Publisher's Synopsis
Dick Turpin and his faithful sidekick Ned Rust ride again in the form of young Skelton (Skull) Asquit and his faithful sidekick Andy (Anaconda) Miller when a boyhood game changes to adulthood. Here innocence is replaced by intrigue, amiability by avarice and friendships by falsehoods and betrayals and as the devious plot unfolds will the reader be forced to ask, Is revenge a dish really best served cold - especially if only temporarily? Intertwined amidst the mayhem, the macabre and misadventure is an input of outrageous happenings including a plethora of fantasies to accommodate even the most undiscerning of tastes. The cutthroat worlds of fashion and high finance interspersed with that of the Orient, the Caribbean, the Carnevale di Venezia and even the world of the gourmet - a fish dish as never experienced before! -all combine to make TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE' another unputdownable from the laser-like pen of the author. Lavina (Labby), Chan (Panda Bear), Desmond (Desdemona), Teddy (Beddy), Gloriosa Gonada, Charlie, Big Dirk Du Toit and the glamorous wannabe Loadsa along with loadsa more are all lined up waiting to tease, tantalise and at the same time terrify in this audacious, no holds barred, adventure romp.
