James Barrie
The First of Nine
The Case of the Clementhorpe Killer
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In the outbuilding of a terraced house in Clementhorpe, York, the body of pigeon-fancier Peter Morris lies waiting to be discovered. In the grey light of dawn a large grey fluffy cat enters the yard - just because the gate has been left open. The cat is called Theodore. Theodore looks at the dead body with the same interest he would a dead moth. Murder, he thinks, and goes to alert his owner Emily. Within the hour Theodore is accused by the newly-widowed Wendy of eating one of Peter's pigeons. He resolves to clear his name and unmask the Clementhorpe Killer.Suspects include Wendy; Craig Foster - a red-haired loner; Ahmet and Zeynep - the Turk…
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In the outbuilding of a terraced house in Clementhorpe, York, the body of pigeon-fancier Peter Morris lies waiting to be discovered. In the grey light of dawn a large grey fluffy cat enters the yard - just because the gate has been left open. The cat is called Theodore. Theodore looks at the dead body with the same interest he would a dead moth. Murder, he thinks, and goes to alert his owner Emily. Within the hour Theodore is accused by the newly-widowed Wendy of eating one of Peter's pigeons. He resolves to clear his name and unmask the Clementhorpe Killer.Suspects include Wendy; Craig Foster - a red-haired loner; Ahmet and Zeynep - the Turkish couple up the street; artist Michael and his boyfriend Philip; divorcee Diane, and then there's Emily's new boyfriend Jonathan.The First of Nine is Theodore's first foray into crime investigation. It is a cat's take on the murder mystery novel. It is the first of his nine lives.
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-9956571-0-6
- EAN: 9780995657106
- Produktnummer: 22793908
- Verlag: Severus House
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
- Seitenangabe: 200 S.
- Masse: H20.3 cm x B13.3 cm x D1.1 cm 231 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 231
Über den Autor
James Barrie was born in Beverley, East Yorkshire, and went to school in Pocklington. He studied civil engineering at Leeds University before spending five years overseas, teaching English and working as a technical editor.Since moving to York in 1999, he has worked as an English language teacher, bridge inspector, stay-at-home-dad, civil engineer and geotechnical engineer. He has also done courses in creative writing at York College, York University and the Arvon Foundation.In May 2012 he began writing The York Cat Crime Mysteries, a planned series of nine books featuring feline sleuth Theodore. The First of Nine: The Case of the Clementhorpe Killer was published in 2016 and Rear Garden, or The Cat Who Knew Too Much, in 2018.
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