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FREE GENTLY WITH THE LADIES PDF Mr. Alan Hunter | 224 pages | 18 Oct 2012 | Little, Brown Book Group | 9781780339382 | English | London, United Kingdom Gently With The Ladies by Alan Hunter, Paperback | Barnes & Noble® Uh-oh, it looks like your Internet Explorer is out of date. For a better shopping experience, please upgrade Gently with the Ladies. Javascript is not enabled in your browser. Enabling JavaScript in your browser will allow you to experience all the features of our site. Learn how to enable JavaScript on your browser. NOOK Book. A police man-hunt fails to find the husband of a brutally murdered woman - until he turns up in Gently's office. The hunted man is, in fact, a far-distant relative of Gently and throws himself on the Chief Inspector's mercy. Gently will have none of it and Gently with the Ladies ready to hand the man over to his colleagues Gently with the Ladies charge of the investigation, but there are some intriguing elements to the case. The fact that the prime suspect had fled to be with his mistress and then taken to the open sea in a chartered yacht seems hugely incriminating. But the affluent and exotic lifestyle of the victim, whose apartment was designed for erotic pleasure with her lesbian lover, supports the accused man's protestations of innocence. Home 1 Books 2. Read an excerpt of this book! Add to Wishlist. Sign in to Purchase Instantly. Members save with free shipping everyday! Gently with the Ladies details. Overview A police man-hunt fails to find the husband of a brutally murdered woman - until he turns up in Gently's office. Product Details About the Author. Pages: Product dimensions: 4. He left school at the age of 14 to work on his father's farm, spending his spare time sailing on the Norfolk Broads and writing nature notes for the Eastern Evening News. Byhe was running his own book shop in Norwich and inhe wrote the first of 45 George Gently novels. He died in aged Little, Brown Book Group. Inspector George Gently. Gently with the Ladies | Bookshare Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. A police man-hunt fails to find the husband of a brutally murdered woman - until he turns up in Gently's office. The hunted man is, in fact, a far-distant relative of Gently and throws himself on the Chief Inspector's mercy. Gently will have none of it and is ready to hand the man over to his colleagues in charge of the investigation, but there are some intriguing elements A police man-hunt fails to find the husband of a brutally murdered woman - until he turns up in Gently's office. Gently will have none of it and is ready to hand the man over to his colleagues in charge of the investigation, but there are some intriguing elements to the case. The fact that the prime suspect had fled to be with his mistress and then taken to the open sea in a chartered yacht seems hugely incriminating. But the affluent and exotic lifestyle of the victim, whose apartment was designed for erotic pleasure with her lesbian lover, supports the accused man's protestations of innocence. Get A Copy. Hardcoverpages. Published September 1st by Macmillan Publishing Company first published More Details Original Title. Chief Superintendent Gently Other Editions 6. Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Gently With the Ladiesplease sign up. Be the first to ask a question about Gently With the Ladies. Lists with This Book. This book is not yet Gently with the Ladies on Listopia. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Start your review of Gently With the Ladies. Dec 29, Paul E. This one's a bit different to the previous volumes of this series in that Gently is brought into the case when a relative comes to him begging for aid in proving his innocence of murdering his wife. The trouble is, after hearing his cousin's story and reviewing the evidence, Gently finds that he's pretty sure his relative is guilty. Quite the pretty pickle! I quite enjoyed this one but I had to dock it a star for a its rather dated attitudes to lesbianism and b because I found the ending to b This one's a bit different to the previous volumes of this series in that Gently is brought into the case when a relative comes to him begging for aid in proving his innocence of murdering his wife. I quite enjoyed this one but I had to dock it a star for a its rather dated attitudes to lesbianism and b because I Gently with the Ladies the ending to be a bit of a cop-out, due to a vital piece of information only being revealed to Gently with the Ladies reader at the last minute via a bit of a parlour trick. I felt slightly conned, to be honest. View 1 comment. Thirteenth in the Gently series, published in and less dated that the earlier books from the Fifties. Sep 16, Paul Allard rated it really liked it. George Gently investigates a murder when the prime suspect comes to see him, proclaiming his innocence. As the title indicates, nearly all Gently with the Ladies main characters are women and none of them are particularly trustworthy. The story is short and quite engaging but the plot is slightly Gently with the Ladies convoluted than necessary. Definitely not as good as the others in the series. There is so much misogyny and homophobia in this book, it turned my stomach. Yes this was written in the 60s, but the misogyny was Gently with the Ladies handed even for those days. Oct 20, Damaskcat rated it it was amazing. John Fazackerly has disappeared and his wife Clytie has been found dead in their apartment. This is a complex mystery involving some very unpleasant characters. No one is telling the truth an John Fazackerly has disappeared and his wife Clytie has been found dead in their apartment. No one is telling the truth and no one is exactly what they seem. Gently himself is always good value with his passion for driving and his quiet thoughtfulness which can turn to anger at times. I enjoyed this story and read it in the course of one evening because I wanted to know exactly what happened. The characters, unpleasant as they are, are very well drawn and believable. If you like crime novels with added depth and believable motivations but without too much on the page violence then give this series a try. Mar 16, Ann Gently with the Ladies it it was ok Shelves: mystery. Inspector Gently reluctantly gets involved in the police investigation of the murder of a socialite when it turns out that the suspect, her husband, is a distant relative-by-marriage. And so we meet a whole slew Gently with the Ladies unpleasant folks, all described with palpable distaste by the author. Some of this may have to do with the fact that the murder victim was as openly gay as a woman could be in the UK in the s. Her lover sprouts psychotwaddle about lesbians being the New Women, her husband is a spi Inspector Gently reluctantly gets involved in the police investigation of the murder of a socialite when it turns out that the suspect, her husband, is a distant relative-by-marriage. Her lover sprouts psychotwaddle about lesbians being the New Women, her husband is a spineless skirt-chaser living off her money, her half-sister is a nasty piece of work with a taste for theatrics. Then there is the ludicrous story of how the two women recruited a French girl called Albertine from Illiers to serve as their maid and potential playmate - all very heavily Proustian. Even the women's Gently with the Ladies in interior design is described with thinly veiled hostility. The mystery itself was a nice Gently with the Ladies puzzle centering on Gently with the Ladies was where when, but overall, the book left a bitter aftertaste. I've seen some of these on TV so I already have a head-picture of how George Gently looks lovely It's a gentle crime thriller, just the thing for on the Gently with the Ladies. I did worry that it seems Gently with the Ladies bit misogynistic. I will have to try one or two more though, it could have been because of the nature of some of the characters in this that it felt that way. It's a gentle crime thriller, just the thing for on the train. A good murder mystery though not something that I would be a fan of. At times it felt that I got "lost" and couldn't really understand what the character was saying. Reminds me a little of Agatha Christie books. Feb 09, Karen rated it liked it. This was a good easy read and I didn't guess who had done it George Gently has the interesting task of ensuring a man whom he believes to be guilty is fairly investigates. The ladies in question are generally not interested in men.