Blotto, Twinks and the Bootlegger's Moll
- 208 pages
- 8 hours of reading
Another hair-raising adventure featuring the aristocratic brother and sister sleuthing duo!
Simon Brett Books
October 28, 1945
Simon Brett is a prolific British writer of whodunnits. His works often feature keen observations of human nature and a witty approach to crime and its investigation. Brett masterfully weaves intricate plots with vivid characters, making him a beloved author for readers across the genre.
"The two aristocratic siblings Blotto and Twinks are once again launched into another death-defying adventure, this time in the civil war-torn republic of Jalapeno, in Mexico. But how did they ever get to such a foreign and distant land in the first place? For Twinks it was an easy decision - to escape her mother's match-making attempts she sets out to visit her old friend, Begonia Guiteras, who lives in Jalapeno, which is fortuitously on the doorstep of an Aztec dig Twinks wants to work on. Unfortunately, her visit coincides with the War for Jalapeno Independence, headed by Colonel Henriquez Guiteras, Begonia's father. At the same time, Twinks's excavation of the Aztec site is revealing the exciting prospect of a hoard of Conquistadors' gold - but will taking it away from the burial ground unleash the dreaded Curse of Attatotalloss? Into this confusion stumbles Blotto, who only comes to Mexico as he's missing his sister. On being reunited with Twinks they then discover Begonia has been kidnapped by Mexican government forces and both set out to rescue her. This leads to many chases and challenges across the Mexican countryside, resulting in the capture of the twins where death by firing squad seems inevitable... but will trusty chauffeur Corky Froggett, as so very often in past adventures, be able to save the day?"--Publisher.
Life, the Universe and Everything
- 162 pages
- 6 hours of reading
The unhappy inhabitants of planet Krikkit are sick of looking at the night sky above their heads--so they plan to destroy it. The universe, that is. Now only five individuals stand between the white killer robots of Krikkit and their goal of total annihilation. They are Arthur Dent, a mild-mannered space and time traveler, who tries to learn how to fly by throwing himself at the ground and missing ; Ford Prefect, his best friend, who decides to go insane to see if he likes it ; Slartibartfast, the indomitable vice president of the Campaign for Real Time, who travels in a ship powered by irrational behavior; Zaphod Beeblebrox, the two-headed, three-armed ex-head honcho of the Universe ; and Trillian, the sexy space cadet who is torn between a persistent Thunder God and a very depressed Beeblebrox. How will it all end? Will it end? Only this stalwart crew knows as they try to avert "universal" Armageddon and save life as we know it--and don't know it.
Another hair-raising adventure featuring the aristocratic brother and sister sleuthing duo!
Blotto, Twinks and the Great Road Race
- 208 pages
- 8 hours of reading
The ninth thrilling adventure featuring the aristocratic brother and sister sleuthing duo, by accalimed crime writer Simon Brett.
Playing the corpse in a wooden murder mystery at the Regent Theatre, Rugland Spa, is not exactly a triumph for Charles Paris, actor. In fact his career could hardly sink any lower. But suddenly the mystery spills over into real life when a bizarre sequence of events culminates in the Artistic Director's apparent suicide. And the talents of Charles Paris, amateur sleuth, are called into action.
The Stabbing in the Stables
- 300 pages
- 11 hours of reading
After Jude stumbles over the body of a murdered stable owner, she enlists the help of her friend Carole Seddon to solve the mystery
The latest hair-raising adventure featuring the aristocratic brother and sister sleuthing duo!
The second crime novel featuring Mrs Melita Pargeter in which she investigates the bizarre disappearance of the former occupants of her home who it seems may have vanished permanently.
