The Roar of the Butterflies

The Roar of the Butterflies
Reginald Hill

A special gift for Reginald Hill fans on Father’s Day – the return of Joe Sixsmith in a beautifully packaged, witty new crime novelA sweltering summer spells bad news for the private detective business. Thieves and philanderers take the month off and the only swingers in town are those on the 19th hole of the Royal Hoo Golf Course. But now the reputation of the ‘Hoo’ is in jeopardy.Shocking allegations of cheating have been directed at leading member, Chris Porphyry. When Chris turns to Joe Sixsmith, PI, he's more than willing to help – only Joe hadn't counted on being French-kissed then dangled out of a window on the same day.Before long, though, Joe’s on the trail of a conspiracy that starts with missing balls, and ends with murder…

REGINALD HILL

THE ROAR OF THE BUTTERFLIES

A Joe Sixsmith novel

Copyright

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Contents

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Title Page (#u4b46ce1f-75fb-5b86-a8fd-cc0f4333d999)

Copyright

Dedication

1 ’Fonlies

2 Enter a YFG

3 A Willie Day

4 Blackball

5 Tiger

6 Pastures New

7 A Fortunate Lie

8 Trust

9 A Royal Summons

10 Favours

11 Knobbly Scones and Lipton’s Tea

12 The Hole

13 Legal Advice

14 What’s Become of Waring?

15 Twitch

16 Wondrous Regiment

17 A Message from Frank

18 A Patch of Oil

19 And in my nightmares!

20 Lightning Strikes Twice

21 Frozen Broccoli

22 The Right Price

23 Pillow Talk

24 A Saving Bell

25 Last Breakfast

26 Pain

27 End of Play