Description
To all appearances Joanna Emerson is a fully qualified, gold-medalled graduate of the world's finest college of Nursery Nurses...
Engaged as a nanny to Benedict, newly born heir to a vast cosmetic fortune, she becomes caught up in a complex kidnap plot. But the enigmatic portrait painter, yachtsman and former spy, Johnson Johnson is never far away - and he knows the dangerous game she's playing.
Before long, bullets are flying, and most of them in Joanna's direction.
Joanna becomes embroiled in a kidnapping plot that takes her from Canada to the former Yugoslavia - the sixth book in a classic suspense mystery series, with an ending always sure to surprise!
About the Author
Dorothy Dunnett (1923-2001) is the celebrated author of the Dolly books (aka the Johnson Johnson series). She was a trustee of the National Library of Scotland, and a board member of the Edinburgh International Book Festival. In 1992 she was awarded an OBE for her services to literature.
Reviews
PRAISE FOR THE DOLLY MYSTERY SERIES
'The Dolly novels are... delicious, funny, ingenious, glamorous, clever' Listener
'Dunnett tempts her fans with buried clues and red herrings that keep them reading and rereading the books' New York Times
'[Dunnett's] women are among her strongest characters' Guardian
Book Information
ISBN 9781788424196
Author Dorothy Dunnett
Format Paperback
Page Count 304
Imprint Farrago
Publisher Duckworth Books
