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Detective Book Club: Danger Money / Maigret and the Loner / Knockdown
Detective Book Club Danger Money / Maigret and the Loner / Knockdown Author:Mignon G. Eberhart, Georges Simenon, Dick Francis Danger money by Mignon G. Eberhart (c)1974: A wealthy financier is burdened with an impossible wife. Her inadequacies are such that he needs other hostesses for the secret meetings held in his hideaway. When the wife, Rosie, is found murdered, the suspects include the husband, a large staff and innumerable relatives of Rose her husband is suppor... more »ting. The solution keeps the reader guessing until the very end.
Maigret and the loner by Georges Simenon (c)1971: A dead body dressed like a bum but curiously well barbered, lying on a pile of rags in an abandoned Montmartre tenement, offers Maigret one of his most baffling cases. To discover who is the man and who killed him requires all the skill of the Chief Superintendent.
Knockdown by Dick Francis (c)1974: A thoroughbred thriller in which a former jockey, now a horse flesh trader, finds out first-hand what a tricky and sometimes dirty business buying and selling horses can be. If you are an honest trader, mayhem, dirty tricks, arson & killing are usually ways of putting you out of business. However tables can turn if you are smart and determined to stick it out.« less