Brought to Book (Simon Bognor Series #9)

by Tim Heald

Overview

Bognor tries to understand how a publishing magnate could have been crushed by smut. Before retiring for the night, Vernon Hemlock pours a brandy, lights a cigar, and takes a look at his cache of pornography. Far more than a wad of dirty magazines stashed under a mattress, this is a collection of some of the world's finest erotica, dating back as far as a dirty doodle drawn by da Vinci. The millionaire publisher is perusing the Swedish section when the shelves begin to move. By the time he notices the walls closing in on him, it is too late. Vernon Hemlock has been flattened by filth. This would not normally bother Simon Bognor, but he fears it will be bad news for his book deal. A stridently lazy Board of Trade investigator, Bognor stumbled his way into a handshake deal with Hemlock to write a kind of memoir. With his publisher dead, Bognor has no choice but to find the man who squashed the king of porn and confront his own greatest fear: hard work. 'Dazzling and star-spangled [prose].' - Dorothy B. Hughes, author of In a Lonely Place'Crime with a P.G. Wodehouse flair.' - Chicago Tribune 'A constant pleasure.' - The Daily Telegraph

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781910570203
Publisher:	Dean Street Press
Publication date:	04/09/2015
Series:	Simon Bognor Series , #9
Sold by:	Bookwire
Format:	eBook
Pages:	300
File size:	679 KB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Tim Heald is a journalist and author of mysteries. Born in Dorchester, he studied modern history at Oxford before becoming a reporter, and columnist for the Sunday Times. He began writing novels in the early '70s, introducing Simon Bognor, a defiantly lazy investigator for the British Board of Trade. Heald followed Bognor through nine more novels, including Murder At Moose Jaw (1981) and Business Unusual (1989) before taking a two decade break from the series, which returned with Death In The Opening Chapter (2011).

Heald has also distinguished himself as a biographer, writing official biographies of sporting heroes like cricket legends Denis Compton and Brian Johnston among others.

Editorial Reviews

While Big Books publisher Vernon Hemlock visits his priceless collection of erotica in the security-controlled basement, someone squishes him between two mechanical sliding shelves. The suspects include series protagonist Simon Bognor; Vernon's house guests at Byfleet-next-the-Sea; Vernon's wife Audrey; his slinky mistress, Romany Flange; and assorted authors for the rather sleazy publishing firm. Simon, special investigator with the British Board of Trade, and clever wife Monica look for motives and murderer on their own, their tongue-in-cheek narration and witty repartee constituting most of the attraction here. Still, pleasant enough. REK

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