Anything for a Quiet Life: and Other New Mystery Stories

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MICHAEL
GILBERT
ANYTHING FOR
A
QUIET
LIFE
When Jonas Pickett, solicitorandcommissionerfor
oathsgives up his lucrative London practicetoset
upa modestoffice in aquietSussex resort, hemay
have been onthewrongsideofsixtybut hewas,as
he put it, in retreatnotin retirement.
With thesupportofex-circusstrongmanSam and
his partnerSamanthaandsecretaryClaire,Jonas
soonfinds he has moreclientsthan hecan handle.
His legal skills involve him in someveryoddand
dangerouscases indeed.They rangefromthetale
ofa retiredadmiral toa gypsyqueenwhoseplight
ends inastartling courtroom drama. In "The Reign
ofTerror"Jonasfindstheexplanation ofa murder
in an amusementpark. Andthentherearethe Irish
Republicanthugswho'vecometoconfronthim
atgunpoint...
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JInything
For
Jl Quiet
Life

MICHAEL
GILBERT
ALTHING
FORA
^
i
QUIET
UFE
AND OTHER
NEW MYSTERY
STORIES
&
Carroll Graf Publishers, Inc
New
York
—
Copyright © 1990 by Michael Gilbert
All rights reserved
First Carroll & Graf edition 1990
Carroll & Graf Publishers, Inc.
260 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10001
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Pnblication Data
Gilbert, Michael Francis, 1912— —
Anything for the quiet life / Michael Gilbert. 1st Carroll &
Graf ed.
p. cm. — —
Contents: Anyth—ing for a quie—t life Black Bob Vivat Regina
The reign o—f terror Th—e admiral We've com—e to report a
murder, sir Holy writ The bird of dawning The freedom folk.
ISBN 0-88184-581-7 $17.95
:
I. Title.
PR6013.I335A83 1990
823'.914-^dc20 89-20975
CIP
Manufactured in the United States of America
Contents
1 AnythingforaQuietLife 7
2 BlackBob 28
3 VivatRegina 50
4 TheReignofTerror 73
5 TheAdmiral 99
6 We'veCometoReportaMurder, Sir 122
7 HolyWrit 147
8 TheBirdofDawning 171
9 TheFreedomFolk 197
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