Every Penny Counts - Pat McDonald

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Résumé :
Every Penny Counts is the fifth book in Pat McDonald's Penny Series. Benjamin Pollock (aka Ben Matthews) is now the father of two sets of twins, Luke and Lucy, and Leo and Lily. He lives in the United Arab Emirates in the modest eight-bedroom villa he calls Chez Waifs and Strays. When his wife Rebecah wants to go back to her nursing job, they take in a nanny for the new twins. Ben's responsibilities mount when his sister Cynthia gives birth to his nephew, but it's anyone's guess who the father is. Stan (aka JoJo the Clown) is back, having run away from the circus, and Gordy also turns up again, looking like a long-haired beach bum. Has he really lost Dolly and his precious mansion Hillcrest? The villa is bursting at the seams! Nevertheless, Ben's slimming product business The Daisy Effect(c) is flourishing and has branched out into DaisyFit(c), slimming classes with exercises, thanks to Terry's links to a sheikh, who requests that he set up classes for his wives. Ben needs to open a new business bank account for his UK-based classes, which leads him to discover that his old adversary Austin Prentice is now living in the UAE, having travelled across the world to find him. Could Austin still be holding a grudge after all this time? Ben's past just won't leave him alone. About The Author: British crime author Pat McDonald lives in a rural part of the Midlands, United Kingdom. She previously worked as a researcher, project manager, and programme manager in the NHS, law enforcement, and the criminal justice system. She is now a full-time novelist, and this is her twelfth book. ...

Biographie:
Pat McDonald lives in the rural Midlands of the United Kingdom. This is her seventh book, a stand-alone crime thriller, with a character taken from her third book, Boxed Off from her Blue Woods trilogy. I loved this character, but was inspired by the photography of fellow author Ian Hutson to set the scene in an unremarkable seaside town (from his photographs of Mablethorpe, UK), and our conversations about serial killers and where they might pre-exist. I have dedicated this book to him....

Sommaire:
Every Penny Counts is the fifth book in Pat McDonald's Penny Series. Benjamin Pollock (aka Ben Matthews) is now the father of two sets of twins, Luke and Lucy, and Leo and Lily. He lives in the United Arab Emirates in the modest eight-bedroom villa he calls Chez Waifs and Strays. When his wife Rebecah wants to go back to her nursing job, they take in a nanny for the new twins. Ben's responsibilities mount when his sister Cynthia gives birth to his nephew, but it's anyone's guess who the father is. Stan (aka JoJo the Clown) is back, having run away from the circus, and Gordy also turns up again, looking like a long-haired beach bum. Has he really lost Dolly and his precious mansion Hillcrest? The villa is bursting at the seams! Nevertheless, Ben's slimming product business The Daisy Effect(c) is flourishing and has branched out into DaisyFit(c), slimming classes with exercises, thanks to Terry's links to a sheikh, who requests that he set up classes for his wives. Ben needs to open a new business bank account for his UK-based classes, which leads him to discover that his old adversary Austin Prentice is now living in the UAE, having travelled across the world to find him. Could Austin still be holding a grudge after all this time? Ben's past just won't leave him alone. About The Author: British crime author Pat McDonald lives in a rural part of the Midlands, United Kingdom. She previously worked as a researcher, project manager, and programme manager in the NHS, law enforcement, and the criminal justice system. She is now a full-time novelist, and this is her twelfth book. ...