Mystery man
Bateman, Colin200905UU
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MYSTERY MAN has recently been optioned by SMG, the makers of Taggart and Rebus, to be developed for television; they are currently seeking to attach a high profile cast. A superbly gripping and blackly funny mystery by the king of the crime caper. He's the Man With No Name and the owner of No Alibis, a mystery bookshop in Belfast. But when a detective agency next door goes bust, the agency's clients start calling into his shop asking him to solve their cases. It's an easy way to sell books to his gullible customers and Alison, the beautiful girl in the jewellery shop across the road, will surely be impressed. Except she's not. And when they break into the shuttered shop on a dare, they have their answer. Suddenly they're catapulted along a murder trail which leads them from modern dance to Nazi secrets and serial killers...
Main title:
Mystery man / Colin Bateman.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Headline Book Publishing : [distributor] Bookpoint : [distributor] Alliance Distribution Services Pty Ltd : [distributor] Alliance Distribution Services Pty Ltd : [distributor] Jonathan Ball Publishers SA : [distributor] Trafalgar Square, 2009.
Collation:
432 p. ; 20x16x3 cm.
Notes:
Paperback.
Biography/History:
Bateman was a journalist in Northern Ireland before becoming a full-time writer. His first novel, DIVORCING JACK, won the Betty Trask Prize, and all his novels have been critically acclaimed. He wrote the screenplays for the feature films DIVORCING JACK, CROSSMAHEART and WILD ABOUT HARRY. He lives in Ireland with his family.
ISBN:
9780755346752 (pbk)0755346750 (pbk)
Dewey class:
AFC
Local class:
FAFCMF
Language:
English
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Index terms:
randjsummer2009
BRN:
522766
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