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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I first read this book many years ago, shortly after seeing the Bernard Cribbins version of the film on TV. I recently purchased and read the book again, after seeing the exceptionally good for a remake Peter Davison version, and if anything it has improved with age.
The story of the "Last Detective" (Dangerous is the final choice for any case) is both funny and, if somewhat sentimentally, moving.
All the main characters are well rounded and colourful and the story moves at a steady pace picking up speed as it goes along. This book has every thing, there are humorous sub stories, an unlikely romance , colourful supporting characters, and a twist in the tail. This is Lesley Thomas at his very best, up there with Virgin Soldiers.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I bought this book 30 years ago, just after seeing the ATV adaptation starring Bernard Cribbins. Didn't read it...but then I was only 9.
Unearthed it from the attic the other day, turned out to be one of my favourite reads ever. A fine thriller plot and frequently laugh-out-loud funny, it's a classic of the genre in my opinion.
"Dangerous" Davies (so called because he's not) is an underachieving, unappreciated N/W London police constable who is tasked with seeking out a returning local villain, but becomes distracted by the 25 year-old missing persons case of a young girl called Celia Norris. His somewhat accident-prone adventures re-investigating the case alongside his friend Mod Lewis (an out-of-work Welsh philosopher) are a delight, and the characters he meets along the way are fascinating.
Funnily enough, both times this book has been adapted for television, he has been played by 50-ish actors - so I was surprised to learn Davies is just 33. Cribbins' performance in the one-off is, I think, closer to the character in the book than Peter Davison's, who played the role for 4 years on ITV's "The Last Detective" in the mid-00s.
A real page-turner, and I can't wait to read the other three in the series. Thank you Mr Thomas.
Unearthed it from the attic the other day, turned out to be one of my favourite reads ever. A fine thriller plot and frequently laugh-out-loud funny, it's a classic of the genre in my opinion.
"Dangerous" Davies (so called because he's not) is an underachieving, unappreciated N/W London police constable who is tasked with seeking out a returning local villain, but becomes distracted by the 25 year-old missing persons case of a young girl called Celia Norris. His somewhat accident-prone adventures re-investigating the case alongside his friend Mod Lewis (an out-of-work Welsh philosopher) are a delight, and the characters he meets along the way are fascinating.
Funnily enough, both times this book has been adapted for television, he has been played by 50-ish actors - so I was surprised to learn Davies is just 33. Cribbins' performance in the one-off is, I think, closer to the character in the book than Peter Davison's, who played the role for 4 years on ITV's "The Last Detective" in the mid-00s.
A real page-turner, and I can't wait to read the other three in the series. Thank you Mr Thomas.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is the first of the Dangerous Davies books Leslie Thomas wrote and introduces the bumbling policeman.
It contains a little piece of history in London during the 1970's as Davies takes on the case of solving a 25 year old murder that nobody cares about any more. It takes a meandering and very funny journey as he gathers the evidence together and dogmatically solves the case.
It is a very enjoyable book to read that has stood the test of time.
It contains a little piece of history in London during the 1970's as Davies takes on the case of solving a 25 year old murder that nobody cares about any more. It takes a meandering and very funny journey as he gathers the evidence together and dogmatically solves the case.
It is a very enjoyable book to read that has stood the test of time.
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