Like a Bullet
  • Published:
    Jun-2025
    Jun-24-2025 (Release)
  • Formats:
    Print / eBook
  • Main Genre:
    Cozy Mystery
  • Pages:
    336
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Humorous cosy-crime caper from the author of the beloved, bestselling Vinyl Detective series  in which a feisty, amoral book dealer uses her unique skills to solve fiendish crimes, A love letter to Agatha Christie murder mysteries and classic whodunnits.

When rock musician and World War Two nut Erik Make Loud hires Cordelia, the Paperback Sleuth, to track down a series of rare and highly sought-after Commando novels by the blatantly pseudonymous Butch Raider, it seems like a routine job. But Cordelia soon discovers that the series â€" and in particular the incredibly rare Commando Gold paperback â€" are all but impossible to track down.

The books' creator â€" real name Monty Hanington, once a promising young poet and now an embittered drunk â€" proves easier to find. And when he reveals to Cordelia that all his stories came from a real ex-commando he'd met on a pub crawl, a man who was only too happy to provide authentic colour to Monty's stories for a pint or two, she realises the tales might just be a little too authentic. 

For Commando Gold details a 1944 operation in Greece, in which commandos stumbled on a cache of Nazi gold and decided to bring it home with them. The operation was real, the gold is definitely real and the horde still exists â€" hidden away in England.

And some people are willing to kill to get it.
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People / Creatures
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    • First Edition
    • Jun-2025
    • Titan (UK)
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 1803367946
    • ISBN13: 9781803367941
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    • Jun-2025
    • Titan (UK)
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 1803367954
    • ISBN13: 9781803367958
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    • Jun-2025
    • Titan Books
    • eBook (Kindle)



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