The Hodgkiss Mysteries: Hodgkiss and the Repeating Watch and Other Stories by Pe

Description: The Hodgkiss Mysteries by Peter Sinclair Hodgkiss doesnt miss a trick. Three new adventures of that cranky, obnoxious, insufferable but remarkably observant and astute senior citizen.One night Hodgkiss sees a rare repeater wrist watch in an antiques shop windows, but next morning when he goes to buy it he finds, to his disappointment, that a woman had just beaten him to it.In his efforts to persuade the woman to sell the watch to him he finds himself in the middle of a mesh of lust, deceit and murder.While attending a garage sale Hodgkiss and his friend Pat Strong witness a very one-sided transaction in which an elderly lady is persuaded to sell a collection of valuable stamp albums for a derisory sum. Hodgkiss and Pat decide not to let the matter rest there and their investigation ends with an extraordinary murder.Hodgkiss takes a public service job to supplement his pension. In the course of his new duties he sees one of his fellow workers behaving in a puzzling fashion.It is not until a senior public servant is found murdered during his morning commute that Hodgkiss makes sense of what he had seen and uncovers the killer. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Peter Sinclair has spent most of his working life writing. He began reporting courts and councils in rural Orange (NSW) in the late 1950s then worked briefly for The Sydney Daily Telegraph where, because of his fluent shorthand, he was sentenced first to report local councils then banished to the Coroners Court. Hed had enough of sudden death and murder when opportunity knocked and he joined the staff of a new, large weekly paper in Sydneys northern suburbs, The North Shore Times where he was soon reporting councils again. In 1965, he climbed over the journalistic fence to work as press secretary for a succession of NSW cabinet ministers (both Liberal and Labor) until 1991. Since then, he has made guest reappearances to help out in the PR sections of government departments. His absorbing hobby is playing the piano. He has made a number of CDs in very limited editions. The titles tell it all: Peter Murders Mozart, Wrecks Rachmaninoff and Desecrates Debussy. He says he gives them away to people he doesnt like! He has been married to Margaret for fifty-seven years and they have two sons; Sam, who is married to Carolyn with one son, Harry, 18, and Patrick who is married to Beejai with twin boys, Jackson and Zachary, aged 13. Details ISBN0645100838 ISBN-10 0645100838 ISBN-13 9780645100839 Format Paperback Pages 236 Language English Year 2021 Publication Date 2021-02-26 UK Release Date 2021-02-26 Author Peter Sinclair Publisher Sid Harta Publishers Series Hodgkiss Mysteries Imprint Sid Harta Publishers Subtitle Hodgkiss and the Repeating Watch and Other Stories Series Number XXIV Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:131394215;

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