Blotto and Twinks Series by Simon Brett (Books #1, #2, #5)
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Overview: Simon Brett is a prolific British writer of whodunnits.
He is the son of a Chartered Surveyor and was educated at Dulwich College and Wadham College, Oxford, where he got a first class honours degree in English.
He then joined the BBC as a trainee and worked for BBC Radio and London Weekend Television, where his work included ‘Hitch-Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’ and ‘Frank Muir Goes Into …’.
After his spells with the media he devoting most of his time to writing from the late 1970s and is well known for his various series of crime novels.
He is married with three children and lives in Burpham, near Arundel, West Sussex, England. He is the current president of the Detection Club.
Genre: Mystery/Thriller
Blotto, Twinks, and the Ex-King’s Daughter (Blotto and Twinks #1) – Praise for Simon Brett: "Brett is a master at subtle characterization, superb setting, and plotting in which his characters solve themselves in the process of solving murders."–Booklist
When ex-Princess Etheline, daughter of the exiled king of Mitteleuropia, is kidnapped while visiting the seat of the Dukes of Tawcester, the duchess sends her son "Blotto" to rescue her. But Blotto isn’t as bright as his sister "Twinks". Simon Brett is the author of over thirty mystery novels and seven plays. He is married with three children and lives near Arundel in West Sussex, England.
Blotto, Twinks and the Dead Dowager Duchess (Blotto and Twinks #2) – The extremely aristocratic but extremely thick Blotto and his extremely brainy sister Twinks are attending a weekend house party when the inevitable happens.
Their hostess, the Dowager Duchess of Melmont, is murdered. An amateur detective, conveniently staying for the weekend, deduces that the Lyminster family chauffeur Corky Froggett must have done it.
For Blotto and Twinks, the only way to prove Corky’s innocence is by finding the real perpetrator.So begins the second investigation for the daring duo- one which takes them via an opium den in Limehouse, a Scottish castle and a disused Cornish tin mine, to a thrilling final confrontation at the nerve-centre of the evil League of the Crimson Hand.
Yes, Blotto and Twinks are back!
‘A new Simon Brett is an event for mystery fans.’ – P D James
‘Murder most enjoyable.’ – Colin Dexter
‘Simon Brett writes stunning detective stories. I would recommend them to anyone.’ – Jilly Cooper
‘Few crime writers are so enchantingly gifted.’
– Sunday Times
‘One of British crime’s most assured craftsmen. Crime writing just like in the good old days, and perfect entertainment.’
– Guardian
Blotto, Twinks and Riddle of the Sphinx (Blotto and Twinks #5) – The curse of Pharaoh Sinus Nefertop is upon Blotto so it’s up to Twinks to banish it!
Yet another financial crisis at Tawcester Towers! So this time the Dowager Duchess decides to sell off the less important family possessions, which have, for a long time, been consigned to the attics of the ancestral home.
Blotto and Twinks are dispatched to help the valuer as he carries out an inspection. Not much of any worth is found but then the valuer spies some Egyptian artifacts, collected by the tenth duke, Rupert the Egyptologist. In some excitement he rushes back to London to consult his reference books, leaving Blotto and Twinks alone in the attic, where they are drawn to a sarchophagus decorated with hieroglyphs. Twinks starts to translate: ‘Anyone who desecrates this shrine will be visited by the Pharoah’s curse…’ – just as Corky Froggett prises the lid off.
From that moment on a series of unpleasant incidents start happening at Tawcester Towers and it seems that Corky has been cursed.
It’s the brainy Twinks who decide the only thing to be done is to put the genie back in the bottle and so she, together with Blotto and their trusty chauffeur Corky Froggett, undertake take the sarcophagus back to Egypt, to the Valley of the Kings as only when this is done will the effect of the Pharoah’s curse be lifted…
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