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A ’38 Lagonda is driving someone to murder in “this lively, fast-paced mystery” series debut featuring British classic car expert and detective Jack Colby (Publishers Weekly).
When Jack Colby, owner of Frogs Hill Classic Car Restorations, stumbles upon a 1938 coupé Lagonda V12 rusting away in a country barn in Kent, he longs to bring it back to its former glory. Jack also takes a shine to its...
When Jack Colby, owner of Frogs Hill Classic Car Restorations, stumbles upon a 1938 coupé Lagonda V12 rusting away in a country barn in Kent, he longs to bring it back to its former glory. Jack also takes a shine to its...
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Car detective Jack Colby has a new case, but soon suspects much more is at stake...- All is not well on the film set of director Bill Wade's new blockbuster Dark Harvest. At first Jack Colby, car detective, can't believe his luck when he is called in to investigate the disappearance of Bill Wade's rare 1935 Auburn speedster, but he soon realizes that this is no straightforward theft. Jack's warning lights are beginning to flash about his assignment...
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All is not well on the film set of director Bill Wade's new blockbuster Dark Harvest. At first Jack Colby, car detective, can't believe his luck when he is called in to investigate the disappearance of Wade's rare 1935 Auburn speedster, but he soon realizes that this is no straightforward theft.
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Jack Colby, car detective, is plunged into a dangerous investigation when he agrees to track down a classic car that's been missing for over a decade. When car detective Jack Colby is asked by the 'Mad Major' to find one of the original five cars that took place in the original Peking to Paris rally of 1907, he accepts the challenge, but is soon plunged into a far more dangerous investigation. Was the recent death of car restorer Alfred King the accident...
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Jack Colby car detective volume 3
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Jack Colby lends a hand in tracking down a car that took part in the Peking to Paris rally of 1907 as part of a charity recreation of the historic rally in Kent, but the investigation becomes dangerous when criminals join the search for the car.
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A call from Jack Colby's fiery ex-wife Eva always means trouble. This time it's a doozy. She's been accused of her murdering her husband, a Mexican band leader shot to death on the towpath of the River Medway. But Jack's race to the rescue comes with a slight detour: his other client, the beguiling Daisy Croft. Someone's stolen Daisy's beloved Morris Minor classic and she needs Jack's car-theft sleuthing skills to get it back. To Jack's surprise,...
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When Jack Colby hears a rumour that Old Herne's, the club for aviation and classic car veterans, is closing, he is appalled, and attends its annual event with foreboding. His instinct is right. He has been commissioned to investigate the theft of the Porsche car belonging to its manager, the popular Mike Nelson, but now far worse problems threaten the club when brutal murder proves to be on the agenda. Jack finds himself caught between two families:...
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Jack Colby is delighted when his friend, the world famous artist Giovanni, calls in at Frogs Hill on his way to Plumshaw Manor to paint a 1930s Alfa Romeo racing car. Jack waves him goodbye--but it isn't for long. Later that day he has a phone call from Giovanni. He has been arrested for murder! What follows brings nightmare to Jack as he investigates the crime. Did Giovanni really do it? Or is the murder related to a village feud between two rival...
11) Classic at Bay
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Jack Colby, car detective, is commissioned to buy a 'dream' car from an earl, but finds himself racing into serious danger.The once-notorious cabaret singer Adora Ferne guards a private treasure trove of twelve classic Jaguar cars, but hankers over the one that is missing. Enter Jack Colby: Adora's manager Danny Carter has commissioned him to buy the thirteenth dream car from its owner, the Earl of Storrington.When a murder follows the earl's rejection...
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"When Jack Colby hears a rumour that Old Herne's, the club for aviation and classic car veterans, is closing, he is appalled, and attends its annual event with foreboding. His instinct is right. He has been commissioned to investigate the theft of the Porsche car belonging to its manager, the popular Mike Nelson, but now far worse problems threaten the club when brutal murder proves to be on the agenda."--Dust jacket flap.
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