This book is a set of nine separate stories. It consists of one large novel of 50k words, that introduces the reader to the gritty world of David Moss, in ‘The Hong Kong Brief’.
Private Detective Moss, a Soho based Private Detective, is hired by a mysterious Chinese man who asks him to travel to Hong Kong to find his missing daughter-in-law. In doing so a game of cat and mouse begins. David Moss is soon drawn into the murky world of Hong Kong politics.
The opening story is followed by eight short story yarns 10k words each that explores an assortment of storylines that take us further into the work of a Private Eye.
In ‘The Dark Web,’ Moss is hired to find the whereabouts of an adult film star who has gone missing. Moss has to investigate and determine what may have happened to her.
‘Going Dutch’ sees Moss visiting a prisoner in jail. The man wants him to keep tabs on his wife who he believes is seeing someone else, while he is banged away. He wants to know who he is.
In ‘Little Sister’ two sisters hire Moss to investigate why their sister hasn’t spoken to them for some time. The sisters want to know if her husband as forbid her from contacting them. Moss has to determine if this is the case.
In ‘A New York Minute’ Moss is hired by a London-based Literary agency to go to New York to collect a manuscript and a storage device. Little does he know what his real role is and what he will get himself into on the streets of the Big Apple.
When, Marcus Parris a world-renowned pianist who goes AWOL. His management company want Moss to find him. In the ‘Wayward Genius’ Moss must do that and investigate what has happened to him and if he is being held against his will.
In ‘Old Soap’, Moss is asked to find a trickster who has allegedly embezzled a large amount of money from the mother of a former famous fashion model. He has to find the trickster. But is it a genuine case or has he being hired to create an alibi for someone else.
When a youth was attacked by a group of ‘Five Angry Men’, Moss has to investigate if two of them were actually serving police officers? And why was the youth beaten to an inch of his life. Was it a case of mistaken identity or was there another reason?
In the ‘Gingerbread Man’ an insurance company who use Moss to investigate claims ask him to investigate a possible case of arson at a bakery in east London. Was the premises attacked by an arsonist or was there a lot more to this incident that meets the eye?
Eight stories containing more than 134000 words that introduce David Moss and delve deep into the world of a private detective in a myriad of eight different assignments.
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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers GOR013987945
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