Bibliograph

A peculiar combination, an Electra McDonnell novel, Ashley Weaver

Type

Label

A peculiar combination, an Electra McDonnell novel, Ashley Weaver

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

A peculiar combination

Oclc number

1226073995

Responsibility statement

Ashley Weaver

Series statement

Electra McDonnell novel, [1]

Sub title

an Electra McDonnell novel

Summary

"Electra McDonnell has always known that the way she and her family earn their living is slightly outside of the law. Breaking into the homes of the rich and picking the locks on their safes may not be condoned by British law enforcement, but World War II is in full swing, and Uncle Mick's more honorable business as a locksmith can't pay the bills any more. So when he receives a tip about a safe full of jewels in the empty house of a wealthy family, he and Ellie can't resist. All goes as planned--until the pair are caught redhanded. Ellie expects them to be taken straight to prison, but instead they are delivered to a large townhouse, where government official Major Ramsey is waiting with an offer: either Ellie agrees to help him break into a safe and retrieve blueprints that will be critical to the British war effort, or he turns her over to the police. When she and the Major break into the house in question, they find instead the purported German spy dead on the floor, the safe already open and empty. Soon, Ellie and Major Ramsey are forced to put aside their differences to unmask the double-agent, as they try to stop allied plans falling into German hands" --, Provided by publisher

Target audience

adult

Classification