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Lennox Kemp #10
Touch and Go
Lawyer Lennox Kemp returns in a case that begins with the death of his ex-wife, a gambling addict, and her bequest to Lennox, which involves him with a Las Vegas casino and a search for missing rubies.
- GenresMystery
222 pages, Hardcover
First published June 28, 1993
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November 5, 2025
Meget klassisk krimi med med et plot-twist der oprigtigt overraskede
November 4, 2017
Although "Touch and Go" didn't have a completely satisfying ending, I was happy to be introduced to this British mystery writer again. I'd almost forgotten about her as, years ago, it became close to impossible to buy her novels in US bookstores. Finally, I tried my library.
In this installment, Meek's investigator, a lawyer in a London suburb, is drawn into a US case when his ex-wife dies leaving him a fortune. He's not at all sure he wants the fortune, which involves Las Vegas casinos and unsavory characters who had been the main heirs in the woman's first will. But because there are some missing rubies, Lennox Kemp succumbs to his insatiable curiosity. There's a puzzle, and he wants to know what is going on.
Most of the action is conducted through letters that the woman's lawyers write to Kemp and letters from an American private eye, whom Kemp learns is a man after his own heart. The reader knows all along what happened to the jewels, so the interest lies in how the others figure it out.
Meek references a lot of American mysteries. She seems to be a voracious reader of the genre.
I hope to read all the Meek novels that I have missed and maybe reread the others. The author died in 2009.
In this installment, Meek's investigator, a lawyer in a London suburb, is drawn into a US case when his ex-wife dies leaving him a fortune. He's not at all sure he wants the fortune, which involves Las Vegas casinos and unsavory characters who had been the main heirs in the woman's first will. But because there are some missing rubies, Lennox Kemp succumbs to his insatiable curiosity. There's a puzzle, and he wants to know what is going on.
Most of the action is conducted through letters that the woman's lawyers write to Kemp and letters from an American private eye, whom Kemp learns is a man after his own heart. The reader knows all along what happened to the jewels, so the interest lies in how the others figure it out.
Meek references a lot of American mysteries. She seems to be a voracious reader of the genre.
I hope to read all the Meek novels that I have missed and maybe reread the others. The author died in 2009.
June 17, 2008
The story itself is good, though very British in its scope and approach, so if you're looking for fast, shoot-em-up, sex-filled romp, then this is not for you.
The only negative aspect of the writing for me was the fact that everyone sounded British, even the Americans who were supposed to be New Yorkers and Bostonians.
The only negative aspect of the writing for me was the fact that everyone sounded British, even the Americans who were supposed to be New Yorkers and Bostonians.
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