Female - Handle With Care (Linford Mystery Library (Large Print)) [Large Print] [Paperback]

Peter Chambers (Author)

Book Description

Series: Linford Mystery Library (Large Print) | Publication Date: November 1995

The tawny-haired bundle of dynamite that erupted into P.I. Mark Preston's office called herself Abigail H. O'Hagan the First. The beauty was a lawyer in search of a trusted employee who had decamped with her wealthy father's company payroll. But how was Preston to help someone who seemed to be able to handle everything - including him?

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Ulverscroft Large Print Books (November 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0708978045
• ISBN-13: 978-0708978047
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,544,439 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable Simple Hard Boiled Private Investigator Thriller, With One of the Greatest Female Characters Ever Written, March 13, 2011

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James N Simpson (Gold Coast, QLD Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Female - Handle With Care (Paperback)

Mark Preston PI novels do vary substantially in quality, some are pretty entertaining and some are to be blunt really boring. It all depends on the other characters the main character (Mark Preston) has to interact with. In 1981's Female Handle With Care, we've got one of the best female characters ever written in Abigail H. O'Hagan the First. She added the first part to her name as obviously she's an original and is better than all these women with titles such as the thirds, and so forth. She's quick witted, smart and can easily outsmart anyone in a conversation. She's also extremely hot and knows how to use this gift.

Abigail arrives in Preston's office one morning and quickly outwits him, before he knows it he's agreed to split the fee to be paid for the retrieval of a company's payroll stolen by an employee. It does seem simple enough though, all he's really got to do is escort Abigail into a rough part of town where females can't really safely walk around on their own, since Abigail done all the investigation work herself. But Preston starts to hit brick walls in the simple task of locating the man's girlfriend and when Abigail who he had instructed to let him do all the talking decides he's not getting anywhere, steps in and saves the day he's quite annoyed. Adding to Preston's problems though is the fact that locating the employee isn't as simple as it once seemed, and with bodies starting to appear, well Preston may well just regret the day Abigail entered his office.

Also check out the novels under the Phillip Daniels pen name by the same author (Dennis Philips), they are much more consistent in maintaining an average high quality than the ones under the Peter Chambers name.