Lost or Found
Published on 14. October 2015
240 pages
978-1-4719-1874-2 (ISBN)
Description
A wedding ring, a missing woman, a bizarre disappearance...
Brock and Poole have one of their most unusual cases to unravel
'Devilishly engaging characters and authentic details of police operations' Booklist
When Eunice Bailey takes her wedding ring to a London jeweller to have it enlarged, she is very keen for it to be done quickly. She is a reliable and favoured customer and when the jeweller is unable to get in touch with her to collect the ring, he contacts the police.
Detective Chief Inspector Brock and Detective Sergeant Poole are assigned to the case, and what begins as a fairly simple missing person enquiry develops into a mystery that has ramifications stretching as far as Bermuda . . .
Brock and Poole have one of their most unusual cases to unravel
'Devilishly engaging characters and authentic details of police operations' Booklist
When Eunice Bailey takes her wedding ring to a London jeweller to have it enlarged, she is very keen for it to be done quickly. She is a reliable and favoured customer and when the jeweller is unable to get in touch with her to collect the ring, he contacts the police.
Detective Chief Inspector Brock and Detective Sergeant Poole are assigned to the case, and what begins as a fairly simple missing person enquiry develops into a mystery that has ramifications stretching as far as Bermuda . . .
Reviews / Votes
Devilishly engaging characters and authentic details of police operations * BOOKLIST * A consistently entertaining series * PUBLISHERS WEEKLY * His story is plotted elaborately but convincingly and the settings are well-visualised * FINANCIAL TIMES * A realistic look at the challenges of modern-day policing, bolstered by sardonic British humour and a twisty plot * BOOKLIST * Excels at twisty, psychological suspense * LIBRARY JOURNAL *More details
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Digital original
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Orion Publishing Co
Edition type
Digital original
File size
0,80 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4719-1874-2 (9781471918742)
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Graham Ison served in the British Army before joining the Metropolitan Police. During his thirty-year career in Scotland Yard's Special Branch, he was involved in several famous espionage cases and spent four years at 10 Downing Street as protection officer to the prime minister. He later guarded US Presidents, crowned heads and other heads of state during state visits to this country. Since leaving the police, he focused his talents on crime fiction, and has written over forty books including the Brock & Poole detective stories and the Hardcastle historical mysteries. He passed away in 2020.
