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the River Thames, in front of the National Theatre – as he’d requested in his will. It can’t have been pleasant, though. He hadn’t been cremated.
And what about Minerva? She may have got to number one, but I didn’t care. I never listened to her music again. She may have had everything, but without a heart you’re just nothing. She was like a December without Christmas – and at the end of the day, what’s the point of that?
Johnny Naples opened his mouth and tried to speak. “The falcon…” he said. Then a nasty, bubbling sound…
When vertically challenged Johnny Naples entrusts Tim Diamond with a package worth over three million pounds, he’s making a big mistake. For Tim Diamond is probably the worst detective in the entire world.
Next day, Johnny’s dead. Tim gets the blame, his smart, wisecracking younger brother Nick gets the package – and every crook in town is out to get them!
So there I was in a maximum-security prison outside London, accused of theft, trespass, criminal damage and cruelty to animals… Me, public enemy number two!
Framed for jewel robbery, quick-thinking young Nick Diamond finds himself sharing a prison cell with Johnny Powers, Public Enemy Number One. His only chance of rescuing the situation is to nail the Fence, the country’s master criminal.
But first, Nick has to get out of jail – which is where his older brother Tim, the world’s worst private detective, comes in. And with Ma Powers and her gang waiting to greet the jailbirds, the heat is really on!
McGuffin had finished talking. The telephone was dead and any minute now he’d be joining it. The stuff he had spilled down his coat was blood, his own blood…
Tim Diamond, the world’s most defective private detective, is broke – as his much smarter younger brother Nick is quick to remind him. So when a mysterious stranger offers Tim a wad of money for his overcoat, it seems like a stroke of good luck.
But there are worse things in life than being broke. Being pumped full of lead, for one – which is what happens to the stranger and could soon be the fate of the Diamond brothers unless they can outwit the unknown assassin on their tail!
“Tim,” I asked. “What’s the French for murder?” Tim shrugged. “Why do you want to know?” “I’ve got a feeling it’s something we’re going to need…”
When the hard-up Diamond brothers win a weekend for two in Paris, it looks like their luck is taking a turn for the better. But looks can be deceptive.
No sooner have they arrived in the French capital than the brothers are up to their necks in danger. There’s a nasty smell in the air and it’s not the cheese. If Nick and Tim aren’t careful, their dream holiday could end up being a nightmare from which they’ll never wake…
It’s not fair. I do my homework. I clean my teeth twice a day. Why does everyone want to kill me?
It’s a dangerous life being the younger brother of the world’s worst private detective – but Nick Diamond has survived … so far. He’s due a holiday, so he should be happy when his brother Tim receives an invitation to a school reunion on a remote Scottish island.
But Nick’s got a bad feeling, and it’s not indigestion. When he meets their fellow guests, the feeling only gets worse. Especially when they start dying in ever more bizarre ways… Could it be the Diamond brothers’ days are numbered?
“My name is Carter,” he said at last. He spoke with an American accent. “Joe Carter. I’ve just got in from Chicago. And I’ve got a problem.”
The man in the photo is so blurry, it’s impossible to make out what he really looks like. And that’s before he was run over by a steamroller! His name was Lenny Smile and he ran a children’s charity called Dream Time, financed by millionaire author Joe Carter.
Now Carter wants to know just what happened to Smile – and to the money. Unfortunately he’s hired Tim Diamond, the world’s most defective
And what about Minerva? She may have got to number one, but I didn’t care. I never listened to her music again. She may have had everything, but without a heart you’re just nothing. She was like a December without Christmas – and at the end of the day, what’s the point of that?
Johnny Naples opened his mouth and tried to speak. “The falcon…” he said. Then a nasty, bubbling sound…
When vertically challenged Johnny Naples entrusts Tim Diamond with a package worth over three million pounds, he’s making a big mistake. For Tim Diamond is probably the worst detective in the entire world.
Next day, Johnny’s dead. Tim gets the blame, his smart, wisecracking younger brother Nick gets the package – and every crook in town is out to get them!
So there I was in a maximum-security prison outside London, accused of theft, trespass, criminal damage and cruelty to animals… Me, public enemy number two!
Framed for jewel robbery, quick-thinking young Nick Diamond finds himself sharing a prison cell with Johnny Powers, Public Enemy Number One. His only chance of rescuing the situation is to nail the Fence, the country’s master criminal.
But first, Nick has to get out of jail – which is where his older brother Tim, the world’s worst private detective, comes in. And with Ma Powers and her gang waiting to greet the jailbirds, the heat is really on!
McGuffin had finished talking. The telephone was dead and any minute now he’d be joining it. The stuff he had spilled down his coat was blood, his own blood…
Tim Diamond, the world’s most defective private detective, is broke – as his much smarter younger brother Nick is quick to remind him. So when a mysterious stranger offers Tim a wad of money for his overcoat, it seems like a stroke of good luck.
But there are worse things in life than being broke. Being pumped full of lead, for one – which is what happens to the stranger and could soon be the fate of the Diamond brothers unless they can outwit the unknown assassin on their tail!
“Tim,” I asked. “What’s the French for murder?” Tim shrugged. “Why do you want to know?” “I’ve got a feeling it’s something we’re going to need…”
When the hard-up Diamond brothers win a weekend for two in Paris, it looks like their luck is taking a turn for the better. But looks can be deceptive.
No sooner have they arrived in the French capital than the brothers are up to their necks in danger. There’s a nasty smell in the air and it’s not the cheese. If Nick and Tim aren’t careful, their dream holiday could end up being a nightmare from which they’ll never wake…
It’s not fair. I do my homework. I clean my teeth twice a day. Why does everyone want to kill me?
It’s a dangerous life being the younger brother of the world’s worst private detective – but Nick Diamond has survived … so far. He’s due a holiday, so he should be happy when his brother Tim receives an invitation to a school reunion on a remote Scottish island.
But Nick’s got a bad feeling, and it’s not indigestion. When he meets their fellow guests, the feeling only gets worse. Especially when they start dying in ever more bizarre ways… Could it be the Diamond brothers’ days are numbered?
“My name is Carter,” he said at last. He spoke with an American accent. “Joe Carter. I’ve just got in from Chicago. And I’ve got a problem.”
The man in the photo is so blurry, it’s impossible to make out what he really looks like. And that’s before he was run over by a steamroller! His name was Lenny Smile and he ran a children’s charity called Dream Time, financed by millionaire author Joe Carter.
Now Carter wants to know just what happened to Smile – and to the money. Unfortunately he’s hired Tim Diamond, the world’s most defective
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