Invitation to Adventure
Published on 6. May 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
204 pages
978-1-5040-9823-6 (ISBN)
Description
British detective Patrick Dawlish discovers how cutthroat the real estate business can get in a classic mystery from the Edgar Award-winning author.
Intelligence officer Patrick Dawlish should know better than to think looking for a country house with his wife, Felicity, won't get him into trouble. This time, the trouble comes in the form of a note from a disabled World War II veteran desperate for his help.
In the same place where Dawlish is house-hunting, the former glider-troop lieutenant is being pushed out of his home. The land is wanted for building development. Jumping into the case with his wife by his side, Dawlish comes face-to-face with an enigmatic businessman--an odd mix of crook and philanthropist, saint and sinner--whose plans for the area include blackmail, fraud, and even murder . . .
Intelligence officer Patrick Dawlish should know better than to think looking for a country house with his wife, Felicity, won't get him into trouble. This time, the trouble comes in the form of a note from a disabled World War II veteran desperate for his help.
In the same place where Dawlish is house-hunting, the former glider-troop lieutenant is being pushed out of his home. The land is wanted for building development. Jumping into the case with his wife by his side, Dawlish comes face-to-face with an enigmatic businessman--an odd mix of crook and philanthropist, saint and sinner--whose plans for the area include blackmail, fraud, and even murder . . .
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Open Road Media
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Paperback (trade)
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Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 133 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
218 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5040-9823-6 (9781504098236)
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John Creasey
Invitation to Adventure
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John Creasey, born in 1908, was a paramount English crime and science fiction writer who used myriad pseudonyms for more than six hundred novels. He founded the UK Crime Writers' Association in 1953. In 1962, his book Gideon's Fire received the Edgar Award for Best Novel from the Mystery Writers of America. Many of the characters featured in Creasey's titles became popular, including George Gideon of Scotland Yard, who was the basis for a subsequent television series and film. Creasey died in Salisbury, UK, in 1973.