Outrageous exposures

Chief Inspector Dick Tansey #1

by John Penn

Kate Minden is a reliable young secretary in a real estate office near Oxford. Seventeen-year-old Mary Rust leads a strict, sheltered life under the thumb of her puritanical parents. Linda Jackson is a promising Oxford student with a long-term, live-in lover.The three have nothing in common... except that each is beautiful, with long, lustrous hair; each has a secret life; and each disappears without a trace.Chief Inspector Dick Tansey and Sergeant Hilary Greenway don't even know if the disappearances are connected--or if a crime is involved. Plenty of young women decide to drop out of sight for one reason or another, to get out of a dead-end job or a stale affair or away from an overbearing family. Then an ex-con offers a vital clue and the case begins to come into horrifying--and deadly--focus.

192 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1988

About the author

John Penn is a joint pseudonym of Palma Harcourt with husband Jack H. Trotman.

Reviews

[Lesley · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed reading the large print version of Outrageous exposures, some good detective work , so all in all a good read set in England I see John Penn has other novels published as large print books so I will be seeking them out Anyone who enjoys a crime / mystery will find this a worthwhile read

[Michelle · Rating 3 out of 5]

From inside the book jacket:
"Kate Minden is a reliable young secretary in a real estate office near Oxford. Seventeen-year-old Mary Rust leads a strict, sheltered life under the thumb of her puritanical parents. Linda Jackson is a promising Oxford student with a long-term, live-in lover.

The three have nothing in common... except that each is beautiful, with long, lustrous hair; each has a secret life; and each disappears without a trace."

my thoughts:
Not exactly a sit-on-the-edge of your seat kind of detective mystery, but an enjoyable read nonetheless.