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    Quest for a Father
    Quest for a Father
    Quest for a Father
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    Quest for a Father

    By Cecilia Peartree

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    This is the 6th book in the 'Adventurous Quests' series of thriller novels set in the world of the 1950s, when people hadn't quite recovered from the war and were on the brink of being plunged into a cold war stand-off with Russia.
    'Quest for a Father' takes Clemency and Andrew to Spain, at a time when recovery from a different kind of war was even slower, and there were secrets and dangers round every corner. One of those secrets has a close connection with Andrew's family.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCecilia Peartree
    Release dateJun 16, 2018
    ISBN9780463829165
    Quest for a Father
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    Cecilia Peartree

    Cecilia Peartree is the pen name of a writer from Edinburgh. She has dabbled in various genres so far, including science fiction and humour, but she keeps returning to a series of 'cosy' mysteries set in a small town in Fife.The first full length novel in the series, 'Crime in the Community', and the fifth 'Frozen in Crime are 'perma-free' on all outlets.The Quest series is set in the different Britain of the 1950s. The sixth novel in this series, 'Quest for a Father' was published in March 2017..As befits a cosy mystery writer, Cecilia Peartree lives in the leafy suburbs with her cats.

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