An Exceptional Corpse

Mike McLean #1

by Paul Adam

Sheffield businessman Richard Sutton appeared to have died as the result of drunk driving. Except that Sutton was a lifelong teetotaller. And on that same night his office was destroyed by fire. Two more deaths were to follow before the massive fraud behind them emerged.

256 pages, Hardcover

First published February 18, 1993

About the author

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- Paul Adam is an English writer of novels for both adults and younger readers. He studied law at Nottingham University, then began a career in journalism, working both in England, in his childhood town of Sheffield, and Rome. Since then he has written 11 critically acclaimed thrillers for adults and the Max Cassidy series of thrillers for younger readers about a teenage escapologist, the first of which, Escape from Shadow Island, won the Salford Children's Book Award. His books have sold widely around the world and have been translated into several foreign languages. He has also written film and television scripts. Adam lived in Nottingham for many years but now lives in Sheffield with his wife and two children.

Reviews

[Alsjem]

Love Paul Adam, so easy to read and enjoyable story mystery and action.