Gently By the Shore
Author(s): Alan Hunter
In a British seaside holiday resort at the height of the season, there is a naked corpse, punctured with stab wounds, lying on the sand. Chief Inspector George Gently is called in to investigate the disturbing murder. The case has to be wrapped up quickly to calm the nerves of concerned holidaymakers.
Product Information
The second book in the Inspector George Gently series, which was made into the prime time BBC series staring Martin Shaw.
Alan Hunter was born in Hoveton, Norfolk in 1922. He left school at the age of 14 to work on his father's farm, spending his spare time sailing on the Norfolk Broads and writing nature notes for the Eastern Evening News. He also wrote poetry, some of which was published while he was in the RAF during World War II. By 1950, he was running his own book shop in Norwich and in 1956, he wrote the first of 45 George Gently novels. He died in 2005 aged 82.
General Fields
- :
- : Constable and Robinson
- : Robinson Publishing
- : 0.16
- : 01 November 2010
- : 177mm X 110mm X 17mm
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 November 2010
- : books
Special Fields
- : Alan Hunter
- : Paperback
- : 823.914
- : 256
