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The Picasso Scam (Detective Inspector Charlie Priest Mystery) Great book I am new to Stuart Pawson and I will recommend this books -- I will now be reading all his Detective Inspector Charlie Priest books.
First in the Charlie Priest Series
Stuart Pawson had a career as a mining engineer He followed this with a spell working for the probation service, before he became a full-time writer. He lives in the pleasant waterside village of Fairburn in Yorkshire. The plot revolves around a now well respected businessman, a pillar of the community everyone might say. That is everyone except Inspector Charlie Priest who has more than an inkling that he was involved in international art fraud. But if he takes his suspicions to the limit he is... more info
A great start A great start to a very enjoyable set of DI Charlie Priest novels. Plausable story lines with nice "one liners" that make you smile and occasionally laugh out loud. Highly recommend these books to anyone looking for a good read.
hesitant I have read several of Mr Pawson's books in the past 'Chill Factor', 'The Limestone Cowboy' and 'Laughing Boy' all following the exploits of Inspector Charlie Priest and whilst i have enjoyed them all, i found a couple of weaknesses with this one. For one thing i did not think the plot was particularly well-developed. Several strands appeared and disappear with little development and the ending i found a trifle abrupt and a bit contrived. I also found with this book, that the prose style that is so... more info
