The Surgeon's Case
George Kocharyan Mystery 2
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- $17.99
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- $17.99
Publisher Description
“An intensely satisfying crime story” Daily Mail
Private Investigator George Kocharyan is on the trail of a runaway maid, the employee of a famous TV surgeon and his beauty-queen wife. The maid is accused of stealing confidential documents, and Kocharyan’s investigation leads him to the city’s Filipino community, where he discovers the risks faced by those working far from home. Meanwhile, the discovery of a teenager’s body brings the permanently unpleasant DI Vicky Stubbing back into George’s life, and as two violent strangers cross his path also looking for the missing maid, he begins to wonder if his celebrity employers are everything they seem.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
British author Rodford's excellent second mystery featuring everyman Cambridge PI George Kocharyan (after 2016's The Bursar's Wife) demonstrates that a gifted writer can create engagement and suspense without a plot centered on solving a murder. George is approached by a TV celebrity, Dr. Bill Galbraith, known as the "Hugh Grant of surgery," who hosts a popular program that follows patients from diagnosis through surgery. Galbraith's domestic, Aurora de la Cruz, has disappeared, as has a briefcase containing medical records, and the doctor retains George to track her down and recover his property. Despite Galbraith's reluctance to let George interview his wife about their servant, the assignment seems straightforward enough. But when George easily tracks Aurora down through the local Filipino community, he's unsettled by her fear of her employers and agrees to broker a deal: returning the briefcase in exchange for Aurora's passport, which the Galbraiths have held on to. The lead's wry humor enlivens the non-formulaic story line.
