Missing Persons

by David Cook

Hetty's success in tracing the long-lost son of a friend gives her a taste for detection and she sets up as a private detective. Among her adventures she saves the life of a little girl trapped in machinery and brings back to life her friend Edith, after the death of Edith's bigamous husband.

Genres: Mystery, Fiction

256 pages, Hardcover

First published July 28, 1986

About the author

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David Cook is a British author, screenwriter and actor.
He studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London and his first role was in the 1962 film adaptation of A Kind of Loving. He began to write in the early 1970s - his first novel Albert's Memorial was published in 1972.
He won several awards: Writers Guild award, 1977; American Academy E.M. Forster award, 1977; Hawthornden prize, 1978; Arts Council bursary, 1979; Southern Arts prize, 1985; Arthur Welton scholarship, 1991.; Odd Fellow Concern Book award, 1992.

Reviews

[Agnesxnitt · Rating 4 out of 5]

A long ago thrifted copy of this audiobook which I haven't re-listened to for a while.
Read by the inimitable Patricia Routledge aka Hetty herself and always a joy!
Back in my permanent audiobook collection.

[Mark · Rating 3 out of 5]

Its ok . But its not like the tv program.So as long as your not expecting that its all right .

[Suzanne Fournier · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is a rare occasion where I preferred the TV show to the book. I prefer the no nonsense, gritty Hetty to the flippant, and silly Hetty who leaves Robert for weeks at a time.

[Sara Aye Moung · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was very interesting to read the book from which the familiar tv series sprung .A good read , sharper and darker than the tv series but equally enjoyable

[Laurel Perkins · Rating 3 out of 5]

Love the Show, Like the Book. Something I very rarely say. This book, although written well and with a good storyline, is missing the joy found on the television series. I think a lot of that stems from the lack of Geoffrey and Robert.