Hooky Gets the Wooden Spoon

'Len, this old man has got lots of lovely cash and I thought you would like to get hold of some of it. And I think we might be able to do it, ' Virginia Chanderley tells her lover, Len Carron. Virginia, the radical younger daughter of wealthy Sir Leo Chanderley, dreams up an elaborate plot to steal (and then return for ransom) one of the prize paintings in Julius Bern's collection. But while Virginia and Len are putting their perfect plot into action, Private Investigator Hooky Hefferman has other ideas ...'You feel instantly at home from page 1 and it's a true world, too' The Times