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Charlie Mortdecai Series

4 primary works • 6 total works
Charlie Mortdecai, a dishonest art dealer who consorts with international crooks, and his sidekick Jock Strapp, in England:

(Bruce F. Murphy writes that the third book should be read before the second. See The Encyclopedia of Murder and Mystery (1999), pp. 51-52.)

Book 1

Don't Point that Thing at Me
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3.31 · 3947 Ratings · 561 Reviews · published 1972 · 56 editions
A cult classic in the UK since its first publicati…

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    Book 2

    After You with the Pistol
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    3.74     · 1156 Ratings · 120 Reviews · published 1979 · 20 editions
    Cult classics in the UK since their first publicat…

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    Book 3

    Something Nasty in the Woodshed
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    3.54     · 853 Ratings · 100 Reviews · published 1976 · 29 editions
    Something Nasty in the Woodshed finds Charlie, exi…

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    Book 4

    The Great Mortdecai Moustache Mystery
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    3.66     · 511 Ratings · 65 Reviews · published 1999 · 16 editions
    Kyril Bonfiglioli's final novel follows the Hon. C…

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    Book 1-3 omnibus

    The Mortdecai Trilogy
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    3.88     · 593 Ratings · 66 Reviews · published 1991 · 15 editions
    Don't Point that Thing at Me finds Charlie momenta…

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    The Mortdecai ABC
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    3.90     · 20 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 2001 · 3 editions
    The novels of Kyril Bonfiglioli have achieved some…

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