Dangerous Davies : Last Detective

by Leslie Thomas

Book Overview

As plain-clothes men go, Dangerous Davies looks like a non-starter. The small fry of petty larceny and minor disturbances in the backwaters of north-west London are his daily round. His philosophising... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0330251732
• ISBN13: 9780330251730
• Release Date: January 1977
• Publisher: Pan Books
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 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