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In Jonathan Gash's urban medical thriller. Dr Clare Burtonall is unwittingly pulled into Manchester's criminal underworld by her lover Bonn, and the Agency for which he works - as a gigolo...At the Palais Rocco Dr Clare Burtonall is taking dancing lessons with her lover Bonn, hired from the Pleases Escort Agency. The vibrant dancehall is a world away from the disused garage across town in which Terence Dulworth is facing a terrifying death. Or is it? For Dulworth, aka Dulsie, was a 'fixer' for important businessmen of the city, including Clare's ex-husband Clifford. A fact not lost on Detective Inspector Hassell, leading the murder investigation. Added to this Clare has recently set up a new medical practice unaware that her sponsor is the Pleases Agency. And it is certainly a dangerous time to be linked with them. For Dulsie's slaying and repeated death threats against Zen, one of Bonn's associates, have left the Agency on red alert. If Zen is also murdered, retribution will be swift...

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2895339 in Books
• Published on: 2001-07-20
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 352 pages

From Library Journal
The third in Gash's series featuring English physician Claire Burtonall and Bonn, the male prostitute (or "goer") whom she first came to know in Different Women Dancing, this entry has less appeal than the first. Gash spends less time in Claire's life and more in Bonn's world, telling more about the parlance and reality of prostitution and crime than most listeners will want to know. Richard Greenwood's narration is exquisite, with seamless switches among dialects, genders, and physical ailments (one character's emphysema) that enable one to feel that the characters are in the room, and the technical aspects of the production cannot be faulted. Unfortunately, with the exception of Bonn, who somehow usually ends up sympathetic if emotionally unknowable, and Claire, who in the end seems impossibly na ve in her faith that she can have a real relationship with Bonn (who is her lover for pay), most of the characters are unlikable. Consequently, the story of the clash between the underworld and the world of politics is not as involving as it should be and will probably leave the listener wondering if spending this much time with these characters is worthwhile. Recommended only where this series is popular. Melody A. Moxley, Rowan P.L., Salisbury, NC
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About the Author
Jonathan Gash is married with three daughters and four grandchildren and lists his hobbies as antiques and his family. He is best known for his Lovejoy novels, which were adapted into the hugely successful BBC1 series, starring lan McShane.