***Introducing outspoken female sleuth Alex Quick in the first of a brand-new mystery series*** When her business partner, acclaimed art historian and university professor Dr Helena Drummond, disappears, Alexandra Quick is consumed by guilt. Shortly before she vanished, Helena had complained of be
Alex Quick mystery. 03 - Quick on the draw
β Scribed by Moody, Susan
- Publisher
- Severn House Publishers
- Year
- 2018
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 142 KB
- Edition
- First world edition
- Category
- Fiction
- City
- London, England
- ISBN
- 1780109059
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β¦ Synopsis
A case of theft spirals into murder in the latest intriguing Alex Quick mystery
Former police detective Alex Quick finds it impossible to refuse when a young family friend begs for her help in discovering which of his friends is a thief. Following a dinner party he'd held at his uncle's grand Venetian apartment, a pair of valuable items went missing, only to turn up at a London pawnbrokers. But why would a wealthy guest, a member of the glamorous Anglo-Italian jet-set, need to steal in the first place?
Before Alex can discover more, one of the dinner party guests is found murdered. Could there be a connection to the theft? As she heads to Venice to pursue her investigations further, Alex receives news that another person present that night has disappeared and the case spirals into something altogether darker and deeper.
β¦ Subjects
Murder -- Fiction
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