Dr. Davie turns detective when a conference at Cambridge College turns deadly after a lethal blowpipe is stolen from a local exhibition and it appears nearly everyone at the conference knows a lot about nasty poisons
V. C. Clinton-Baddeley Boeken
Deze auteur verkent de diepten van de menselijke ervaring door middel van zijn literaire werk. Zijn stijl kenmerkt zich door precisie en gevoeligheid, waardoor de lezer wordt meegesleept in complexe thema's. Hij legt de nadruk op de psychologische diepgang van personages en hun innerlijke strijd. Zijn werk is een belangrijke bijdrage aan de hedendaagse literatuur.





Only a Matter of Time
- 263bladzijden
- 10 uur lezen
Kings Lacey, like many an English country town, has a festival. As an opera lover Dr Davie would hate to miss it. Nearby at Bexminster Electronics, secrets are leaking to Japanese rivals. When two bodies are found savagely chopped down Dr Davie begins his scholarly investigations.
An aging man with a restless young wife. An antique collector with a sinister new acquisition. A married couple with part-time lovers. There was definitely more than met the eye in the tranquil town of Tidwell St. Peter's. But Dr. Davie, the distinguished profesor with a penchant for puzzles, would find more than impropriety when he probed beneath the respectable facade. he would discover that one of its residents was a clever driminal who had gotten away with murder...and was perfectly prepared to try again!