Bøger af Guy Worthey

In 1921, in the quiet seaside town of Hyannis, shipbuilder Grant Carroway dies in a hail of bullets. Cynical cop Drew Lucy investigates the case. When Grant's know-it-all daughter Cecilia barges into the crime scene, Lucy puts her at the top of the suspect list. Nine times out of ten, murder's a family affair.Pilot Cecilia "Ace" Carroway thinks the hit was masterminded by a Great War tyrant she remembers killing. Is the shadowy Darko Dor still alive?It sounds farfetched to Drew Lucy until he finds himself dodging bullets and grenades. He'd better get wise quick, or somebody else is going to die.Buy this book if you like: Narrow escapes. 1920s slang. Cool female pilots. Noir detectives. Murder investigations. Explosions. Clipped sentences. Hired thugs. Jazz.

From expertly landing a fighter plane to captivating audiences with a piano solo to setting a broken bone, there's little that mystery woman Ace Carroway can't do. At her startup detective agency, she and her motley crew of associates await their next case. They don't have long to wait. Their newest mystery promenades through the door in the svelte shape of a Broadway actress. She hires them to recover her stolen painting. Straightforward? No. The thespian is kidnapped just as a chilling, unearthly growl reverberates through the air. When the eerie snarl rips through the air again, it signals a gas attack. Again, and this time it's murder. It's abundantly clear that asking questions is liable to end in death. Ace must find the painting, save the actress, and figure out what the ominous growling means, all before she gets shot full of daylight. Things look mighty grim for the maverick heroine. Can she come out on top this time? Of course not. It's impossible. But then again, the impossible is what Ace Carroway does best. This book contains: Gas grenades. Tramp steamers. Tommy guns. A 1920 Pierce-Arrow sedan. A tobacco pipe from Borneo. Clipped sentences. A lab rat. Carnivorous ants. Mrs. Figgins. Mercenaries. Lava. Clever disguises. Lies. A thick wad of folding green. Blood. Ace Carroway and the Growling Death is fourth in the Adventures of Ace Carroway novella series. Content rating: teen.

When the Great War breaks out, Cecilia Carroway lies about her age and enlists as a pilot. She earns her Ace nickname, but she's shot down behind enemy lines and imprisoned. She meets five motley fellow prisoners Quack, Bert, Sam, Tombstone, and Gooper. Escape is hard enough, but Ace won't go without sabotaging the enemy's war machine. Add in Minister of Technology Darko Dor's plan to kidnap Ace, and Ace Carroway's chances of survival drop to zero.So. About average.Cliffhangers. Airships. 1920s retro. Fistfights. Female protagonist kicking bottom. Quirky multinational sidekicks. Clipped sentences. Outrageous accents. Dogfights. Daring escapes. Pole vaulting.Ace Carroway and the Great War is the first in the Ace Carroway adventure novella series.