Peter Sinclair

Broschiertes Buch

The Hodgkiss Mysteries

Hodgkiss and the Parliamentary Visit

Beschreibung

Hodgkiss doesn't miss a trick. Three adventures of that cranky, obnoxious, insufferable but remarkably observant and astute senior citizen. The terminally corrupt Kanundda Council is desperate to prevent the ratepayers from learning the extent of council's huge debt before the looming elections. Threats and stand-over tactics are on the table. But Hogkiss and council's highly desirable CEO, Jan Campbell-Jones, soon see off the plotters. Hodgkiss and his friend Pat Strong are having dinner with friends of Pat's when Hodgkiss has a close encounter with a bottle thrown from council car park on the other side of a high brick wall. Hodgkiss does not forgive or forget. His investigation turns up a history of hate and murder. While attending a sitting of the State Parliament Hodgkiss hears one of the government members ask his own leader a particularly embarrassing question. When the member is found murdered Hodgkiss, who accidentally overheard an indiscrete conversation, soon finds himself at the centre of the investigation being conducted by his son-in-law Detective Inspector Donald Burke.

Autor

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sid Harta Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. August 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 328g
• ISBN-13: 9781763599987
• ISBN-10: 1763599981
• Artikelnr.: 71668634