Book description
Roderick Copper (67), retired Major, and Benny Gold (70), London
cabbie, apply on the same morning for residential places with the
Rudyard Trust for Retired Officers and Gentlemen. But its eccentric and
drunken Director tells them the Trust is technically bankrupt, its
multi-million-pound assets about to be divided between the Founder’s
descendants - a curious, motley crew.
Banker Mark Treasure is called in when Copper and Gold’s bizarre scheme
to preserve the charity goes wrong with terrifying consequences -
kidnap, stabbing and sudden death - involving one of the bank’s clients,
ex-President Cruba of Ngonga, exiled in London with his sensuous third
wife, his 15-year-old son, and Gerard Opac, his handsome, ambitious
aide.
‘Banker sleuth Mark Treasure heads an irresistibly comic cast.’ Guardian
‘Sparkling fun.’ Financial Times
‘Nobody is going to argue about Mr. Williams’s writing ability. He has
charm, he has an authentic light touch, he understands people, and his
outlook on life is sophisticated.’ New York Times
David Williams was a writer best known for his crime-novel series
featuring the banker Mark Treasure and police inspector DI Parry.
After serving as Naval Officer in the Second World War, Williams
completed a History degree at St Johns College, Oxford before embarking
on a career in advertising. He became a full-time fiction writer in
1978.
Williams wrote twenty-three novels, seventeen of which were part of the
Mark Treasure series of whodunnits which began with Unholy Writ
(1976). His experience in both the Anglican Church and the advertising
world informed and inspired his work throughout his career.
Two of Williams' books were shortlisted for the Crime Writers'
Association Gold Dagger Award, and in 1988 he was elected to the
Detection Club.
