Classic in the Dock: A Case for Jack Colby, Car Detective

In British author Myers’s satisfying seventh Jack Colby adventure (after 2014’s Classic Cashes In), a legendary Alfa Romeo Spyder that raced in the 1938 Mille Miglia intrigues our Kent-based car detective. Unfortunately for Jack, the car has a haunted past, and his longtime friend Giovanni Donati, who’s supposed to paint the vehicle, is accused of murdering Hugh Compton, the scion of a prominent local family. Giovanni has no memory of the incident, but both he and his beloved Ferrari Daytona Spider were covered in Hugh’s blood. The body, however, is nowhere to be found. Jack is sure that his friend has been framed, but Giovanni isn’t talking. When Jack begins looking into the alleged murder, he finds himself immersed in the village of Plumshaw’s decades-old feud between its two principal families, the Comptons and the Makepeaces. Full of car facts, WWII history, and plenty of lust, greed, and deceit, this entry has something for everyone. [em]Agent: Sara Keane, Keane Kataria Literary Agency (U.K.). (Sept.) [/em]