{"product_id":"blotto-twinks-and-the-stars-of-the-silver-screen-9781472118295","title":"Blotto Twinks and the Stars of the Silver Screen","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnother hair-raising adventure featuring the aristocratic brother and sister sleuthing duo!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe end of the cricket season spells gloom for Blotto, until he is invited to bat against the Hollywood cricket team out in sunny LA, where rain never stops play.  And so begins the latest adventure for Blotto and his supremely gifted sister Twinks.  Although their mother, the Dowager Duchess of Tawcester, keeps a strict rein on her two children, she knows America is full of wealthy young men, all of whom will fall in love with her daughter - and marriage to a Texan millionaire would solve the Tawcester financial problems once and for all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo, accompanied by trusty chauffeur Corky Froggett, the intrepid siblings head out to California.  On arrival in Hollywood they are invited to a glitzy party where they are introduced to a firmament of Hollywood stars, directors and gossip columnists, but the mood of the party suddenly curdles with the breaking news that beautiful starl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA hilarious and old-fashioned whodunit romp in the mold of P. G. Wodehouse and Agatha Christie, with just a tiny dollop of John Buchan thrown in for good measure. Highly entertaining * The New York Journal of Books *\u003cbr\u003eSimon Brett has a deft hand with parody, playfulness and punch lines * Read Me Deadly *\u003cbr\u003eSimon Brett is one of British crime's most assured craftsmen, with idiosyncratic characters proving winning creations... A feast of red herrings, broadly drawn characters, and gentle thrills and spills litter the witty plot. Crime writing just like in the good old days, and perfect entertainment * THE GUARDIAN on Simon Brett *\u003cbr\u003eMurder most enjoyable... An author who never takes himself that seriously, and for whom any fictional murder can frequently form part of the entertainment industry -- Colin Dexter on Simon Brett\u003cbr\u003eA very traditional English mystery, the characters are as entertaining, charismatic and all out fantastic as they were in the first. Mystery readers will want the adventures of Blotto and Twinks to continue for a very long time to come * Feathered Quill Book Reviews on Blotto, Twinks and the Dead Dowager Duchess *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739365552471,"sku":"9781472118295","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781472118295.jpg?v=1720052033","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/blotto-twinks-and-the-stars-of-the-silver-screen-9781472118295","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}