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Dead Ringer

Dead Ringer

by RoyLewis (Author)

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    Hardcover 2011

    $50.34
Synopsis

In old age Edwin James looks back over his scandalous life in the law and the theatre: he recalls his rise to fame and fortune which begins as a debt-ridden counsel in the case arising from the Running Rein scandal of the 1844 Derby. Humiliated in court and blocked by the machinations of the Victorian Establishment he begins his hunt for the missing witness and the Derby winner which has been spirited away. Aided by ex-convict Ben Gully, he probes in the dark belly of the London underworld while at the same time trying to avoid his creditors. He is faced with a suicide, and a murdered corpse hidden in the London sewers, before he seeks the final deadly truth in the foggy dockyards along the river, only to discover the truth may not be all it seems and old scandals can rise up to engulf him...

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More Information

Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 224
 Publisher: Robert Hale Ltd
Published: 31 Aug 2011
ISBN 10: 0709092717
ISBN 13: 9780709092711

Media Reviews
'A thorough, unpretentious and immensely solid piece of work with an interesting and likeable hero' - TLS 'A literate, thoughtful examination of human nature' - Booklist 'Tightly written, well paced and relentlessly accurate' - Oxford Times 'Chilling...Filled with page turning suspense, plenty of twists and turns and some cracking characters' - Bolton Evening News 'An emotionally tense thriller from a master of investigative crime' - Publishing News 'This intelligent, nicely textured mystery gathers speed and races to a thrilling conclusion' - Publishers Weekly
Author Bio
Roy Lewis is a well-established crime writer with over sixty novels to his name. He lives in the north of England where he sets many of his books. A former college principal and Inspector of Schools, he now runs business training programmes and has business interests in Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia. He has three children - all of them lawyers.