Hilary and the Hurricane (a novelette)
| Author | : Jack Treby |
| Publisher | : Carter & Allan |
| Total Pages | : 63 |
| Release | : 2019-03-05 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : |
Belize, British Honduras. 10th September 1931. As good a place as any to die...
Hilary And The Hurricane A Novelette
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The Pineapple Republic
| Author | : Jack Treby |
| Publisher | : Carter & Allan |
| Total Pages | : 247 |
| Release | : 2013-07-23 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : |
Democracy is coming to the Central American Republic of San Doloroso. But it won't be staying long... The year is 1990. Ace reporter Daniel Parr has been injured in a freak surfing accident, just as the provisional government of San Doloroso has announced the country's first democratic elections. The Daily Herald needs a man on the spot and in desperation they turn to Patrick Malone, a feckless junior reporter who just happens to speak a few words of Spanish. Dispatched to Central America to get the inside story, our Man in Toronja finds himself at the mercy of a corrupt and brutal administration that is determined to win the election at any cost... ***** Keywords: action, action adventure, action thriller, pineapple, the republic, thriller, banana republic, pineapple republic, satire, political satire, comedy, graham greene, greene, greeneland, our man in havana, the comedians, black comedy, dark comedy, political comedy, satirical, satirical comedy, comedy thriller, haiti, latin america, latino, latin american, latina, election, elections, sham elections, bogus election, bogus elections, election thriller, election fiction, satirical fiction, englishman abroad, englishman hero, englishman, journalist fiction, journalist hero, rigged election, rigged elections, political assassination, political fiction, idiot narrator, naïve englishman, bumbling englishman, central america, san doloroso, comedy of errors, the third man, junta, el presidente, presidente, la presidenta, puppet leader, puppet government, puppet president, puppet presidente, clueless narrator, clueless journalist, corrupt politician, corrupt politicians, corrupt police, political satire, police corruption, democracy, democracy fiction, subversion of democracy, democratic, voter fraud, fraudulent election, fraudulent elections, fun novel, light novel, comic novel, comic fiction, comic thriller, comic action, comic action adventure, banana republican, banana republic fiction, banana republic novel, bananas, bumbling narrator, central american, comedy fiction, comedy thriller, dark comedy thriller, democracy fiction, flawed englishman, papa doc, baby doc, papa doc duvalier, baby doc duvalier, francois duvalier, dictator, dictator fiction, dictator comedy, dictator thriller, dictatorship, dictatorship fiction, fictional country, fictional latin american country, fictional american country, fictional latino. fictional nation, voter fiction, bribery and corruption, scoop, evelyn waugh, satirical thriller
Lights, Camera, Homicide
| Author | : Jack Treby |
| Publisher | : Carter & Allan |
| Total Pages | : 244 |
| Release | : 2024-08-27 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : |
The killer robots are having a quick cigarette outside the church hall. Filming is underway on the latest series of The Professor, a long-running television drama. Simon Turing has a small part in one episode, his first TV role. His character, David Egan, is due to be infected with a deadly virus and then to go on a murderous rampage. It all sounds great fun. Location shooting has begun down in Dorset, but all is not well with the production. Long simmering jealousies are rising to the surface and, when a crew member dies in suspicious circumstances, events threaten to spiral out of control.
The Bonfire Night Massacre
| Author | : Jack Treby |
| Publisher | : Carter & Allan |
| Total Pages | : 239 |
| Release | : 2022-09-10 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : |
The corpse was snoring softly behind the sofa. It is early November and the Wynmouth Fire Festival is in full flow. A dozen or more giant statues are about to be put to the torch. The locals jokingly refer to it as "the Bonfire Night Massacre". Fireworks and bonfires are the order of the day, and Simon Turing is looking forward to seeing the display. He is in town performing at a local theatre, a revival of a fifties mystery play. All is not well at the venue, however. The theatre is in financial trouble and there are tensions backstage. The management needs a good box office if the theatre is to survive the winter. Luckily, the fire festival is a significant draw to the town. But when the theatre's own contribution to the festivities erupts into flames a couple of days earlier than planned, it does not bode well for the rest of the run.
Costa del Corpse
| Author | : Jack Treby |
| Publisher | : Carter & Allan |
| Total Pages | : 250 |
| Release | : 2023-04-23 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : |
Whatever you do, don't eat the paella! Simon Turing is on holiday in southern Spain and things are not going at all well. The hire car breaks down on the way from the airport and, while phoning for help, Simon hears a cry of distress from a nearby orange grove. He arrives to find a man lying dead in a ditch. By the time the authorities arrive, however, the body has disappeared. The police think Simon must have disturbed a tramp who scarpered when he went to call for an ambulance. Either that or he is suffering from sunstroke. But Simon knows a dead body when he sees one. Worse is to come when he and his girlfriend arrive at the villa of a family friend. All is not well in the Franklin household. Could somebody here have had something to do with the body in the ditch? And could a member of the family be about to suffer a similar fate?
Hurrah For Hilary!
| Author | : Jack Treby |
| Publisher | : Carter & Allan |
| Total Pages | : 286 |
| Release | : 2020-09-10 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : |
"Hurrah for the Blackshirts!” the headline screams on 15th January 1934. Hilary Manningham-Butler is less than impressed. She has inveigled her way into the January Club, an elite debating society which acts as a recruiting ground for the newly formed British Union of Fascists. The Security Service is concerned that the BUF may be receiving funds from a foreign power. Using her newly acquired contacts, Hilary is despatched to Rome to investigate. Arriving at the villa of a fellow club member, events take a sinister turn when one of the house guests meets with an unfortunate accident. Hilary is not convinced that the death is accidental and the Italian police are quick to come to the same conclusion. But can a police force in the pay of a fascist administration ever be relied upon to deliver justice?
The Hilary Mannigham-Butler Mysteries (Omnibus)
| Author | : Jack Treby |
| Publisher | : Carter & Allan |
| Total Pages | : 818 |
| Release | : 2017-03-06 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : |
Book One: The Scandal At Bletchley "I've been a scoundrel, a thief, a blackmailer and a whore, but never a murderer. Until now..." The year is 1929. As the world teeters on the brink of a global recession, Bletchley Park plays host to a rather special event. MI5 is celebrating its twentieth anniversary and a select band of former and current employees are gathering for a weekend of music, dance and heavy drinking. Among them is Sir Hilary Manningham-Butler, a middle aged woman whose entire adult life has been spent masquerading as a man. She doesn't know why she has been invited – it is many years since she left the secret service – but it is clear she is not the only one with things to hide. And when one of the other guests threatens to expose her secret, the consequences could prove disastrous for everyone. Book Two: The Red Zeppelin "You'll never get me up in one of those things. They're absolutely lethal." Seville, 1931. Six months after the loss of the British airship the R101, a German Zeppelin is coming in to land in Southern Spain. Hilary Manningham-Butler is an MI5 operative eking out a pitiful existence on the Rock of Gibraltar. The offer of a job in the Americas provides a potential life line but there are strings attached. First she must prove her mettle to her masters in London and that means stepping on board the Richthofen before the airship leaves Seville. A cache of secret documents has been stolen from Scotland Yard and the files must be recovered if British security is not to be severely compromised. Hilary must put her life on the line to discover the identity of the thief. But as the airship makes its way across the Atlantic towards Brazil it becomes clear that nobody on board is quite what they seem. And there is no guarantee that any of them will reach Rio de Janeiro alive...
A Poison Of Passengers
| Author | : Jack Treby |
| Publisher | : Carter & Allan |
| Total Pages | : 304 |
| Release | : 2019-03-21 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : |
"It's a bomb!" some fat idiot yelled, as I was heading for the exit. "They've found a bomb!" New York 1932. A letter bomb campaign throws the city into a panic and Hilary Manningham-Butler is anxious to get away. The RMS Galitia is setting sail for Southampton, but there will be no respite onboard ship. Another campaign is in the offing, less explosive but equally deadly. A series of anonymous letters are being distributed across the decks. Someone knows far too much about the passengers in first class and venom is spewing in every direction. It will not be long before that venom spills over into violence and murder…
The Red Zeppelin
| Author | : Jack Treby |
| Publisher | : Carter & Allan |
| Total Pages | : 313 |
| Release | : 2019-02-15 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : |
"You'll never get me up in one of those things. They're absolutely lethal." Seville, 1931. Six months after the loss of the British airship the R101, a German Zeppelin is coming in to land in Southern Spain. Hilary Manningham-Butler is an MI5 operative eking out a pitiful existence on the Rock of Gibraltar. The offer of a job in the Americas provides a potential life line but there are strings attached. First she must prove her mettle to her masters in London and that means stepping on board the Richthofen before the airship leaves Seville. A cache of secret documents has been stolen from Scotland Yard and the files must be recovered if British security is not to be severely compromised. Hilary must put her life on the line to discover the identity of the thief. But as the airship makes its way across the Atlantic towards Brazil it becomes clear that nobody on board is quite what they seem. And there is no guarantee that any of them will reach Rio de Janeiro alive... Keywords: agatha christie, mystery, british mystery, whodunnit, sis, mi5, mi6, zeppelin, zeppelin mystery, zeppelin disaster, R101, R101 disaster, hindenburg, hindenburg disaster, hindenburg mystery, airship, blimp, airship mystery, 1930, 1931, 1930s, period mystery, secret agent mystery, spanish republic, king alfonoso, secret documents, female detective, comedy, comedy detective, flashman, george macdonald fraser, jeeves and wooster, jeeves, pg wodehouse, p g wodehouse, audio mystery, audiobook mystery, british detectives, comedy audio, comedy audiobook, comedy detective book, comedy novel, fiction paperbacks, female spies, female spy, fiction paperbacks, girl spies, girl spy, golden age, golden age crime, golden age detective, harry flashman, historical fiction paperbacks, jazz age detective, woman spy, jazz age mystery, mystery farce, mystery novel, mystery novels, secret agent, secret agents, suspense, women spies
The Devil's Brew
| Author | : Jack Treby |
| Publisher | : Carter & Allan |
| Total Pages | : 320 |
| Release | : 2019-02-16 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : |
"Your predecessor was sitting in that chair when he shot himself. You can still see the blood stains on the wall behind you." Central America, 1931. Hilary Manningham-Butler is settling into her new job as passport control officer at the British legation in Guatemala City. Her predecessor Giles Markham is dead, having embezzled a large sum of money from the office's visa receipts and then taken his own life. Freddie Reeves, a friend at the legation, believes there is more to his death than suicide. The weekend before he died, Markham spent some time at a remote coffee plantation in the north central highlands. Freddie knows the owner of the plantation and invites Hilary to accompany him there for the weekend, in the hope that she might be able to discover the truth. Hilary has no intention of getting involved, but when a house guest dies in suspicious circumstances it soon becomes clear that she will not be given the choice.
