Tony Hale, Space Detective
- Publishing details:
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UK: Faber, 1973, in print until about 1979, h/b. ISBN 0-571-10271-9.
eBook:
Gateway SF, 2020.
- Synopsis:
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A series of mysterious disappearances at Lunar City results in the assignment of
Morrey, Serge and Tony (and later Chris) as detectives. When they seem stumped,
Tony works out a daring solo plan and is kidnapped!
- Commentary:
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A big change of pace here, with a detective story in place of the usual adventure.
Although I'm not a fan of this particular genre, and am thus unable to say how this
compares with, say, Agatha Christie, the mystery seems cleverly plotted and I for
one didn't guess the ending beforehand!
Unfortunately Leslie Wood, who contributed the bold cover paintings for the earlier
novels, seemed to have moved on and from now on the cover illustrations for the
books became increasingly poor - I'm not especially fond of this effort by David
Knight.