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2000s: Will life at The Marquess of Queensberry ever be the same again?
Death of a Devil (Danny Bird 3)
What you need to know before your trail
Danny Bird and the gang are back.In this, the 3rd book of the popular series, life at The Marquess of Queensberry public house has returned to something resembling normality. Although his complicated love life is still in a state of some disarray, things are looking pretty rosy for Danny Bird.Not for long…Something horrible is discovered in the cellar, someone horrible comes to threaten one of the gang, and Danny and Lady Caroline are faced with some of their biggest challenges yet.With local crime-lord Chopper Falzone keeping a watchful eye on his investment, Danny and Lady Caz must unmask a murderer, find some stolen diamonds and thwart a blackmailer – just another day at The Marq.As the plot races breathlessly towards its conclusion, everyone realises that secrets, no matter how well hidden, can’t stay buried forever.
Travel Guide
Author insights into Death of a Devil
· I’ve had tea at The Savoy, just like Danny & Caz do in “Death of a Devil”
· I didn’t need to go to see Piccadilly by night as I spent my teens and twenties there, and the Mayfair nightclub that a Gangster owns and which comes to a very unfortunate end in “Devil” was a combination of several such spaces I’ve been to – all gloss in the public spaces, and grimly office-like backstage.
· And I’ve been back, several times, to The Gladstone Arms. It’s still there today, by the way. Having been closed, boarded up and near to demolition, it’s been resurrected by a trio of cool youngsters who now have the place as a live music pub with good food and a very different, more eclectic and modern vibe to the Glad of old. But the sense of that old inter-war place where locals and outsiders, people passing through and people with nowhere else to go, a place which could be a local boozer, a gay bar, a live music venue and a gasto pub without very much actually changing in the building, the décor or the surrounding environment, is still there.
Booktrail Boarding Pass: Death Of a Devil (Danny Bird 3)
Destination: London Author/Guide: Derek Farrell Departure Time: 2000s
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