Death on the Agenda Inspector Tibbett 3 [Paperback]

Henry Tibbett is attending an international police conference intended to stop drug-smuggling. The conference is in Switzerland, and it's all a glittering whirl of attractive folks in their best early-1960s attire until one of Henry???s colleagues winds up dead and Henry becomes a suspect.Amazingly enough, Henry Tibbett is at work! Crime tends to catch him when he???s on vacation, but this time around Henry???s at a coppers??? conference, an international effort intended to stop drug-smuggling. The conference is in Switzerland (for a Scotland Yard detective, Henry does manage to get around!) and the always sensible Emmy has come along for the parties and the chocolate. It???s a glittering whirl of attractive folks in their best early-1960s attire until one of Henry???s colleagues winds up dead and Henry, of all people, becomes Suspect No. 1. A minor but real pleasure here? The reappearance of some characters from Dead Men Don???t Ski, widening both the Tibbetts??? social circle and the circle of suspects.Patricia Moyes (1923-2000) was a British mystery writer best known for her ???Henry Tibbet??? series of old-fashioned mysteries. During WWII Moyes joined the Royal Air Force and became a radar operator and flight officer. Subsequently, she worked as assistant to actor and director Peter Ustinov, with whom she collaborated on a film script. She also spent some years as assistant editor for British Vogue. A cat lover, Moyes wrote two books about cats.