Rex Carver Mysteries

A 1960s London PI's search for a missing au pair leads to sinister evil in this classic spy series opener by the author of The Rainbird Pattern. Meet Rex Carver, the suave and laconic private investigator. His job is to track down a German au pair, Katerina Saxmann, who has gone missing in Brighton. But when the security services show up at his apartment within hours of him accepting the assignment, he realizes there is far more going on. As the search leads Carver around the pleasure spots of Europe, the investigation, and his feelings for Katerina, get more complicated. But when a specter from the continent's past rears its head, Rex discovers he might be in too deep . . . With cut-glass dialogue and panache in spades, Rex Carver is the James Bond of private investigators, perfect for fans of John le Carré and Ian Fleming. Praise for the writing of Victor Canning: "Mr. Canning's inventiveness never flags for a moment." -The Daily Telegraph

A suave 1960s London PI searches for a missing person who doesn't wish to be found in this high-stakes mystery by the author of The Whip Hand. When Rex Carver is taken on by a solicitor's firm to trace the sole beneficiary, one Arthur Finch, of an estate worth £6,000, he barely considers the job worth going out into the freezing weather for. But there is far more ice involved than Carver could have imagined. When he connects the seemingly innocuous yet hard-to-find Finch with a Hatton Garden diamond heist, he books the first flight to Finch's bolthole in Ireland, determined to smoke him out . . . The Bond of private investigators returns in another thrilling adventure, perfect for fans of Alistair MacLean and Ian Fleming.

The edge-of-your-seat third novel in the classic Rex Carver Mysteries, from the author of the Birdcage series.A missing bracelet gets Rex Carver, London PI, in a bind... An antique gold python bracelet, with diamonds for eyes and emeralds for scales, has been stolen from the home of its owner. The insurance company accountable for the jewellery wants it found, sharpish, and hires private investigator Rex Carver to recover it. When Carver discovers that the thief has also disappeared, an international chase around the Mediterranean ensues. But as he closes in on his target, so too does the net constrict around him. Rex must slip the coils of this snake while he can still breathe... Perfect for fans of Ian Fleming and John le Carré, The Python Project is classic thriller from one of the masters of the genre.

The pulse-pounding final novel in the Rex Carver Mysteries.Rex Carver, London private investigator, is sent to France in pursuit of some hot wheels. Rex Carver wants a holiday – is determined to have one, in fact. So when millionaire Cavan O'Dowda attempts to hire him to track down some stolen property, the answer is a flat 'No'. Until, that is, Cavan's beautiful daughter, Julia, arrives to collect him. The property in question is a top-of-the-range Mercedes, missing in France somewhere between Evian and Cannes; the driver turned up in Cannes without the car, and with no memory of the prior 48 hours. O'Dowda wants the vehicle, and the papers concealed within it, recovered at any cost… The Bond of private investigators sets out on his final mission, perfect for fans of Elmore Leonard and Raymond Chandler.