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Leslie Thomas

    March 22, 1931 – May 7, 2014
    Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective
    Dangerous by Moonlight
    Arrivals and Departures
    The Magic Army
    Stand Up Virgin Soldiers
    Do Right and Fear No One
    • 2022

      Do Right and Fear No One

      • 400 pages
      • 14 hours of reading
      4.5(13)Add rating

      'If deaths are not investigated, then the authorities cannot be held to account and democracy is threatened. And if deaths are not investigated, we are not a society that values human life.' Inspired from a young age to help the marginalised and voiceless, Leslie Thomas QC has dedicated his career to fighting for the underdog and holding the State to account. This intimate and personal record of some of the most significant, controversial and disturbing legal cases of the last fifty years lays bare the very heart of the law enforcement and judicial process. It's an unforgettable account of an idealistic and outspoken lawyer's coming of age as a Black man in London, and a powerful portrait of the lives of those he has fought for. From the Grenfell Tower Inquiry, to the deaths of Christi and Bobby Shepherd by carbon monoxide poisoning, the Birmingham Pub Bombings and the police shooting of Mark Duggan, Do Right and Fear No One present a blistering argument for a level playing field in the pursuit of justice.

      Do Right and Fear No One
    • 2005

      Onward Virgin Soldiers

      • 400 pages
      • 14 hours of reading
      3.7(133)Add rating

      Bursting with life and bawdy humour, National Serviceman Brigg is now a Regular Army sergeant defending the Empire in the beds and bars of Hong Kong. Peace-time diversions include sensual fireworks with a pair of delicious Chinese twins and a tender, erotic affair with the lonely wife of an American serviceman.

      Onward Virgin Soldiers
    • 2005

      Stand Up Virgin Soldiers

      • 400 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      Many of the surviving characters from The Virgin Soldiers live again in these pages: dogged Tasker, the odious Sergeant Wellbeloved, the vulnerable Colonel Bromley Pickering and the comically touching Juicy Lucy. the endearing Welshman, Morris Morris - strong as a horse but bafflingly buxom;

      Stand Up Virgin Soldiers
    • 2002

      Leslie Thomas präsentiert mit Dangerous Davies eine sympathische Detektivfigur. Nach dem Erfolg des vierten Bandes erscheinen die ersten drei Abenteuer in einem Sammelband. Abseits seiner Arbeit als Londoner Detective löst Davies hier spannende Fälle.

      Dangerous Davies, Die heimlichen Fälle
    • 1996

      Frank Inigo Savage simply wants to be alone and the top flat of Kensington Heights seems just the place. Until the other bizarre and eccentric inhabitants of the building start arriving on his doorstep.And the Savage gets a visit from a homeless waif he meets in the local launderette called Korky.Korky's intrusion on Savage's private world alters his whole existence. High above the London rooftops this strange and contradictory relationship blooms like an improbable flower and Savage begins to realise that the world can creep under even the most firmly closed doors.'As ever in a Thomas novel, we constantly shift from tears to laughter and back again' Daily Express' A moving and jolly book ... with hardly a dull moment and difficult not to be cheered by' Times

      Kensington Heights
    • 1994

      Dangerous by Moonlight

      • 320 pages
      • 12 hours of reading
      3.8(171)Add rating

      Known in the London police as the Last Detective, it is no surprise when Det. Dangerous Davies gets beaten up on the job. While recuperating, he is approached by a member of the local Widows Club to investigate the death of her husband 15 years before. A mystery which propels Davies into a double life of casework and moonlighting and a series of outlandish adventures. Available in October.

      Dangerous by Moonlight
    • 1992

      A delightfully rauchy story... a lovely blend of humour, sexual comedy and pathos' Daily ExpressA rollicking tale of a Welsh sailor with a girl in every port, but only one true love at home...Thomas has a rare gift for words...This is his best book and a celebration of his robust talents, which combine flesh with imagination. He always had a narrative verve, and this saga develops it into a turn of the wheel of life. Revolving Jones comes back at last to his eternal miss, and hopefully, Leslie Thomas will achieve a revolution in his reputation' The TimesThis exciting adventure story is also one man's pilgrimage, a lifetime's odyssey, a ritually layered tale of the quest for humour and love' Daily MailHe inhabits that "bestseller author" territory that includes the likes of Jeffrey Archer, Jack Higgins and Ken Follett, but he is a far better writer than any of them' Marcel Berlins, Sunday Times

      The Loves and Journeys of Revolving Jones
    • 1992

      Arrivals and Departures

      A Novel

      • 373 pages
      • 14 hours of reading
      3.8(45)Add rating

      Fresh from Los Angeles, Mrs Pearl Collingwood and her daughter Rona arrive in the frenzied no-man's-land of Heathrow airport: from the nearby village of Bedmansworth, Edward Richardson jets in and out of it faster than his marriage can tolerate. Yet precisely where village and airport overlap, there exists a world bubbling with intrigues and assignations, with wit, pathos and excitement, that all readers of Leslie Thomas will recognize as his alone.

      Arrivals and Departures
    • 1988

      Dangerous in love

      • 239 pages
      • 9 hours of reading
      3.9(168)Add rating

      Detective Constable Davies has two things on his min: Jemma Duval, the beautiful, black, hymn-singing social worker, and 'Lofty' Brock, the harmless old eccentric who drowned in the canal. To prove that Lofty's death was no accident, our hero sets out to do some undercover detective work on his own.

      Dangerous in love