Dangerous Davies

by Leslie Thomas

Book Overview

In the seedier sprawl of London's northwest frontier, he's the copper who gets all the scruffy jobs & manages to make them scruffier. He's Dangerous Daivies, the Last Detective. When Dangerous is allocated a murder case, it proves to be a twenty-five year old sex crime. His witnesses range from a veteran of the Zulu Wars to a bloke who thinks he's Peter the Great & the mightily endowed Ena Lind, cat-suit wearer & creme-de-menthe drinker. Exhibit A...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0440120780
• ISBN13: 9780440120780
• Release Date: January 1982
• Publisher: Dell Publishing Company
• Length: 285 Pages
• Weight: 0.34 lbs.

Customer Reviews

funny and human

It's a pleasure to find an investigator who is as concerned for the guilty as for anyone hurt. By being sympathetic rather than tough, Dangerous gets the best out of everyone, if they have a best to offer. Giving him a sidekick who is more involved with library research than with actual life is a great way to include information without seeming to bog down in the past. His decency does get Dangerous into some amusing situations, but his humanity turns out to be an effective investigative tool, regardless of surprises.

Dangerous Davies Fan

I have now read three of the Dangerous Davies books, based on my delight with this first one. All the antics of Dangerous are amusing and it is only incidental that he solves the mystery.

Haunting, melancholy, slightly cliched, but brilliant.

Just read it. You'll know what I mean