Snatched

A British black comedy

Fiction & Literature, Humorous, Mystery & Suspense
Cover of the book Snatched by Bill James, Severn House Publishers
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Bill James ISBN: 9781780105291
Publisher: Severn House Publishers Publication: July 1, 2014
Imprint: Severn House Publishers Language: English
Author: Bill James
ISBN: 9781780105291
Publisher: Severn House Publishers
Publication: July 1, 2014
Imprint: Severn House Publishers
Language: English

Bill James is on top form in this sharply satirical black comedy set behind the scenes at a museum

George Lepage, the new Director of the Hulliborn Regional Museum and Gallery, has great hopes that his tenure in the post will be short and profitable. He has visions of early retirement, and perhaps – like his predecessor, and his predecessor’s predecessor – a knighthood.

But circumstances do their best to snatch his happy dreams away from him. First a deranged former staff member causes a riot in the Folk Department, and then three recently purchased, ruinously expensive paintings of dubious authenticity are stolen, putting the museum’s security – and judgement – into question. The fate of the upcoming Japanese Ancient Surgical Skills exhibition, and its astonishing collection of tonsil excision implements, hangs dangerously in the balance.

And over everything hangs the grim specter of the former Director, “Flounce” Butler-Minton, whose body may be most definitely dead but whose legacy lives on. And with every day that passes, the rumours of what Flounce did behind the Iron Curtain – and how the haversack straps, the whippet and the legendary Mrs Cray were involved – grow, threatening to erupt into a scandal that may cost the museum, and Lepage himself, everything . . .

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Bill James is on top form in this sharply satirical black comedy set behind the scenes at a museum

George Lepage, the new Director of the Hulliborn Regional Museum and Gallery, has great hopes that his tenure in the post will be short and profitable. He has visions of early retirement, and perhaps – like his predecessor, and his predecessor’s predecessor – a knighthood.

But circumstances do their best to snatch his happy dreams away from him. First a deranged former staff member causes a riot in the Folk Department, and then three recently purchased, ruinously expensive paintings of dubious authenticity are stolen, putting the museum’s security – and judgement – into question. The fate of the upcoming Japanese Ancient Surgical Skills exhibition, and its astonishing collection of tonsil excision implements, hangs dangerously in the balance.

And over everything hangs the grim specter of the former Director, “Flounce” Butler-Minton, whose body may be most definitely dead but whose legacy lives on. And with every day that passes, the rumours of what Flounce did behind the Iron Curtain – and how the haversack straps, the whippet and the legendary Mrs Cray were involved – grow, threatening to erupt into a scandal that may cost the museum, and Lepage himself, everything . . .

More books from Severn House Publishers

Cover of the book No Going Back by Bill James
Cover of the book The Reluctant Assassin by Bill James
Cover of the book Shimmer by Bill James
Cover of the book Fakes and Lies by Bill James
Cover of the book Love and Marriage by Bill James
Cover of the book Fatal Inheritance, A by Bill James
Cover of the book The Cold Room by Bill James
Cover of the book False Wall by Bill James
Cover of the book Long Silence, The by Bill James
Cover of the book To the Last Drop by Bill James
Cover of the book Best Served Cold by Bill James
Cover of the book Aftermath by Bill James
Cover of the book Death Lies Beneath by Bill James
Cover of the book Mr Campion's Visit by Bill James
Cover of the book Seizure by Bill James
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy