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Six Days to Death
(1975)(The ninth book in the C.I.D. Room series)
A novel by Peter Alding (Roderic Jeffries)
P.C. Tom Brady was not very ambitious, yet to his work he brought a sense of dedication which made him the perfect man to be in charge of an uneventful unit beat: he was a round peg in a round hole.
Then there was a brutal bank robbery, during which he prevented the villains escaping with all they had stolen. Unknown to P.C. Brady initially, the leader of the mob vowed vengeance and set out to gain this with further brutal efficiency.
As the final confrontation came nearer, P.C. Brady was forced to realise not only that his life was at stake, but that duty could mean different things to different people, even to husband and wife who loved each other.
'Jeffries' fresh twists and excellent characterizations make any novel by him an exciting reading experience.' - San Francisco Chronicle
'Roderic Jeffries established a very high reputation for himself in the field of the legal thriller with Exhibit No. Thirteen and Dead Against the Lawyers. Once again he has used a little known quirk of the law, and woven round it an enthralling story of immense intricacy.' - Maurice Richardson, The Observer
'... a stubbornly appealing, believable hero and a neat ironic twist at the close.' - Kirkus Reviews
Roderic Jeffries was born in London in 1926 and was educated at Harrow View House Preparatory School and the Department of Navigation, University of Southampton. In 1943, he joined the New Zealand Shipping Company as an apprentice and sailed to Australia and New Zealand, but later transferred to the Union Castle Company in order to visit a different part of the world. He returned to England in 1949 where he was admitted to the Honourable Society of Gray's Inn and read for the Bar at the same time as he began to write. He was called to the Bar in 1953, and after one year's pupilage, practiced law for a few terms during which time there to write full time. His first book, a sea story for juveniles, was published in 1950.
Genre: Mystery
Then there was a brutal bank robbery, during which he prevented the villains escaping with all they had stolen. Unknown to P.C. Brady initially, the leader of the mob vowed vengeance and set out to gain this with further brutal efficiency.
As the final confrontation came nearer, P.C. Brady was forced to realise not only that his life was at stake, but that duty could mean different things to different people, even to husband and wife who loved each other.
Praise for Roderic Jeffries:
'Jeffries' fresh twists and excellent characterizations make any novel by him an exciting reading experience.' - San Francisco Chronicle
'Roderic Jeffries established a very high reputation for himself in the field of the legal thriller with Exhibit No. Thirteen and Dead Against the Lawyers. Once again he has used a little known quirk of the law, and woven round it an enthralling story of immense intricacy.' - Maurice Richardson, The Observer
'... a stubbornly appealing, believable hero and a neat ironic twist at the close.' - Kirkus Reviews
Roderic Jeffries was born in London in 1926 and was educated at Harrow View House Preparatory School and the Department of Navigation, University of Southampton. In 1943, he joined the New Zealand Shipping Company as an apprentice and sailed to Australia and New Zealand, but later transferred to the Union Castle Company in order to visit a different part of the world. He returned to England in 1949 where he was admitted to the Honourable Society of Gray's Inn and read for the Bar at the same time as he began to write. He was called to the Bar in 1953, and after one year's pupilage, practiced law for a few terms during which time there to write full time. His first book, a sea story for juveniles, was published in 1950.
Genre: Mystery
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