Leslie Thomas präsentiert mit Dangerous Davies eine sympathische Detektivfigur. Nach dem Erfolg des vierten Bandes erscheinen die ersten drei Abenteuer in einem Sammelband. Abseits seiner Arbeit als Londoner Detective löst Davies hier spannende Fälle.
Als Kim Besuch von Paulo und Sami aus Nigeria bekommt, reagieren nicht alle Menschen im Hochhaus so offenherzig und gastfreundlich wie die Kinder. Frau Schmid aus dem 2. Stock etwa nützt jede Gelegenheit, um ihre Abneigung gegenüber Ausländern zu zeigen. Doch Kim greift mutig ein ... Kurze Zusammenfassungen und Arbeitsaufgaben am Ende der einzelnen Kapitel machen es auch für weniger geübte LeserInnen möglich, der Geschichte spielerisch zu folgen. "SachleserInnen" finden in diesem Band je einen Sachtext über Briefmarken und über Spielzeug in Afrika.
Der Londoner Detective Davies ist ein Einzelgänger, liebt den Alkohol und seinen monströsen Hund Kitty, ist nicht übermäßig intelligent und neigt dazu, seinen Mitmenschen mehr zu glauben, als für ihn gut ist. Seine Kollegen sind daher nicht die einzigen, die den gutmütigen Beamten "Dangerous Davies" oder den "letzten Detektiv" nennen. Davies' Traum, einmal richtige Detektivarbeit leisten zu dürfen, scheint sich nicht zu verwirklichen, denn wer wird einem Polizisten, der noch nicht einmal die Polizeitombola verwalten kann, schon einen wichtigen Fall anvertrauen? Aber Dangerous Davies ist geduldig und hartnäckig. So kommt es, daß er sich auf eigene Faust eines Falles annimmt, weil ihm der Tod einer jungen Frau, die 25 Jahre vor seiner Zeit ermordet wurde, keine Ruhe läßt.
Detective Constable Davies hat zwei Dinge im Kopf: Jemma Duval, die schöne, schwarze, hymnen-singende Sozialarbeiterin, und 'Lofty' Brock, den harmlosen alten Exzentriker, der im Kanal ertrunken ist. Um zu beweisen, dass Loftys Tod kein Unfall war, begibt sich unser Held auf eigene Faust auf verdeckte Ermittlungen.
Auf seinem Weg in die USA gerät der Engländer Willy Turpin in die Fänge von Reverend Properjohn, der sich auf einem Kreuzzug zur Errettung von Las Vegas befindet
'If deaths are not investigated, then the authorities cannot be held to account and democracy is threatened. And if deaths are not investigated, we are not a society that values human life.' Inspired from a young age to help the marginalised and voiceless, Leslie Thomas QC has dedicated his career to fighting for the underdog and holding the State to account. This intimate and personal record of some of the most significant, controversial and disturbing legal cases of the last fifty years lays bare the very heart of the law enforcement and judicial process. It's an unforgettable account of an idealistic and outspoken lawyer's coming of age as a Black man in London, and a powerful portrait of the lives of those he has fought for. From the Grenfell Tower Inquiry, to the deaths of Christi and Bobby Shepherd by carbon monoxide poisoning, the Birmingham Pub Bombings and the police shooting of Mark Duggan, Do Right and Fear No One present a blistering argument for a level playing field in the pursuit of justice.
1981 256 pp, illustrations, photographs, DJ, 4°, , Hardcover/Pappeinband London, Book Club Associates, Mit Schutzumschlag
Many of the surviving characters from The Virgin Soldiers live again in these pages: dogged Tasker, the odious Sergeant Wellbeloved, the vulnerable Colonel Bromley Pickering and the comically touching Juicy Lucy. the endearing Welshman, Morris Morris - strong as a horse but bafflingly buxom;
In the spring and early summer of 1944 a huge force, a million and a half strong, spread across Southern England, awaiting the greatest adventure in military history. The invasion of Occupied Europe. This army, mainly Americans, British and Canadians, most of whom had no experience of battle, was to be transported across the English Channel. No one knew how. This is the story of the American "occupation" of a wide district of South Devon to permit realistic war games. Its characters range from the Generals Eisenhower and Montgomery to the village simpleton. The Magic Army is an impressively moving, often very funny novel, which recreates the astonishing operation which preceded the Allied landing in France.
Edward Richardson, manager to one of Heathrow's airlines, lives in the sleepy English village of Bedmansworth, but jets around the world faster than his marriage can tolerate. And when Mrs. Pearl Collingwood and her recently divorced daughter fly in from L.A. and stop-over in the little village, they exert an unforseeable effect on more than one person's life. Available in October.
TROPIC OF RUISLIP is a sage for life on a modern executive housing estate, seething with the fears, snobbereis, frustrations and lusts of well-heeled young couples trundling uneasily towards middle age.
Bursting with life and bawdy humour, National Serviceman Brigg is now a Regular Army sergeant defending the Empire in the beds and bars of Hong Kong. Peace-time diversions include sensual fireworks with a pair of delicious Chinese twins and a tender, erotic affair with the lonely wife of an American serviceman.
A delightfully rauchy story... a lovely blend of humour, sexual comedy and pathos' Daily ExpressA rollicking tale of a Welsh sailor with a girl in every port, but only one true love at home...Thomas has a rare gift for words...This is his best book and a celebration of his robust talents, which combine flesh with imagination. He always had a narrative verve, and this saga develops it into a turn of the wheel of life. Revolving Jones comes back at last to his eternal miss, and hopefully, Leslie Thomas will achieve a revolution in his reputation' The TimesThis exciting adventure story is also one man's pilgrimage, a lifetime's odyssey, a ritually layered tale of the quest for humour and love' Daily MailHe inhabits that "bestseller author" territory that includes the likes of Jeffrey Archer, Jack Higgins and Ken Follett, but he is a far better writer than any of them' Marcel Berlins, Sunday Times
But it was safe...'One way or another the Communist guerrilla war in Malaya kept a whole British army occupied from 1948 until 1952.A young virgin like Brigg had to grab his fun while and where he could - in the Liberty Club, in Juicy Lucy's flat or up in Phillipa's room - in one frantic attempt at living before he died or got demobbed...
Frank Inigo Savage simply wants to be alone and the top flat of Kensington Heights seems just the place. Until the other bizarre and eccentric inhabitants of the building start arriving on his doorstep.And the Savage gets a visit from a homeless waif he meets in the local launderette called Korky.Korky's intrusion on Savage's private world alters his whole existence. High above the London rooftops this strange and contradictory relationship blooms like an improbable flower and Savage begins to realise that the world can creep under even the most firmly closed doors.'As ever in a Thomas novel, we constantly shift from tears to laughter and back again' Daily Express' A moving and jolly book ... with hardly a dull moment and difficult not to be cheered by' Times
