Can anyone British teach English as a foreign language? It's murder....''Adroit, inspiring, and written with a rare lightness of touch,'' - The London Times Literary Supplement. ''Believable plotting, a memorable cast of characters, and three - count 'em - three beguiling sleuths in a warm, gently raunchy, crisp ...
and literate caper.'' - Kirkus Reviews
''Amiss is bumblingly appealing and howlingly funny.'' - The Chicago Sun Times.
He's also a civil servant down on his luck and out of a job - and thus ripe for a post as a police spy at the Knightsbridge School. Robert's cover will be to teach English as a foreign language. His mission soon becomes, well, murder....''Quirky, highly intelligent, and thoroughly entertaining....'' - The Washington Post Book World