Gently Down The Stream

Author: Alan Hunter

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  • : 9781849015004
  • : Constable and Robinson
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  • : November 2010
  • : 176mm X 111mm X 15mm
  • : United Kingdom
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  • : November 2010
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Description

The staff at Stoley's Boatyard were not used to finding their yachts burned almost beyond recognition with the charred remains of a client still aboard. Taking on the murder investigation, Chief Inspector George Gently faces an enquiry like no other he has ever handled.

Promotion info

The third book in the Inspector George Gently series, which has been made into the prime time BBC series staring Martin Shaw.

Author description

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.