An Academic Death (Lambert and Hook Detective series Book 14)

An Academic Death (Lambert and Hook Detective series Book 14)

When Liz Upson reports that her husband, Matthew, has gone missing, heâ€™s not exactly a top priority for Detective Sergeant Bert Hookâ€¦

Matthewâ€™s just one of thousands of missing persons reported each year. And anyway, Mrs Upson makes it crystal clear that she doesn't particularly care if her husband is found.

He may be missing, but heâ€™s certainly not missed.

Busy with other, more pressing cases, Hook lists Matthew Upson in the missing personsâ€™ database and moves on.

But when Matthewâ€™s mother appears a few days later and emphatically insists that the circumstances of her sonâ€™s disappearance are suspicious, Hook and his boss, Superintendent John Lambert, begin to wonder if there might be more going on than just a simple missing persons caseâ€¦

The discovery of Matthew Upsonâ€™s body in the Malvern Hills, with a bullet through his head, launches Hook and Lambert into a formidable and complex case.

A history lecturer at the University of Gloucestershire, Upson at first seems an unlikely candidate for trouble, but the more they dig, the more trouble they find.

With more suspects than they know what to do with Hook and Lambert work to get to the bottom of Matthew Upsonâ€™s final days and find his murderer, sure that someone is lying.

The only question is who?

An Academic Death is a mystery filled with suspense, secrets and the revelation that nothing is what it seems to beâ€¦

Praise for J.M. Gregson

â€œLambert and Hookâ€¦gritty realism and hard-to-solve mysteriesâ€ â€” Booklist

â€œâ€¦the series is recommended for its gritty realism and hard-to-solve mysteries.â€ â€” Booklist

â€œWell done, suspenseful and engagingâ€ â€” Library journal

â€œFor Morse fans grieving the recent demise of their hero Gregson makes an agreeable successorâ€¦â€ â€” Booklist

â€œâ€¦compelling characters who deserve the attention of procedural fansâ€ â€” Booklist

James Michael Gregson taught for twenty-seven years in schools, colleges and universities before concentrating on full-time writing. He has written books on subjects as diverse as golf and Shakespeare. His other crime novels include â€˜Strangleholdâ€™ and â€˜Body Politicâ€™ and he is much in demand as a lecturer and public speaker.

Country	USA
Author	J M Gregson
Binding	Kindle Edition
Format	Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct
Label	Endeavour Press
Manufacturer	Endeavour Press
NumberOfPages	172
PublicationDate	2016-11-08
Publisher	Endeavour Press
ReleaseDate	2016-11-08
Studio	Endeavour Press

An Academic Death (Lambert and Hook Detective series Book 14)

Praise for J.M. Gregson

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