
Dover One
Scotland Yard sends Dover to remote Creedshire to investigate the disappearance of a young housemaid.
Detective Chief Inspector Wilfred Dover is the most idle and avaricious hero in all of crime fiction. Why should he even be bothered to solve the case?
When word gets out that Pomeroy Chemicals is seeking to fill the lucrative position of Chief Security Officer, Dover is keenly interested. All he needs, he feels, is one smashing success and the prestigious title is his.
When a young pregnant girl known to no one in the town of Frenchy Botham turns up murdered, Dover eagerly comes up with more totally plausible suspects, persuasive motives, and airtight solutions than the sharp mind of his assistant Sergeant MacGregor, can process.
In fact, if you’ve ever wondered when or how MacGregor would reach his breaking point, this is the book to read.
“Something quite out of the ordinary.” Daily Telegraph
“Joyce Porter is a joy… Dover is unquestionably the most entertaining detective in fiction.” Guardian
“Plotted with the technique of a virtuoso.” New York Times
“Wonderfully funny.” Spectator
“Dover is wildly, joyously unbelievable; and may he remain so for our comic delight.” Sun
“You will be fascinated by his sheer dazzling incompetence. Porter has a keen eye, a wicked sense of comedy, and a delightfully low mind.” Harper’s
Scotland Yard sends Dover to remote Creedshire to investigate the disappearance of a young housemaid.
The odious Inspector Dover is on the hunt for two murderers, who separately killed the same victim.
Obscene poison pen letters are causing misery in the bleak village of Thornton – it's up to Dover to track down the culprit.
Mrs Dover witnesses a young policeman's suicide and has the bad taste to report it, ending Dover's seaside vacation abruptly.
When a local business magnate’s daughter is murdered, the call goes out for Scotland Yard’s finest.
A local construction tycoon has been strangled – but could Inspector Dover be in danger too?
Dover and MacGregor set off on a tour of the Stately Homes of England, in search of a murderer...
Inspector Dover suddenly vanishes from Scotland Yard, and a gang of kidnappers, the Claret Tappers, issues an ultimatum...
When an autopsy reveals a peculiar clue, DCI Dover and his ever-unwilling assistant MacGregor set off on a trail that leads them to a squalid seaside resort.
Detective Chief Inspector Wilfred Dover is the most idle and avaricious hero in all of crime fiction. Why should he even be bothered to solve the case?
Detective Chief Inspector Wilfred Dover is the most idle and avaricious hero in all of crime fiction. Why should he even be bothered to solve the case?
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