes to convalesce at the home of his betrothed Fanny Berkeley and her father Tom.

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M J Trow is a crime writer, historian and biographer who for many years doubled as a history teacher. Now retired, he is the author of three successful crime fiction series – Lestrade, Maxwell and Kit Marlowe, the latest written in collaboration with his wife. He lives in the Isle of Wight and, as well as writing, lectures on cruise ships, and has appeared many times on television in historical and crime documentaries.
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Trow has made a fine art of taking Conan Doyle's much maligned Inspector Sholto Lestrade and making him the protagonist of a witty series. In the spirited, albeit corny opening scene to his latest adveture, the accident-prone Lestrade survives a fall from the upper deck of the Titanic as it is slipping out to sea. "Was it the weight of his moustache? The cut of his bowler?Asomething had caused the crosswinds to catch him and he plummeted over the side." Lestrade spends the remainder of the book battling crime and the wheelchair he's confined in almost equal measure. His recuperation from a broken leg is less painful than it could have been, thanks to the tender care of his fianc?e, Fanny Berkeley, the daughter of his old friend Chief Constable Tom Berkeley. Upon Lestrade's arrival at the Berkeley estate, the first murder of his convalescence practically lands in his lap when the constable's butler is killed in an apparent hunting accident. Lestrade believes someone is out to kill the constable, and his uneasiness sharpens when he receives a disturbing anonymous letter. Lestrade's investigation starts a long and complicated chain of events that leads into his past as he tries to get a handle on rapidly unfolding current events, which turn out to have everything to do with his own life. He confronts some uncomfortable truths about himself, but the darker insights are balanced by slapstick and uninhibited puns and wordplay in a winning, well-crafted puzzler that offers sophisticated plotting and a playful look at Edwardian manners. (Nov.)
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  • PublisherGateway Editions
  • Publication date1999
  • ISBN 10 0895262681
  • ISBN 13 9780895262684
  • BindingHardcover
  • Edition number1
  • Number of pages224
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