Anything for a Quiet Life (Unabridged)
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Publisher Description
Jonas Pickett, solicitor and commissioner of oaths, leaves London to set up a practice in a genteel Sussex resort.
This collection of nine inter-linked stories tell the stories of his clients: from a retired Admiral to the queen of the gypsies.
Michael Francis Gilbert ( 1912- 2006) is recognized as one of the most versatile British mystery writers. He was a lawyer in London for many years and at one point had Raymond Chandler as his client. He wrote almost every sort of mystery and thriller. He wrote police procedurals, spy novels and short stories, courtroom dramas, classical mysteries, crime novels, and almost every possible combination of these, all with the same competence and dry, detached wit. Gilbert was a founding member of the British Crime Writers Association, Named Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America and was named Number 24 on The Telegraph's "50 crime writers to read before you die".
Customer Reviews
Anything but a quiet life
Michael Gilbert these days seems to be all but forgotten which in itself is a crime. He was one of Britain's best thriller writers. This collection of stories of solicitor Jonas Pickett is excellent. As the stories progress they tell of Jonas' establishing a new business in an English south coast town and his encounters with a range of characters from neighbourhood eccentrics, to local gangsters and even the IRA and the Secret Service (in the guise of two other of his characters from another series Messrs Calder and Behrens). This audiobook is well narrated and well worth adding to your collection.