Showing results for "Private Fire" in Literature & Fiction

Bob Skinner may be Chief Constable no more but he's indispensable to Scotland's police force when it comes to cracking the toughest cases. It's not just the brilliant detective work - it's the absolute determination to unearth the truth and see justice done. And Bob Skinner doesn't care whose toes he treads on as he pursues the guilty.

P.I. Sharon McCone is sick and tired of San Francisco's persistent rainy weather, so she jumps at the chance to investigate the sabotage of a movie being filmed on the Hawaiian island of Kauai. The documentary is based on the writings of Elson Wellbright, a descendant of a missionary family and scholar of Hawaiian culture and history. Wellbright's son is bankrolling the project and has angered many members of the family, who aren't anxious for the film to be completed.

Ein junger Mann wird hingerichtet. Der Henker des Verurteilten nimmt sich kurz darauf das Leben. Offenbar hat er selbst Schuld auf sich geladen. Sherlock Holmes allerdings vermutet etwas anderes. Doch was hat Oscar Wilde mit der ganzen Sache zu tun?