The Desperate People
A photographer's brother, on military leave, goes missing after searching for a deceased friend's wife in Dublin. When the brother's claimed trip is revealed as false, the photographer begins a search to find him.
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"Fans of Francis Durbridge (I include myself) will enjoy this deadpan mystery set in the Home Counties. Everyone is lying about something, nothing is what it seems, the clues mount up, inexplicable development follows inexplicable development (and not all are explained), in the course of which a fantastical plot is revealed that doesn't quite seem worth the villains' while to concoct. Several familiar faces - Dennis Quilley, Stanley Meadows, Barry Jackson, Shirley Cain - take it all very seriously. That Durbridge standard, the hotel in Maidenhead, plays a major role, and there is some..."
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A photographer's brother, on military leave, goes missing after searching for a deceased friend's wife in Dublin. When the brother's claimed trip is revealed as false, the photographer begins a search to find him.