A secret computer project worth millions of dollars. A catastrophic fire. A badly charred body amid the debris. Chief Inspector Byram St. George of Englands Scotland Yard, and his able assistant, Det. Sgt. Laurence Poole, enter a maelstrom of intrigue and contradictions in an attempt to solve the crime. Greed. Jealousy. Embezzlement. Arson. Murder. All come together in the first in a series of Chief Inspector St. George Mysteries.
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Scotland Yard's Chief Inspector Byram St. George and his assistant Detective Sergeant Laurence Poole trade good-humored gibes and enjoy each other's company while investigating a mysterious and fatal fire at a computer plant in Scotland's version of Silicon Valley. They're aided by a down-on-his-luck Scottish detective and thwarted by hostile local authorities in retired surgeon Peter Jamesson's Unplayable Lie, the first in a series of mysteries starring the golf-loving, crotchety St. George.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
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This book is a delicious treat for fans of British police procedurals. And if you're a golfer, you're in for a bonus. Chief Inspector Byram St. George won't be chasing any killers on foot (bad leg and too much weight). His forte is sound detective work. (Think of Holmes in the body of Sebastion Cabot.) And before the crime is solved, golf fans are taken for a divot-by-divot tour of the courses at St. Andrews that will have them clutching the volume with an over-lapping grip. I highly recommend this book.
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HEAVEN ON EARTH....A deep blue midsummer sky...cottony white clouds hovering above Scotland's green Lothian plain...the sun following its prescribed arc toward the zenith in its endless westward journey...sheer heaven, all right.... Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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HEAVEN ON EARTH....A deep blue midsummer sky...cottony white clouds hovering above Scotland's green Lothian plain...the sun following its prescribed arc toward the zenith in its endless westward journey...sheer heaven, all right.... Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
caddie manager, murder room, chief inspector, local detective, three detectives Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Michael Pont, Geoffrey Pont, Old Course, Edward Cargill, Silas Muir, Scotland Yard, Inspector Dougall, West Calder, Chief Superintendent Stallings, Harald Burklund, Myra Pont, Superintendent Wallace, Mary Gates, Edith Sperling, Number One, Viscount Electric Systems, New Course, Number Two, Stuart Investments, Chief Constable, Hamilton Hall, Loch Capital, Squire's Inn, Leslie Brohm, Lothian National Bank New!
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