{"product_id":"blotto-twinks-and-the-conquistadors-gold-9781408716557","title":"Blotto, Twinks and the Conquistadors' Gold","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A new Simon Brett is an event for mystery fans' P. D. James\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Simon Brett writes stunning detective stories. \u003cb\u003eI would recommend them to anyone'\u003c\/b\u003e Jilly Cooper \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Murder most enjoyable' Colin Dexter \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe two aristocratic siblings Blotto and Twinks are once again launched into another death-defying adventure, this time in the civil war-torn republic of Jalapeno, in Mexico. But how did they ever get to such a foreign and distant land in the first place? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor Twinks it was an easy decision - to escape her mother's match-making attempts she sets out to visit her old friend, Begonia Guiteras, who lives in Jalapeno, which is fortuitously on the doorstep of an Aztec dig Twinks wants to work on. Unfortunately, her visit coincides with the War for Jalapeno Independence, headed by Colonel Henriquez Guiteras, Begonia's father. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt the same time, Twinks's excavation of the Aztec site is revealing the exciting prospect of a hoard of Conquistadors' gold - but will taking it away from the burial ground unleash the dreaded Curse of Attatotalloss? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInto this confusion stumbles Blotto, who only comes to Mexico as he's missing his sister. On being reunited with Twinks they then discover Begonia has been kidnapped by Mexican government forces and both set out to rescue her. This leads to many chases and challenges across the Mexican countryside, resulting in the capture of the twins where death by firing squad seems inevitable... but will trusty chauffeur Corky Froggett, as so very often in past adventures, be able to save the day? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Simon Brett\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'One of British crime's most assured craftsmen . . . \u003cb\u003eCrime writing just like in the good old days, and perfect entertainment'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Few crime writers are so e\u003cb\u003enchantingly gifted\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSIMON BRETT is the author of over ninety books, many of them crime novels. His humorous writing includes the internation bestsellers How To Be A Little Sod and Summersdale's very successful Baby Tips series. He was educated at Dulwich College and Wadham College, Oxford, where he gained a First Class Honours Degree in English. A former radio and television producer, he has to date written over ninety books. A great many are crime novels, including the Charles Paris, Mrs Pargeter and Fethering series. Simon was Chairman of the Crime Writers Association from 1986 to 1987 and of the Society of Authors from 1995 to 1997. He is President of the Detection Club and was awarded the 2014 CWA Diamond Dagger. He lives near Arundel in West Sussex and is married with three grown-up children and six grandchildren.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Constable \u0026 Robinson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50680344903954,"sku":"9781408716557","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e54da49d-e09e-436a-b5a7-bcfa0521e38a.jpg?v=1734905176","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/blotto-twinks-and-the-conquistadors-gold-9781408716557","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}