Anything For a Quiet Life

Jonas Pickett, solicitor and commissioner of oaths, leaves London to set up a practice in a genteel Sussex resort. This collection of Nine inter-linked stories tell the stories of his clients form a retired Admiral to the queen of the gypsies. Michael Francis Gilbert ( 1912 - 2006 ) is recognized as one of the most versatile British mystery writers. He was a lawyer in London for many years and at one point had Raymond Chandler as his client. He wrote almost every of mystery and thriller. He wrote police procedurals, spy novels and other short stories, courtroom dramas, classical mysteries, crime novels, and almost every possible combination of these, all with the same competence and dry, detached wit. Gilbert was a founding member of the British Crime Writers Association, Named Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America and was named Number 24 on the Telegraph's "50 crime writes to read before you die". 1990 Michael Gilbert (P)2009 Audible Ltd
ASIN: 0340528699
VSKU: BVV.0340528699.A
Condition: Acceptable
Author/Artist:Michael Gilbert
Binding: Hardcover
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