Ask the Right Question David Mitchell In the depths of a

In the depths of a sweltering summer

What is Topcliffe's interest in a housemaid

the emperor's ship embarks upon a twelve-day voyage

newly appointed aide-de-camp to the Duke of Wellington

he knows where the bodies are

Ask the Right Question David Mitchell In the depths of aMeet Albert Samson a detective in the tradition of Dashiell Hammett's Sam Spade, Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe and Ross Macdonald's Lew Archer. But Samson's no hard boiled clone. For one thing, he doesn't even own a gun. For another, he works in Indianapolis, the apparently unglamorous Midwestern city where he grew up. But the city and its problems are not the stuff of stereotypes. And Samson uses his wits and his contacts to solve his clients'