The Roar of the Butterflies (Joe Sixsmith, Book 5)

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A special gift for Reginald Hill fans - the return of Joe Sixsmith in a beautifully packaged, witty new crime novel A sweltering summer spells bad news for the private detective business. Thieves and philanderers take the month off and the only swingers in town are those on the 19th hole of the Royal Hoo Golf Course. But now the reputation of the 'Hoo' is in jeopardy. Shocking allegations of cheating have been directed at leading member, Chris Porphyry. When Chris turns to Joe Sixsmith, PI, he's more than willing to help - only Joe hadn't counted on being French-kissed then dangled out of a window on the same day. Before long, though, Joe's on the trail of a conspiracy that starts with missing balls, and ends with murder...

Reginald Hill was brought up in Cumbria, and has returned there after many years in Yorkshire. With his first crime novel, A Clubbable Woman, he was hailed as 'the crime novel's best hope' and thirty years on he has more than fulfilled that prophecy.

Praise for The Roar of the Butterflies: 'Told with humour and a light touch! ideal summer reading' Sunday Telegraph 'Delightful light reading! highly entertaining' Literary Review Acclaim for the Joe Sixsmith series: '"Killing the Lawyers"!is entertaining, sly, jokey!cynical, well written, and teems with sparkly dialogue -- all the virtues we expect from Hill' The Times 'Splendid moments in this entertaining mystery' Sunday Telegraph 'A thoroughly engaging investigator' TLS 'This is high-speed pantomine! with plenty of sly dialogue to spice the action' Mail on Sunday 'The Sixsmith series has a buoyancy and delectability of its own' Independent