Die Once (A Dido Hoare mystery)

Die Once (A Dido Hoare mystery)

by Marianne Mac Donald (Author)

Synopsis

Tim Curwen is the ideal customer. But three days after Dido Hoare sells him Charles Dickens's The Haunted Man, her elegant young customer jumps to his death. Not only that: his cheque has bounced. Being as stubborn as the next antiquarian book dealer, Dido sets out to retrieve either the book or her money. Simple? But the book is missing from his flat, and that draws Dido onto a trail from the empty mansion flat to an abandoned house in London's East End, from threat to cover-up, from betrayal to more deaths. Her determination leads her step by step to an unexpected and perilous truth.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 272
Edition: New edition
Publisher: New English Library Ltd
Published: 17 Oct 2002

ISBN 10: 0340821825
ISBN 13: 9780340821824
Book Overview: Die Once is the sixth novel from Marianne Macdonald featuring Dido Hoare, and her other work includes Blood Lies , Death's Autograph , Ghost Walk , Road Kill and Smoke Screen .

Media Reviews
'The third atmospheric contemporary crime novel featuring the thirtysomething antiquarian bookseller Dido Hoare. Macdonald is as good on the antiquarian book trade as Jonathan Gash's Lovejoy is in the antique trade, and her plotting is complex and imaginative' -- The Times on Smoke Screen 'A pleasure' -- The Times Literary Supplement 'Her plotting is complex and imaginative' -- The Times
Author Bio
Marianne Macdonald was born in Canada, moved to England in her twenties and never left. She is a former university professor, actress and playwrite, and still is a children's author. She is married to antiquarian bookseller Eric Korn and has two sons. She lives in North London with her husband and dogs, and travels extensively.