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The Man Who Couldn't Lose (DI Michael Angel) [Hardcover]

Roger Silverwood (Author)


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DI Michael Angel September 28, 2007

Detective Inspector Michael Angel and his team investigate another puzzling and chilling case of murder in the South Yorkshire town of Bromersley. Wheelchair-bound millionaire businessman, Joshua Gumme, has the Midas touch—he is successful with women and in business. Even at card games he wins every time, but while everybody knows he cheats, they just don't know how. It is no surprise therefore, when his body is found floating in the River Don. At the same time, Angel's investigations lead him on the trail of two dangerous crooks, but as Michael Angel attempts to find and arrest them, he soon discovers that they have their own plans for the inspector.


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From Publishers Weekly

In British author Silverwood's engaging ninth whodunit to feature Det. Insp. Michael Angel (after The Umbrella Man), Angel must track down the murderer of Joshua Gumme, a Yorkshire businessman known as The Man Who Couldn't Lose for having won more than 200 straight games of pontoon, a card game with a large element of chance, over a 10-year period. The suspects range from Gumme's son, who was left a pittance out of an estate worth millions, to a heroin dealer, but the universe of those who wished the ethically challenged Gumme dead is large enough to keep Angel and his team busy. As usual, Angel must battle his own superior, Superintendent Harker, to run the case his own way. In a nice touch, Angel's wife helps him figure out how Gumme cheated, but it's the policeman's down-to-earth common sense and doggedness that lead him to a satisfying solution of the crime. Once again Silverwood combines a classic mystery plot with well-developed characters. (Mar.)
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About the Author

Roger Silverwood lives on the outskirts of Barnsley. After National Service he entered the toy trade where he became a sales director. Then he went into business as an antique dealer specialising in Victorian jewellery until he retired in 1997.

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Robert Hale (September 28, 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0709083203
  • ISBN-13: 978-0709083207
  • Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.7 x 1.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,110,109 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Roger Silverwood writes crime stories about Detective Inspector Michael Angel who lives tolerably happy with his wife Mary in the town of Bromersley in South Yorkshire, UK.

Angel isn't a drunk. He doesn't take drugs. He doesn't smoke, he stopped a year or two back. He doesn't usually chase other women but sometimes he has a fancy and would like to. He's usually hard up and in debt but, up to now, has stayed honest.

He has a reputation of always 'getting his man' - like the Mounties. That's not because he is especially gifted, it's because he's dogged, stubborn, thorough and will use unusual methods if necessary.

If you start reading about him, you'll probably stay reading about him.

You can find out more by clicking on the author's website.

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