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All That's Bright And Gone - Eliza Nellums - Bog - Crooked Lane Books - Plusbog.dk

All That's Bright And Gone - Eliza Nellums - Bog - Crooked Lane Books - Plusbog.dk

There''s plenty about the grownup world that six-year-old Aoife doesn''t understand. Like what happened to her big brother Theo and why her mama is in the hospital instead of home where she belongs. Uncle Donny says she just needs to be patient, but Aoife''s sure her mama won''t be able to come home until Aoife learns what really happened to her brother. The trouble is no one wants to talk about Theo because he was murdered. But by whom?

DKK 125.00
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A Botanist's Guide to Society and Secrets - Kate Khavari - Bog - Crooked Lane Books - Plusbog.dk

A Botanist's Guide to Society and Secrets - Kate Khavari - Bog - Crooked Lane Books - Plusbog.dk

London, 1923. Returning from Paris, botanical researcher Saffron Everleigh finds that her former love interest Alexander Ashton''s brother, Adrian, is being investigated for murder. A Russian scientist working for the English government has been poisoned, and expired in Adrian''s train compartment. Alexander asks Saffron to put in a good word for Adrian with Inspector Green. Despite her unresolved feelings for Alexander, Saffron begins to unravel mysteries surrounding the dead scientist. As if a murder case weren''t enough, her best friend Elizabeth''s war-hero brother, Nick, arrives in town and takes an immediate interest in Saffron. Saffron learns Alexander has been keeping secrets from her, including a connection to Nick, who Saffron and Elizabeth begin to suspect is more than he seems. When another scientist is found dead, Saffron agrees to go undercover at the government laboratory. Risking her career and her safety, she learns there are many more interested parties and dangerous secrets to uncover than she''d realized. But some secrets, Saffron will find, are better left undiscovered.

DKK 173.00
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A Botanist's Guide to Society and Secrets - Kate Khavari - Bog - Crooked Lane Books - Plusbog.dk

A Botanist's Guide to Society and Secrets - Kate Khavari - Bog - Crooked Lane Books - Plusbog.dk

London, 1923. Returning from Paris, botanical researcher Saffron Everleigh finds that her former love interest Alexander Ashton''s brother, Adrian, is being investigated for murder. A Russian scientist working for the English government has been poisoned, and expired in Adrian''s train compartment. Alexander asks Saffron to put in a good word for Adrian with Inspector Green. Despite her unresolved feelings for Alexander, Saffron begins to unravel mysteries surrounding the dead scientist. As if a murder case weren''t enough, her best friend Elizabeth''s war-hero brother, Nick, arrives in town and takes an immediate interest in Saffron. Saffron learns Alexander has been keeping secrets from her, including a connection to Nick, who Saffron and Elizabeth begin to suspect is more than he seems. When another scientist is found dead, Saffron agrees to go undercover at the government laboratory. Risking her career and her safety, she learns there are many more interested parties and dangerous secrets to uncover than she''d realized. But some secrets, Saffron will find, are better left undiscovered.

DKK 278.00
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All That's Bright and Gone - Eliza Nellums - Bog - Crooked Lane Books - Plusbog.dk

All That's Bright and Gone - Eliza Nellums - Bog - Crooked Lane Books - Plusbog.dk

An Amazon “Best Book of the Month” A “luminous” debut mystery about young girl on a quest to save her family—for fans of Jodi Picoult and Fredrik Backman (Alan Bradley, New York Times –bestselling author of the Flavia de Luce mysteries). I know my brother is dead. But sometimes Mama gets confused. There’s plenty about the grownup world that six-year-old Aoife doesn''t understand. Like what happened to her big brother Theo and why her mama is in the hospital instead of home where she belongs. Uncle Donny says she just needs to be patient, but Aoife’s sure her mama won’t be able to come home until Aoife learns what really happened to her brother. The trouble is no one wants to talk about Theo because he was murdered. But by whom? With her imaginary friend Teddy by her side and the detecting skills of her nosy next-door neighbor, Aoife sets out to uncover the truth about her family. But as her search takes her from the banks of Theo’s secret hideout by the river to the rooftops overlooking Detroit, Aoife will learn that some secrets can''t stay hidden forever and sometimes the pain we bury is the biggest secret of them all. Driven by Aoife’s childlike sincerity and colored by her vivid imagination, All That''s Bright and Gone illuminates the unshakeable bond between families—and the lengths we’ll go to bring our loved ones home. “Aoife’s poignant and endearing story will linger long after the final pages. This family-forward debut is one to be savored and shared.” — New York Journal of Books

DKK 183.00
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The Butterfly Effect - Rachel Mans Mckenny - Bog - Crooked Lane Books - Plusbog.dk

The Butterfly Effect - Rachel Mans Mckenny - Bog - Crooked Lane Books - Plusbog.dk

As an entomologist who specialises in butterflies, Greta far prefers the company of bugs to humans and is thrilled to land a research gig in the rainforest. But after her twin brother suffers an aneurysm, she abandons her research and hurries home to the middle of nowhere America. Coming home means confronting all that she left behind, including her lousy soon-to-be sister-in-law, her estranged mother, and her ex-boyfriend Brandon. It all creates chaos in Greta''s perfectly catalogued world. A warm, uplifting story about human behaviour and how we rehabilitate ourselves and each other.

DKK 219.00
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There's A Murder Afoot - Vicki Delany - Bog - Crooked Lane Books - Plusbog.dk

There's A Murder Afoot - Vicki Delany - Bog - Crooked Lane Books - Plusbog.dk

Gemma Doyle, who runs the Cape Cod Sherlock Holmes museum, decides to travel to England to celebrate Holme''s birthday by attending a convention. But the trip is immediately derailed when Gemma''s father Henry recognises his brother-in-law Randolph who ran away years before, a troublemaker and forger of Old Masters paintings. Gemma is surprised when Randolph shows up at the Sherlock Holmes convention to sell a series of his sketches based on the Holmes canon. He isn''t exactly popular with other attendees, and when he turns up dead after the banquet, Gemma sets out to find the killer.

DKK 251.00
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The Secrets We Keep - Amy Lillard - Bog - Crooked Lane Books - Plusbog.dk

The Secrets We Keep - Amy Lillard - Bog - Crooked Lane Books - Plusbog.dk

Back to active duty after an administrative leave of absence for the use of deadly force, the last thing Detective Nathan Fisher wants to do is return to the conservative Amish community he left behind but when his father passes, he has no choice. Hoping to clear his head and perhaps mend fences with his family, he returns to his small Mississippi hometown despite not being welcome. What was supposed to be a quick visit quickly turns into a prolonged stay when his former love pleads for his help. Rachel Hostetler''s world is turned upside down when she finds her brother''s body hanging in her family''s barn. Rachel is sure her brother Albie did not kill himself, but neither her father nor the police are willing to listen. When she spots Nate, her ex, now a detective in Oklahoma, back in Cedar Creek, she knows he is the answer to her problem and begs him to intercede. As Nate and Rachel come to terms with their shared history, despite knowing nothing can come of the longing they have for each other, the pair must look into Albie''s death as suspects stack up. The truth is out there, but can they find it before Nate has to return to his real life and face the shooting that has him so desperately searching for peace?

DKK 175.00
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Wolf Hollow - Victoria Houston - Bog - Crooked Lane Books - Plusbog.dk

Wolf Hollow - Victoria Houston - Bog - Crooked Lane Books - Plusbog.dk

There are rumours that a precious vein of nickel and copper is buried on the property of wealthy Grace McDonough, and the drilling is about to begin. But not if environmentalist Pete Ferris can help it. When Grace''s 24-year-old son Noah is caught in a sordid sex crime, police chief Lew Ferris makes the arrest. But a day later, Lew''s brother Pete turns up dead. Then, Grace''s body is discovered in a car at the bottom of a river - and Noah has vanished. Before long, Noah is also found murdered on the McDonough property. Lew is beginning to close in on the truth. But has the killer set his bait again, angling for his biggest catch yet?

DKK 248.00
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Rent to Be - Sonia Hartl - Bog - Crooked Lane Books - Plusbog.dk

Rent to Be - Sonia Hartl - Bog - Crooked Lane Books - Plusbog.dk

Isla Jane is living the millennial nightmare. She''s got a shiny new MBA and no way to pay for it, thanks to her dead-end entry-level job, and nowhere to live, thanks to her miserable salary. Going home to her parents is not possible, but for once Isla''s brother may be her saving grace. He''s out of town on business for a month, meaning the guest room in his condo is blissfully empty. Or so Isla thinks, until she runs into Cade Greenley, her brother''s best friend - who''s crashing there while his own condo is undergoing renovations. When a desperate plan to sleep under her desk miraculously turns into a house-sitting job for one of the big bosses at her office, Isla is certain her luck has turned - with no one, Cade included, the wiser. It''s a perfect solution - until Cade catches her sunbathing at a mansion that is definitely not hers, and she admits she''s house-sitting because she can''t afford rent. The pair strike a deal - Cade will keep Isla''s secret from her overbearing parents if she agrees to pose as his girlfriend at a few upcoming corporate events. The fun and friendly vibe of his office is a surprise compared to hers, but the biggest shock is that each ''date'' with Cade feels less and less fake. Suddenly she''s looking forward to every minute they spend together while the chemistry between them sizzles. As Isla''s house-sitting scheme begins to unravel, she''ll have to face the fact that her biggest lie of all is the one she''s telling herself: that she''s not falling in love with Cade.

DKK 183.00
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A Fire in the Night - Christopher Swann - Bog - Crooked Lane Books - Plusbog.dk

A Fire in the Night - Christopher Swann - Bog - Crooked Lane Books - Plusbog.dk

By the time the call came, her parents'' fate was sealed, but sixteen-year-old Annalise escaped the deadly fire with her life - and an encrypted flash drive containing a cache of stolen information someone is willing to kill for. At the scene of the crime, the men who set the fire spotted Annalise, and are now in a desperate search to find her and retrieve the drive. Annalise swore to her father that she would find her uncle Nick and deliver the package to him. A former professor who has retreated to the North Carolina mountains to mourn the untimely death of his wife, Nick just wants to be left alone with his grief. But when Annalise finally stumbles onto his porch, feverish and exhausted, he has no choice but to protect her and uncover the mystery of his brother''s death.

DKK 267.00
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The Four Queens of Crime - Rosanne Limoncelli - Bog - Crooked Lane Books - Plusbog.dk

The Four Queens of Crime - Rosanne Limoncelli - Bog - Crooked Lane Books - Plusbog.dk

1938, London. The four queens of British crime fiction, Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, Ngaio Marsh, and Margery Allingham, are hosting a gala to raise money for the Women''s Voluntary Service to help Britain prepare for war. Baronet Sir Henry Heathcote has loaned Hursley House for the event and all the elites of London society are attending. The gala is a brilliant success, despite a few hiccups, but the next morning Sir Henry is found dead in the library. Detective Chief Inspectors Lilian Wyles and Richard Davidson from Scotland Yard are quickly summoned and discover a cluster of potential suspects among the guests, including an upset fiancee, a politically ambitious son, a reserved but protective brother, an irate son-in-law, a rebellious teenage daughter, and the deputy home secretary. Quietly recruiting the four queens of crime, DCI Wyles must sort through the messy aftermath of Sir Henry''s death to solve the mystery and identify the killer.

DKK 279.00
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You Always Come Back - Emily Smith - Bog - Crooked Lane Books - Plusbog.dk

You Always Come Back - Emily Smith - Bog - Crooked Lane Books - Plusbog.dk

Nine years ago, July Weaver''s little sister was one of the first victims of the Pacific Lake Killer, a serial killer in Georgia. When other girls began to disappear and were found dead, it was July''s testimony that put her own father into prison for the crimes. After the sentencing, she fled to Nashville to focus on her music career and to try to forget the horrible past. But when her brother tries to kill himself, July is forced to come back home and reunite with her four remaining siblings. What she isn''t expecting is to uncover new evidence that makes her question everything that happened to her sister nine years ago. Is it possible that July blamed the wrong person? Is it possible that the Pacific Lake Killer is still out there? As the linchpin to the case against her father - and the reason the Pacific Lake Killer case is closed - July knows it isn''t long before the killer will set their eyes back on her. If they''re really still out there.

DKK 202.00
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Murder Checks Out - Victoria Gilbert - Bog - Crooked Lane Books - Plusbog.dk

Murder Checks Out - Victoria Gilbert - Bog - Crooked Lane Books - Plusbog.dk

Returning to her role as an amateur detective is the last thing library director Amy Muir wants. She''s already buried under an avalanche of responsibilities, including sharing the directorship of the local public library, parenting her holiday-obsessed five-year-old twins, and helping her choreographer husband, Richard, present The Nutcracker as part of the town''s festivities. With her frosty mother-in-law, Fiona, visiting for the holidays, Amy definitely has enough on her Christmas cookie plate. But when the chair of the festival committee is found as dead as Dickens''s proverbial doornail at the town''s ice rink, Amy is determined to uncover the real perpetrator to protect her brother-in-law, Ethan Payne, who was placed at the scene. The clock is ticking down as Sheriff Brad Tucker is equally sure that Ethan is guilty. It''s beginning to look a lot like the murderer hasn''t wrapped up his killing spree, and now, it might just be ''lights out'' on the holiday festivities - and on Amy''s life.

DKK 289.00
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Burn this Night - Alex Kenna - Bog - Crooked Lane Books - Plusbog.dk

Burn this Night - Alex Kenna - Bog - Crooked Lane Books - Plusbog.dk

Struggling private investigator Kate Myles is shattered to learn her late father isn''t her biological dad. She''s still reeling when she discovers that an unknown distant relative is the prime suspect in a decades-old murder investigation. Trying to convince her to take on the case for free, an old colleague recommends her as an investigator for a recent arson murder in the same small town. After giving up on a failed acting career, Abby Coburn is starting over as a promising social work student. With her life on the right track, she''s determined to help her brother, Jacob, whose meth addiction triggered a psychotic break and descent into crime. But when Abby dies in a fire that kills two other people and destroys part of the town, the police immediately suspect Jacob. As the Coburn family grapples with the tragedy, Kate begins unraveling the cold case but finds herself caught in the middle of an emotional minefield. Pretty soon, she discovers that this town is full of dark secrets, and as she comes closer and closer to figuring out the truth, Kate must solve both murders before she becomes the next victim.

DKK 291.00
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To Kill a Mocking Girl - Harper Kincaid - Bog - Crooked Lane Books - Plusbog.dk

To Kill a Mocking Girl - Harper Kincaid - Bog - Crooked Lane Books - Plusbog.dk

Quinn Victoria Caine is back in her quirky town of Vienna, Virginia, starting her new life as a bookbinder in her family-owned, charm-for-days bookshop, Prose & Scones. With her trusty German Shephard, RBG-''Ruff Barker'' Ginsburg-by her side, what can go wrong? Okay, sure, bumping into her ex, Scott, or her former high school nemesis, Tricia, is a drag. It certainly doesn''t help that they have acquired the new hobby of shoving their recent engagement in her face every chance they get. But that doesn''t mean Quinn wanted to find Tricia dead in the road. So why does half the town think she may have done it? Quinn is determined to find Tricia''s killer, even if it means partnering with her cousin-turned-nun, Sister Daria, and Detective Aiden Harrington, her older brother''s ''too-movie-star-handsome-for-his-own good'' best friend. They believe she''s innocent, but of course that doesn''t influence the police, who peg her as their prime suspect. Or, at least until she''s poisoned. But there is no way Quinn is going to stop now. Vienna is her town and-for better or worse-Tricia was one of their own. Someone may have killed the mocking girl, but no one''s going to stop the notorious QVC.

DKK 175.00
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Mister Lullaby - J. H. Markert - Bog - Crooked Lane Books - Plusbog.dk

Mister Lullaby - J. H. Markert - Bog - Crooked Lane Books - Plusbog.dk

The small town of Harrod''s Reach has seen its fair share of the macabre, especially inside the decrepit old train tunnel around which the town was built. After a young boy, Sully Dupree, is injured in the abandoned tunnel and left in a coma, the townspeople are determined to wall it up. Deputy sheriff Beth Gardner is reluctant to buy into the superstitions until she finds two corpses at the tunnel''s entrance, each left with strange calling cards inscribed with old lullabies. Soon after, Sully Dupree briefly awakens from his coma. Before falling back into his slumber, Sully manages to give his older brother a message. Sully''s mind, since the accident, has been imprisoned on the other side of the tunnel in Lalaland, a grotesque and unfamiliar world inhabited by evil mythical creatures of sleep. Sully is trapped there with hundreds of other coma patients, all desperately fighting to keep the evils of the dream world from escaping into the waking world. Elsewhere, a man troubled by his painful youth has for years been hearing a voice in his head he calls Mr. Lullaby, and he has finally started to act on what that voice is telling him - to kill any coma patient he can find, quickly. Something is waking up in the tunnel - something is trying to get through. And Mr. Lullaby is coming.

DKK 182.00
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A Lethal Engagement - April J. Skelly - Bog - Crooked Lane Books - Plusbog.dk

A Lethal Engagement - April J. Skelly - Bog - Crooked Lane Books - Plusbog.dk

1890. American heiress, Cora Beaumont is celebrating her engagement to Terrance Tristan, the second son of a duke. Their union will solidify Cora''s place in British society and put her in a rare position of power, but as they embark on the Lady Air''s maiden voyage to England, Cora soon finds that not everyone in society is accepting of her recent engagement, and tensions fly as high as the airship. When a body is discovered the first night on the ship, with a calling card for Cora on the victim, she''s determined to find the killer hidden among the passengers before they come for her next. As Cora tries to solve the murder without attracting unsavory attention, her fiance''s wandering eye may cause even more problems for her position in society. Gossip travels fast aboard the airship and bad news could sink the Lady Air, as well as Cora''s own social status, before they reach their final destination. When more bodies are discovered, Cora teams up with her soon-to-be brother-in-law, Nicholas, as they scour the ship for clues. If she fails, it won''t only be her reputation visiting the undertaker. No one is who they seem in this Gilded Age locked room historical mystery, perfect for fans of And Then There Were None and Alyssa Maxwell.

DKK 271.00
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We Carry the Sea in Our Hands - Janie Kim - Bog - Crooked Lane Books - Plusbog.dk

We Carry the Sea in Our Hands - Janie Kim - Bog - Crooked Lane Books - Plusbog.dk

Abby Rodier was a ''drop-box baby,'' a Korean orphan whose mother could not take care of her and left her as an infant. Abby''s tumultuous experience in the American foster care system has led her to live a solitary and guarded life, closed off to almost everyone except her best friend Iseul, whose parents took Abby into their home as a child. Abby''s work studying the origins of life in sea slugs and bacteria leads her to wonder about her birth parents and question her place in this world. It''s not long before Abby stumbles upon a biological discovery that will change the course of her life. Meanwhile, Iseul''s devotion to their ill brother leads to an entanglement between her work as an investigative journalist and the murky world of black-market medicine. After a tragic event, Abby''s life is thrown into a tailspin. With the rug pulled from under her feet, she spirals into a disorientation of grief, apparitions, and compulsions. With the help of those around her, Abby must embark on a journey to understand her true roots and make peace with her present. From an exciting new voice in literary fiction, We Carry the Sea in Our Hands is a complex and layered ode to found family, perfect for fans of The Last Story of Mina Lee and Goodbye, Vitamin.

DKK 279.00
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A Lethal Engagement - April J. Skelly - Bog - Crooked Lane Books - Plusbog.dk

A Lethal Engagement - April J. Skelly - Bog - Crooked Lane Books - Plusbog.dk

1890. American heiress, Cora Beaumont is celebrating her engagement to Terrance Tristan, the second son of a duke. Their union will solidify Cora''s place in British society and put her in a rare position of power, but as they embark on the Lady Air''s maiden voyage to England, Cora soon finds that not everyone in society is accepting of her recent engagement, and tensions fly as high as the airship. When a body is discovered the first night on the ship, with a calling card for Cora on the victim, she''s determined to find the killer hidden among the passengers before they come for her next. As Cora tries to solve the murder without attracting unsavory attention, her fiance''s wandering eye may cause even more problems for her position in society. Gossip travels fast aboard the airship and bad news could sink the Lady Air, as well as Cora''s own social status, before they reach their final destination. When more bodies are discovered, Cora teams up with her soon-to-be brother-in-law, Nicholas, as they scour the ship for clues. If she fails, it won t only be her reputation visiting the undertaker. No one is who they seem in this Gilded Age locked room historical mystery, perfect for fans of And Then There Were None and Alyssa Maxwell.

DKK 175.00
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The Mis-Arrangement of Sana Saeed - Noreen Mughees - Bog - Crooked Lane Books - Plusbog.dk

The Mis-Arrangement of Sana Saeed - Noreen Mughees - Bog - Crooked Lane Books - Plusbog.dk

Thirty-three-year-old hijabi Sana Saeed has put away her childhood dream of ishq - an all-consuming, sweeping love. The arranged dates she''s agreed to have failed time after time, and she has responsibilities to consider - namely her sweet, autistic younger brother, Zia. Sana and Zia are a package deal, and she wouldn''t have it any other way. But their traditional mother won''t allow Sana to be named as his future guardian... unless she''s married. When Daniel Malik walks into Sana''s office at the Department of Environmental Conservation, she''s astonished - their childhood friendship has been a cherished memory ever since a feud between their families put an end to it eighteen years ago. But there''s no chance of them becoming close again; Daniel may be as hot as a Bollywood heartthrob, but not only is he Sana''s new boss, her mother would disown her if she ever brought him home. With the clock ticking, Sana agrees to a marriage arranged by her family. She''s seen plenty of arranged marriages grow into love; maybe that will happen for her too. But when a high-stakes case at work forces Sana and Daniel to team up, they find themselves less able - and willing - to play their parts of ''good desi children.'' Now Sana must make a choice: family and security, or the one man who claimed her heart long ago.

DKK 182.00
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There's a Murder Afoot - Vicki Delany - Bog - Crooked Lane Books - Plusbog.dk

There's a Murder Afoot - Vicki Delany - Bog - Crooked Lane Books - Plusbog.dk

Just in time for Sherlock Holmes''s 166th birthday, the fifth installment in national bestselling author Vicki Delany''s Sherlock Holmes Bookshop mystery takes Sherlockania to the max with a Holmes convention and historic 221 Baker Street. Gemma Doyle and her friends travel to London for a Sherlock Holmes convention--but will Gemma''s father take the fall for a felonious forger''s fatality? The 6th of January is Sherlock Holmes''s birthday, and lucky for Gemma Doyle, January is also the slowest time of the year at both the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop and Emporium, and Mrs. Hudson''s Tea Room. It''s a good time for Gemma and her friends to travel to England for a Holmes Convention. For Gemma, the trip provides an opportunity to visit her parents, Jayne Wilson is excited about seeing all the sites London has to offer, and Ryan Ashburton just wants to spend some time with Gemma. But the trip is immediately derailed when Gemma''s father Henry recognizes his brother-in-law Randolph Denhaugh, who disappeared more than thirty years ago on the night he stole a valuable painting from his own parents.Henry, a retired detective with Scotland Yard, has been keeping tabs on the man''s career as a forger of Old Masters and he warns Randy to stay away from his family. It''s up to Gemma, with the help of her friends, to plunge into the "lowest and vilest alleys" of London to save her father from prison.

DKK 104.00
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