Dangerous by Moonlight [Hardcover]

Leslie Thomas (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 25, 1993

Lost, baffled, and alone in Willesden's mean streets, Detective Constable Dangerous Davies is up against the cream of criminality. Newspaper theft (the work of organized crime?), household robbery (including cheese from the fridge), it's all grist to his mill. When Dangerous is beaten up, yet again, at a European Friendship dinner dance he reluctantly takes some sick leave. Recuperating in Bournemouth he is approached by a member of the local Widows' Luncheon Club. She wants him to find out the truth about her husband's disappearance. Dangerous declines. It's against the rules. Back in Willesden a further beating helps change his mind. So starts a double life of regular casework and moonlighting as Dangerous lurches into a mystery fit to confuse the great Holmes himself...

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: Methuen Publishing Ltd (October 25, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0413669904
• ISBN-13: 978-0413669902
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,646,126 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars dangerous by moonlight, December 21, 1999

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thomas king (Calgary Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dangerous By Moonlight (Paperback)

this book is an excellent example of the genre... not meant to be in a league with pulitzer prize winning novels but a good lighthearted read about an interesting anti-hero...i liked it enough to have amazon searching for the earlier novels.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars An average mystery/comedy, March 28, 1998

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Dean Malone ([e-mail]) (Mackay, Queensland, Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dangerous By Moonlight (Paperback)

Leslie Thomas writes an amazing variety of books from "travel guide-ish" non fictions to comedy dramas from a female perspective. This is one of a series of comedy/mysteries about an unorthodox detective called Dangerous Davies who is continually falling on mishap after mishap. It is a good read but perhaps not as touching as some of his other works. If you're after a good mystery, read Agatha Christie. If you want to read a great tale about ordinary humans, try one of Leslie Thomas' other novels. Unfortunately, this is somewher in the middle.