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Glamorous widow Isabella Portland is in desperate need of Arnold Landon's help. She suspects that at least some of the priceless antiques her late husband left behind were stolen.And Arnold has heard the rumours. The mysterious circumstances surrounding Isabella's husband's death . . .But, seduced by her charms, he agrees to help.The search for answers leads him to the beautiful old port town of La Rochelle, on the west coast of France.There, walled up in a secret attic room, he finds a body.The victim was a wealthy American collector, miles from home. Someone put a bullet in his head.And now they have Arnold in their sights.
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Born in Rhondda, Roy Lewis is a graduate of Bristol, Exeter and Durham Universities. He qualified as a chartered company secretary and was called to the Bar at the Inner Temple. He is a former Chairman of the Association of Law Teachers and former International President of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries.
He taught Law for 10 years before being appointed as One of Her Majesty's Inspectors of Further & Higher Education. He was later appointed as Principal of Wigan College of Technology. He is the author of several law texts and has had considerable success as a crime writer, having published 68 crime novels. He lived in the north of England where many of his novels are set.
