Naked Flames

Cleverly plotted, with wry wit, a likable copper hero, and an ingenious plot, this one will keep even seasoned mystery fans off-balance

A deadly fire at a nudist club plunges DCI Harry Brock and DS Dave Poole into an explosive mix of deception, betrayal and fraud.

DCI Harry Brock's leisurely Saturday afternoon is shattered when he receives the news that Robert Sharp, a charming, good-looking man in his thirties, has been found dead in a suspicious fire in his hut at the Pretext Club, a nudist club near Harrow.

Besides being a philandering husband, it seems Robert Sharp was a conman on the wanted list of three different constabularies, a chameleon who managed to escape the police's clutches and justice . . . until now. Plunged into a deadly mix of deception, betrayal and fraud, Harry and his colleague DS Dave Poole soon uncover a number of people with a grudge against Robert, but can they unmask his killer?

Complotat inteligent, cu spirit ironic, un erou de cupru simpatic si un complot ingenios, acesta va mentine dezechilibrul chiar si al fanilor misteriosi experimentati. Un incendiu mortal intr-un club nudist ii arunca pe DCI Harry Brock si DS Dave Poole intr-un amestec exploziv de inselaciune, tradare si inselaciune. DCI, Harry Brock, dupa-amiaza de sambata pe indelete, este spulberata cand primeste vestea ca Robert Sharp, un barbat fermecator, aratos, in varsta de treizeci de ani, a fost gasit mort intr-un incendiu suspect in coliba sa de la Clubul Pretext, un club pentru nudisti de langa Harrow. Pe langa faptul ca este un sot amuzant, se pare ca Robert Sharp a fost un om pe lista cautata a trei constabularii diferite, un cameleon care a reusit sa scape din ghearele si justitia politiei.