The Hodgkiss Mysteries - Sinclair, Peter
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Hodgkiss doesn't miss a trick. Three adventures of that cranky, obnoxious, insufferable but remarkably observant and astute senior citizen. Hodgkiss is persuaded to investigate the mysterious death of a boy at the very school which he had attended decades earlier. As his inquiries progress he becomes horrified at what he finds; blackmail, intimidation, attempted murder and finally murder. When a member of the notoriously corrupt Kanundda Council is found dead in a small shed near one of the council's sportsgrounds, Hodgkiss' friend Pat Strong makes a very keen observation which enables the two…mehr

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Hodgkiss doesn't miss a trick. Three adventures of that cranky, obnoxious, insufferable but remarkably observant and astute senior citizen. Hodgkiss is persuaded to investigate the mysterious death of a boy at the very school which he had attended decades earlier. As his inquiries progress he becomes horrified at what he finds; blackmail, intimidation, attempted murder and finally murder. When a member of the notoriously corrupt Kanundda Council is found dead in a small shed near one of the council's sportsgrounds, Hodgkiss' friend Pat Strong makes a very keen observation which enables the two of them to help Detective Inspector Donald Burke bring the case to a speedy but surprising end. After playing a round of golf Hodgkiss and Detective Inspector Burke go to the change room before adjourning to the nineteenth hole. While changing Hodgkiss and Donald hear part of a conversation, meaningless in itself, and Hodgkiss sees something that enables a doubting Donald to solve a nasty killing.
Autorenporträt
Peter Sinclair has spent most of his working life writing. He began reporting courts and councils in rural Orange (NSW) in the late 1950s then worked briefly for The Sydney Daily Telegraph where, because of his fluent shorthand, he was sentenced first to report local councils then banished to the Coroner's Court.He'd had enough of sudden death and murder when opportunity knocked and he joined the staff of a new, large weekly paper in Sydney's northern suburbs, The North Shore Times where he was soon reporting councils again.In 1965, he climbed over the journalistic fence to work as press secretary for a succession of NSW cabinet ministers (both Liberal and Labor) until 1991. Since then, he has made guest reappearances to help out in the PR sections of government departments.His absorbing hobby is playing the piano. He has made a number of CDs in very limited editions. The titles tell it all: Peter Murders Mozart, Wrecks Rachmaninoff and Desecrates Debussy. He says he gives them away to people he doesn't like!He has been married to Margaret for fifty-seven years and they have two sons; Sam, who is married to Carolyn with one son, Harry, 18, and Patrick who is married to Beejai with twin boys, Jackson and Zachary, aged 13.