By Dorothy Dunnett
Genre:-Classic Crime/Women Sleuths/Humor
Pages:-304
Publisher:-Farrago
Blurb:-The fifth in a series of witty, erudite suspense mysteries, by the celebrated classic author-with an independent, smart heroine and an ending sure to surprise!
If Ruth had stayed on leave, none of it might have happened...
An astronomer working at the Maurice Frazer Observatory, Ruth Russell is enjoying her time in Rome. That is until Charles Digham, top fashion photographer and Ruth's lover, has his camera stolen and the thief ends up a headless corpse in the zoo park toletta.
When Ruth meets the enigmatic Johnson Johnson, in Rome to paint a portrait of the Pope, she confident he'll help unravel the mystery. But as they begin the search for clues it soon becomes clear that more is at stake than the secrets of a couture house... Something far more deadly.
Reviews:- 'The Dolly novels are... delicious, funny, ingenious, glamorous, clever.' Listener 'Dunnett tempts her fans with buried clues and red herrings that keep them reading and reading the books.' New York Times
'[Dunnett's] women are among her strongest characters.' Guardian
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My Review:-This is Book Five in 'A Dolly Mystery Series' and I've had the pleasure of reading and reviewing the first Four Books in this great series. The story begins with a chase through Rome Zoological Gardens, but it's not just any old chase, we end with a corpse, the only problem is, it has no head. Johnson Johnson a secret agent, along with Dolly his yacht are in Rome, Johnson is there to do a painting of the Pope. Johnson might be there for his painting but as always he ends up helping the leading lady, Ruth. Ruth in trying to get her lover and photographers Charles Digham's camera back, but what is on the camera that someone is worth killing for? I felt like I was on the adventure and journey around some beautiful places that Ruth and Johnson took to find the clues they needed to get the camera back. This book has everything you want in a mystery, adventure, action, a great plot, twists, as well as red herrings and of course humour. I can't wait until I read Book Six
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