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0754008061, 9780754008064
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Stuart David Williams

Stuart David Williams (1926-2003) was a Welsh author of crime fiction novels under the name David Williams. His series included the Mark Treasure and the Inspector Parry series. Born in Bridgend, Glamorgan, on 8 June 1926, Williams studied at Hereford Cathedral School and St. John’s College, Oxford. In the middle of university, he went off to serve as an officer with the Royal Navy during World War II. Williams would go on to as a medical copywriter until a stroke caused him to become a crime writer instead. He had already started writing crime fiction in his spare time. David Williams’ first novel was Unholy Writ, which was published in 1976. He wrote a total of 23 novels, with the last one being the 2003 novel Practise to Deceive. In 1951 he married Brenda Holmes with whom he had one son and one daughter. He died at Virginia Water, Surrey, on 26 September 2003.

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Mark Treasure mysteries #3 King Charles Island, a sleepy British colony in the West Indies, comes suddenly awake after the terrible murder of its most influential citizen. The supposed culprit is the hapless Peregrine Gore - assistant to banker-sleuth Mark Treasure - but he'd rather flee than stop and sample the island's rudimentary justice system. Treasure arrives on the island with his actress-wife Molly to find it in mayhem, and volunteers to help the baffled Chief Inspector find the real villain from among a bewildering bunch of suspects. But this time he may have bitten off more than he can chew - it will be hard to prove Peregrine's innocence when he was discovered clutching the victim's severed head... Treasure up in Smoke is the third bombastic installment in David Williams' wonderfully witty series of murder mysteries about urbane banker and detective, Mark Treasure.

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