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Jack Colby, car detective, is commissioned to buy a 'dream' car from an earl, but finds himself racing into serious danger.The once-notorious cabaret singer Adora Ferne guards a private treasure trove of twelve classic Jaguar cars, but hankers over the one that is missing. Enter Jack Colby: Adora's manager Danny Carter has commissioned him to buy the thirteenth dream car from its owner, the Earl of Storrington.When a murder follows the earl's rejection of an offer, Jack is determined to find out whether there is a link between that and the twelve Jaguars. But the path to the killer divides: does the truth lie amongst the secrets of Adora's past or much closer to home? Speeding along the route he's certain will lead to the answer, Jack rushes headlong into danger.
About the Author
I enjoy writing crime novels and historical fiction. I'm British, married to an American, and we live in southern England. For many years I worked in publishing, then leapt over the fence to tackle the novels I'd always dreamed of writing. The crime novels I write are varied and all of them fall roughly into the Agatha Christie field with a mystery at their heart and a sleuth to solve it. Some series are set in the past, like those starring my 1920s chef Nell Drury, my Victorian chef Auguste Didier and my Victorian chimney sweep Tom Wasp. Others are set in the present day, usually with the central mystery harking back to the past such as my Marsh & Daughter series and the classic car sleuth Jack Colby. They'd all like to meet you!
