Lost or Found

A wedding ring, a missing woman, a bizarre disappearance...

Brock and Poole have one of their most unusual cases to unravel

'Devilishly engaging characters and authentic details of police operations' Booklist

When Eunice Bailey takes her wedding ring to a London jeweller to have it enlarged, she is very keen for it to be done quickly. She is a reliable and favoured customer and when the jeweller is unable to get in touch with her to collect the ring, he contacts the police.

Detective Chief Inspector Brock and Detective Sergeant Poole are assigned to the case, and what begins as a fairly simple missing person enquiry develops into a mystery that has ramifications stretching as far as Bermuda . . .

“His story is plotted elaborately but convincingly and the settings are well-visualised-- FINANCIAL TIMES”

Devilishly engaging characters and authentic details of police operations BOOKLIST
A consistently entertaining series PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
His story is plotted elaborately but convincingly and the settings are well-visualised FINANCIAL TIMES
A realistic look at the challenges of modern-day policing, bolstered by sardonic British humour and a twisty plot BOOKLIST
Excels at twisty, psychological suspense LIBRARY JOURNAL

Graham Ison served in the British Army before joining the Metropolitan Police. During his thirty-year career in Scotland Yard's Special Branch, he was involved in several famous espionage cases and spent four years at 10 Downing Street as protection officer to the prime minister. He later guarded US Presidents, crowned heads and other heads of state during state visits to this country. Since leaving the police, he focused his talents on crime fiction, and has written over forty books including the Brock & Poole detective stories and the Hardcastle historical mysteries. He passed away in 2020.

A wedding ring, a missing woman, a bizarre disappearance... Brock and Poole have one of their most unusual cases to unravel'Devilishly engaging characters and authentic details of police operations' Booklist When Eunice Bailey takes her wedding ring to a London jeweller to have it enlarged, she is very keen for it to be done quickly. She is a reliable and favoured customer and when the jeweller is unable to get in touch with her to collect the ring, he contacts the police.Detective Chief Inspector Brock and Detective Sergeant Poole are assigned to the case, and what begins as a fairly simple missing person enquiry develops into a mystery that has ramifications stretching as far as Bermuda . . .

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