Quite HonestlyNew York Times bestselling author "Great fun from page 1 . honestly." - Booklist Life couldn't be better for Lucinda Purefoy. She has a steady boyfriend, a university degree in social work, and the offer of a high-powered job in advertising. But Lucinda thinks she should do something nobler, which is how she hooks up with the Social Carers, Reformers and Praeceptors (SCRAP for short), an organization that recruits women to become mentors to ex-convicts. Soon, Lucy finds herself standing at the gate of Wormwood Scrubs waiting to greet Terry Keenan, a career burglar. What happens next confounds all expectations and produces a signature Mortimer tale full of wit and surprise in a clever novel about how some people go wrong trying to do right. Quite Honestly is John Mortimer doing what he does best . writing provocative, brilliant, hilarious fiction about crime and punishment. |
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... give Tom a job . Most of the people we met and talked to were also hanging out in the faint hope of meeting someone from a television company with a job to offer , so Tom wasn't getting very far . I was sitting with him at the bar ...
... give him a job - part- time if it has to be . Oh , and we'll want your full report at the end of each week . At the end of the course I'll meet you all individually and give you the names of your clients . " On the final Monday morning ...
... Give him the credit , he poured me a glass without hesitation . ' Bubbles , Terry . I bet you didn't get many of them in the Scrubs . ' ' Too right , ' I agreed . ' You ought never to have got caught on that last job , Terry . " We'd ...