Alan Hunter
Birth date: June 25, 1922
Died: February 26, 2005
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This detective novel deals with the death of an American staying at a coastal hotel in the UK. Gently is called in when it transpires that all is not as it seems. His investigation takes in a myriad of characters, the development of which takes up most of the novel. Unlike previous novels, Alan Hunt...
Topical for a change as, although written in the 1960s, it deals to some extent with Scottish Nationalism. This George Gently detective story deals with a murder in the Highlands while the policeman is on holiday with Brenda Merryn, his sister and his brother-in-law. There's death, imprisonment, adu...
This is the third Gently that I’ve read and the best so far (not difficult). George Gently investigates a murder when the prime suspect comes to see him, proclaiming his innocence. As the title indicates, nearly all the main characters are women and none of them are particularly trustworthy. The sto...
A quick read, set in 1963, this novel deals with a strange murder in the Home Counties and Gently has to deal with an assortment of characters who may or may not be involved in the crime. The style suits the period but the whole experience was not particularly inspiring. I preferred the TV series to...
This is the ninth in the series about the genial but sharp-eyed detective, George Gently, and just in case anyone out there is paying attention, yes, I did miss out number eight. OK, so I got confused, alright? There are forty-something in the series, so this is a problem that's only likely to get w...
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