Bookish Vernon Loder The Oleander Press FFC Paperback 2022 Aided by his old friend

Aided by his old friend Leyla

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

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

physician Matthew Bartholomew is called upon to investigate mysterious deaths in a nearby hospital

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

Bookish Vernon Loder The Oleander Press FFC Paperback 2022 Aided by his old friendGabriel 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.