Chinese Puzzle

ISBN: 0727864009

Author: Darrell, Elizabeth

Condition: Used

From Booklist A former officer in the Cumberland Regiment dies mysteriously in Hong Kong. Another member of the regiment is killed in a road accident. Simon Kington, a senior officer in the regiment, disappears from his home. It's time to call in military detective Max Rydal and his longtime partner, Tom Black. The pair soon discovers that the two dead men were injected with a highly poisonous toxin. They fear Kington may also be dead, but questions remain. Was he, too, poisoned with the lethal toxin, and if so, why? Kington is the son of one of England's richest pharmaceutical manufacturers, so when a ransom demand comes to his wealthy father, Max and Tom figure they have a motive for the disappearance. But why is Cumberland Regiment being targeted? The solution is almost as much of a shock to this seasoned detective as it is to the reader. Solid writing, plenty of red herrings and unexpected twists, a clever plot, and well-drawn characters make this an entertaining police procedural with a military flavor. Emily MeltonCopyright American Library Association. All rights reserved Product Description A new case for detective Max Rydal Two members of a British regiment are murdered by the lethal injection of an unknown toxin: a senior officer in possession of NATO secrets vanishes from a high-security base in Germany. Is he the killer or the third victim as yet undiscovered? Military detectives Max Rydal and Tom Black are baffled. There are no murder weapons, no witnesses, no apparent motives. The only link between the victims seems to be that they were all universally liked. Slowly, Max and Tom peel away the layers of this Chinese puzzle and find out interesting facts about the victims? time serving in Hong Kong and an event that led to murder . . . About the Author Elizabeth Darrell is the bestselling author of many historical romances as well as the popular World War II novels And In The Morning, At The Going Down Of The Sun and We Will Remember. Severn House recently published Scarlet Shadows.