Robert Amiss is persuaded by his friend Detective Sergeant Pooley of the CID to take a job as a waiter in ffeatherstonehaughs (pronounced Fanshaws), a gentlemen's club in St James. The club secretary has allegedly jumped to his death from the gallery of this imposing building. Against most of the evidence, Pooley believes he was murdered.
Amiss finds himself in a bizarre caricature of a club, run by and for debauched geriatrics, with skeletons rattling in every cupboard. Why are there so few members? How are they financed? Will Amiss keep his job despite the enmity of the ferocious, snuff-covered Colonel Fagg?
By:
Ruth Dudley Edwards Imprint: Poisoned Pen Press Country of Publication: United States Dimensions:
Height: 216mm,
Width: 140mm,
Spine: 15mm
Weight: 298g ISBN:9781590584361 ISBN 10: 1590584368 Series:Robert Amiss Mysteries Pages: 216 Publication Date:15 May 2008 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Reviews for Clubbed To Death
Edwards accurate portraits of people and mores in English men s clubs, coupled with her deliciously dry sense of humor, make for a procedural...that is long on entertainment. Publishers Weekly