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Blotto, Twinks and the Maharajah's Jewel

Blotto and Twinks, Book 10

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Blotto, Twinks and the Maharajah's Jewel

By: Simon Brett
Narrated by: Simon Brett
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Summary

Anyone for cricket - and a spot of burglary?

An idle conversation on the merits of the glorious game with an old Etonian chum is just the excuse Blotto needs to put himself forward for a cricket tour to foreign climes...and so begins the next adventure for our intrepid duo, where the action takes them to India where, as everyone knows, the finest cricket players hail from - as well as the world's most skilled jewel thieves....

The Dowager Duchess has no problems in letting her two children go to the subcontinent as having her beautiful daughter Twinks married off to a massively rich Maharaja offers the Dowager Duchess the prospect of a permanent solution to the cash-draining maintenance of the Tawcester Towers plumbing.

So Twinks joins Blotto on a steamer bound for India, one that is full of young women desperate to marry well there - only once having encountered the dashing Blotto, a lot of them fancy the idea of getting married before they reach their destination. Unbeknownst to the siblings, also on the ship is the international jewel thief Archie Montmorency, passing himself off as one of Blotto's cricketing entourage. His real mission though is to steal the diamond which adorns the turban of the Maharajah of Koorbleimee.

©2021 Simon Brett (P)2021 Hachette Audio UK Amateur Sleuths Cosy Crime Fiction Detective Literature & Fiction Mystery Fiction Thief Crime Sports Suspense
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Critic reviews

"A new Simon Brett is an event for mystery fans." (P. D. James)

"One of British crime's most assured craftsmen.... Crime writing just like in the good old days, and perfect entertainment." (Guardian)

"Few crime writers are so enchantingly gifted." (Sunday Times)
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I loved the idea of this very PG Wodehouse type pf story and it didn't disappoint from that point of view which made it all the more disappointing with the constant sniffing. Is this something the narrator does for effect for the upper class toff,disdainful sniff,or is it always like this. I really want to get another book but I'm not paying for a sniff fest that nearly drove me up the wall.

First time reading ,maybe the last

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After waiting for the release of the audiobook i was sadly disappointed. The story was the usual 5 star lighthearted Blotto and Twinks. However, in this case the audiobook was marred by bad sound quality (lots of crackles and pops) and punctuated by multiple sniffing which detracted from the narrative and was frankly quite off putting.

I have enjoyed numerous works written and read by the author, but this one sounds as if it was hurried out and recorded while the reader was suffering the after effects of a cold

This is the first of his I've not given 5 stars across the board.

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