The Very Private Detective

This is a humorous story concerning a civil servant, Silas Oak, working for the MOP (Ministry of Protection) who is given the task of finding a departmental mole who is leaking classified information to the London Press. Suspects include Len Hoppit, the office messenger; Dougal O'Leary, an Irishman; Girlie Lush, a secretary; and Boris Karpov, a fervent trade unionist. The trail of the mole takes Silas to Fleet Street, where he meets Sam Squiggle, the always hungry, ever-thirsty reporter for the Daily Record, to a seance where a contact is attempted to a passed-over suspect, to a dinner party where he is mistaken for a conjurer, to a theatrical costumier where he is fitted with a disguise, and on a frantic chase around Sainsbury's. Eventually, by chance, the mole is identified and Silas gains an uneasy promotion.

ISBN:	9781398400191
Publisher:	Austin Macauley Publishers
Imprint:	Austin Macauley Publishers
Published date:	30 Apr 2021
DEWEY:	823.92
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	124
Weight:	156g
Height:	203mm
Width:	126mm
Spine width:	14mm

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