Bookish Vernon Loder The Oleander Press FFC Paperback 2022 And how is that work-shy

And how is that work-shy rogue Hamish Macbeth supposed to get anything done when his new assistant is such a distraction

with Detective Erlendur absent

culminating in his ultimate test at the uta awase - where Japan's greatest poets engage in fierce verbal combat for the honour of victory

Who among the citizens of this once quiet old town

When more letters arrive and the team pull apart the clues within them

Bookish Vernon Loder The Oleander Press FFC Paperback 2022 And how is that work-shyGabriel Book is an erudite and unconventional London bookseller married to Trottie, the owner of the wallpaper shop next door. He is also a sleuth who uses the chaotic riches of his stock to crack the puzzling cases that come his way. He does not work alone. Book's shop is a magnet for waifs and strays one of whom is an aspiring writer called Nora.