A mummy is stolen from a small town museum along with some Roman coins and a soaking wet man collapses in fourteen year old Peter Furneaux's living room bleeding from the head. What was a suspected student prank is followed by murder. At first it is impossible to see the connection, but the eccentric Colonel Manton does. With Peter's help the Colonel unravels a mystery that strikes fear into the heart of a genteel suburban neighbourhood and gives Peter rather more excitement than he bargained for at the tennis club social. This meticulously paced thriller shows Amis at his most subtle and daring.
| ISBN: | 9780141049564 |
| Publication date: | 7th June 2012 |
| Author: | Kingsley Amis |
| Publisher: | Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 224 pages |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
| Genres: |
Crime and Mystery: Cosy Mystery Psychological thriller Crime and Mystery |