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Gently to the Summit - (Inspector George Gently) by Alan Hunter (Paperback)

Gently to the Summit - (Inspector George Gently) by  Alan Hunter (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>An original Gently novel on which the prime-time BBC series starring Martin Shaw is based.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>A long-dead climber who comes in from the cold brings murder to the mountain air. <p/>Mountaineer Reginald Kincaid was believed to have died during an expedition to climb Mount Everest. It comes as a shock to his fellow climbers when he turns up again 22 years later and the mystery is compounded by the death of Arthur Fleece, Kincaid's climbing partner on the Everest attempt. Fleece falls to his death on Mount Snowdon in an apparent accident, but the feud that had developed between Fleece and the resurrected Kincaid sparks a murder investigation for George Gently with a 'dead' man as the prime suspect. <p/><b>Praise for Alan Hunter's Gently books: </b> <p/>'It is always a pleasure to look forward to another Gently book by Alan Hunter ...'<i> Police Review</i></p><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Alan Hunter</b> was born in Hoveton, Norfolk in 1922. 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 <i>Eastern Evening News</i>. He also wrote poetry, some of which was published while he was in the RAF during World War II. By 1950, he was running his own book shop in Norwich and in 1955, he wrote the first of 45 George Gently novels. He died in 2005 aged 82.

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