
Lunch with the Deadly Dozen
A brand new totally brilliant cozy crime novel
Peter Berry(Author)
Bloodhound Books (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 12. March 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
296 pages
978-1-916978-68-3 (ISBN)
Description
A secret group of retired experts hunt a methodical serial killer, in this compelling debut crime thriller set in London . . . Widowed and in his sixties, Thomas Quinn has been invited to lunch by Lexington Smith, the leader of a covert team who call themselves The Twelve. When Thomas decides to join group, he finds himself united with other retired specialists--from a surgeon to a locksmith to a cabbie--in a quest to capture and assassinate a killer targeting homeless victims on London's transport system. Also on the team is Monica Lodhia, a retired chemistry professor with a tragic past to whom Quinn feels drawn. As the body count rises, Thomas, Monica, and the crew try to determine a pattern. But can they protect this vulnerable population by identifying a predator before he strikes again?
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Open Road Media
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 133 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
340 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-916978-68-3 (9781916978683)
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Person
Peter Berry was born in Surrey and attended the same school as Sir Keir Starmer and David Walliamsat roughly the same time but doesn't remember either of them. After university (York, B.A Hons in History) he scraped a living in the PR industry, eventually working with celebrities including James Stewart, Sir Michael Caine and Ken Dodd while also publicising American programmes for Channel 4 including Friends, E.R., The Oprah Winfrey Show and Frasier. In the mid 90s he decided to experiment with the music industry and worked with a disparate array of talent including Steps, Backstreet Boys, Britney Spears, Meat Loaf, The Who, Groove Armada, The Blue Nile, Billy Ocean, George Benson, A Tribe Called Quest and Atomic Kitten. He managed to escape PR-ing Westlife. Twice. In the early 2000s he started working with Jamie Oliver and spent a delightful fourteen years flying around the world, eating fabulous food and occasionally helping to launch best-selling books. He lives in Hertfordshire with his wife, two daughters and a cockerpoo.