Amsterdam
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9783404159253 (340415925X)
Publish date: October 14th 2008
Publisher: Bastei-Lübbe
Pages no: 333
Edition language: Deutsch
Series: Good Thief's Guide (#1)
bookshelves: summer-2013, published-2007, mystery-thriller, amusing, picaresque, dutch Recommended to ☯Bettie☯ by: Renee Read from July 28 to 31, 2013 Read by Simon VanceThanks Renee. I have the Paris one too!:O)Raffles is the Gentleman Thief, and here we have arthritic Charlie, the fiction-wri...
Read by Simon VanceThanks Renee. I have the Paris one too!:O)Raffles is the Gentleman Thief, and here we have arthritic Charlie, the fiction-writer thief. It works; instantly engaging.BLURB: This impressive debut, a comic whodunit from British entertainment lawyer Ewan, owes much of its charm and s...
If Chris Ewan was an architect, his philosophy wouldn't be "less is more", Corbusier is he not. His buildings would probably be of Richard Roger's intricate steel structures. His detective story sure is. Well, probably not that complicated but I can see how he revels in plots & details, there's a co...
Charlie Howard writes books about thieves and suspense. He's also a thief himself. Approached by a man who wants him to steal three monkey figurines of little apparent value, but the theft must occur in a certain time frame. Charlie decides, against his better judgment (the money's really good,) ...
Whenever I travel, I try to read a book before hand that has something to do with that locale. This summer I traveled to the Netherlands and picked 2 books to read - Amsterdam by Ian McEwan (great story but has almost nothing to do with Amsterdam) and The Good Thief's Guide to Amsterdam. This is t...
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