Kind Of Misbehavin

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A jazz-infused comic crime caper where the worlds of academia politics & amateur sleuthing collide in seemingly random acts of corruption. Kind of Misbehavin takes the reader on a rollercoaster ride through the grey areas of illegal activity that affect us all. On the same night as a beastly apparition prowls the neighbourhood Dick Hall jazz fan & forty-something lecturer at the local college finds himself accosted by a disembodied voice. Warned of corruption involving the Colleges senior management politicians & a national hotel chain he becomes the unwitting recipient of politically sensitive documents. Realising that a minority of people are soon to become extremely wealthy at the expense of the majority Dick quickly becomes embroiled in an investigation dictated by instructions left for him at a local jazz record shop. Aided by his librarian partner Tracey teaching colleague Dubbya & a bulbous student nicknamed Two-Stroke Dick treads a hazardous path to uncover shady deals & unscrupulous officials. After having his body pummelled at a massage parlour & his life threatened on a golf course he discovers evidence indicating that the college is to be demolished & replaced by a leisure complex & casino. Meanwhile a loving couple at a local beauty spot & a choral society are each in turn interrupted in their endeavours by the mysterious apparition. The detecting pair with just a little help from their friends start to disentangle the various threads of deceit as they quickly begin to realise that there is no such thing as a textbook crime.