More Plumtree Pluck

Alex Plumtree is having a bad day. Not only has his newly discovered incunabulum—a priceless manuscript that dates from the late 15th century—been stolen, but his weekend initiation into an exclusive club for British bibliophiles has turned macabre, his fiancee has been kidnapped, and his mobile calls to his friend, the Prime Minister, won't connect. Not to worry, his detractors (mostly titled gents but a few Arabic princes, as well) can't quite keep up with the famous Plumtree pluck. In Untitled by Julie Kaewert '81, the third book in her best-selling Booklover's Mysteries series, Alex Plumtree is back and pinching clues from the writings of Boccacio and me-

dieval publishing lore to solve his latest crime. While the book's references to the Decameron are intriguing, there are moments when Kaewert wields a spoon instead of her pen, and the klutzy but dogged Plumtree manages to evoke Inspector Clouseau at least as often as he does his hero, James Bond. And yet, harried trips into the bowels of an English manor, helicopter stunts, yachting accidents, gentrified but aggressive bibliophiles, international interests and whiskey—taken neat—still manage to whet the appetite of the bookish country squire in us all.

Look for these other books by Dartmouth authors:

Suifcaster's Quest: Seeking Stripers, Blues and Solitude at the Edge of the SurgingSea (Lyons Press) by Roy Rowan '41, avid fisherman and veteran journalist who has written for Time, Life and Fortune.

Solving Problems Without Large Government (Greenwood Publishing Group) by George W.Liebmann '60, Maryland attorney and former executive assistant to the Maryland governor.