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The heat is on when a beautiful young woman is found on the beach at the height of summer. Every man in Hiverton knows Rachel Campion. She is the most gorgeous girl to have turned up in the fishing village in living memory. When she is discovered lying dead on the beach, Gently joins the throngs of summer visitors on their annual pilgrimage to the seaside in the midst of a summer heatwave
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There's blood in the heather & a murderer on the loose when Gently pays a quite visit to the Highlands of Scotl&. Had Brenda Merryn not been such a stong-willed woman & had she not been so much in love with George Gently, driving all the way to Scotland for a holiday with Gently's sister & brother-in-law might have been a bit of a challenge. Spying on a heavily armed private army of nationalists, being held at gunpoint on the hillside, being held prisoner in a filthy outhouse & becoming involved in a murder would be unthinkable. For Gently, it's all in a day's work & his holiday is put on hold while he stalks a murderer in the mountains, with Brenda by his side. ...

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Gently Sahib By Alan Hunter

Another paperback crime novel by Alan Hunter in the Inspector George Gently mystery series, Gently Sahib sets itself in the little market town of Abbotsham where a tiger has escaped from the local zoo. The question is, what kind of tiger would rip a man to shreds and then bury him in his own back garden? This is the dilemma that Gently Sahib explores. Chief Superintendent Gently has been promoted to C.I.D and is called to London to investigate the discovery of the murdered man. Why has the tiger, which was shot dead a year ago, seemingly hidden one of its victims? Gently can be sure that a tiger did not bury its victim so neatly, but then who did? Gently Sahib showcases more of the investigator's sleuthing as he tries to figure out why someone would want to, or need to, bury the
murdered man. Gently Sahib is a great murder mystery for fans of the genre and fans of any previous book in the George Gently series.

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Another paperback crime novel by Alan Hunter in the Inspector George Gently mystery series, Gently Sahib sets itself in the little market town of Abbotsham where a tiger has escaped from the local zoo. The question is, what kind of tiger would rip a man to shreds & then bury him in his own back garden? This is the dilemma that Gently Sahib explores. Chief Superintendent Gently has been promoted to C.I.D & is called to London to investigate the discovery of the murdered man. Why has the tiger, which was shot dead a year ago, seemingly hidden one of its victims? Gently can be sure that a tiger did not bury its victim so neatly, but then who did? Gently Sahib showcases more of the investigator's sleuthing as he tries to figure out why someone would want to, or need to, bury the murdered man. Gently Sahib is a great murder mystery for fans of the genre & fans of any previous book in the George Gently series.

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