Practise to Deceive
2003FictionMystery and detective fictionInspector Parry (Fictitious character)Fiction, mystery & detective, generalMerlin Parry (Fictitious character)
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Denis might have died, Dr Howell.
Denis might have died, Dr Howell.
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"The cold-blooded murder of Kevin Rees, Auxiliary Nurse at the private Howell Clinic for stroke victims, is greeted with apparent sorrow by all who knew him - well, nearly all. 'A born nurse' is the summation of his professional qualities by colleagues and patients alike. But is Dr. Edwin Howell, maverick neuro-psychiatrist, and co-owner of the clinic set in the shadow of Llandaff's Anglican Cathedral, just saving face when he anxiously divines the crime was the work of a burglar?" "Only when DCI Merlin Parry rejects such a facile solution and digs deeper into Rees's background do the unsavoury aspects of the young man's life surface. The police investigation reveals details of Rees's time not only at the clinic, but also in the army, at St. Mark's Hospital in London, and more especially with the London Ambulance Service. Was Denis Ingram, the rich and successful industrialist, now a patient at the Howell Clinic, somehow indebted to Rees? And why is Ingram's possibly unfaithful wife intent on deceiving the police about what she knows of Rees - something she has in common with the clinic's matron, as well as the wife of the head gardener, and the paramedic Stacey Fowler?" "The action moves from Cardiff to a manor house near Chepstow, to London's Festival Hall, and to the Roman Catholic Cathedral in Bristol, along the way directly involving Perdita Jones, Parry's fiance, Lucy, the eldest daughter of DS Gomer Lloyd and a string of crafted characters."--BOOK JACKET.
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FictionMystery and detective fictionInspector Parry (Fictitious character)Fiction, mystery & detective, generalMerlin Parry (Fictitious character)Police
First published 2003About the author
Stuart David Williams
8 June 1926 – 26 September 2003
Stuart David Williams (1926-2003) was a Welsh author of crime fiction novels under the name David Williams. His series included the Mark Treasure and the Inspector Parry series. Born in Bridgend, Glamorgan, on 8 June 1926, Williams studied at Hereford Cathedral School and St. John’s College, Oxford. In the middle of university, he went off to serve as an officer with the Royal Navy during World War II. Williams would go on to as a medical copywriter until a stroke caused him to become a crime writer instead. He had already started writing crime fiction in his spare time. David Williams’ first novel was *Unholy Writ*, which was published in 1976. He wrote a total of 23 novels, with the l…
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