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The Golden Cigar Case
The Golden Cigar Case
The Golden Cigar Case
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When a wealthy jeweller is found battered do death, Kroupa and Hendrych find themselves in double trouble. As their investigations focus on a pair of identical twin sisters, danger comes too close to home for Kroupa's liking. This time his faithful police dog, Sara, is at the centre. With a golden cigar case full of jewels as their main clue, they tackle that most corrupting sin of all..

LanguageEnglish
PublisherPen Avram
Release dateMar 2, 2015
ISBN9781311352491
The Golden Cigar Case
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Pen Avram

This one-time piano mechanic turned Master of Applied Science (Critical Enquiry/Social Ecology) fled to the West from the former Soviet bloc, finally finding his home in Australia. Growing up in a family touched by the horrors of the holocaust and communism, Pen Avram has spent his life studying what drives people of different faiths around the world to act the way they do. His insights now inform the mysteries investigated by the intrepid team of Kroupa and Hendrych. And Sara is a real dog, blood an bones.

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    The Golden Cigar Case - Pen Avram

    THE GOLDEN CIGAR CASE

    A book by Pen Avram

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    Chapter - INTRODUCTION

    To those who never came across Kroupa, Hendrych and Sara in their adventures, let me redress this misfortune and introduce the trio.

    Kroupa and Hendrych shared a similar build and both were middle aged. Detective Chief Inspector Kroupa was a few years older. His pink cheeks were sagging and he was going bald. Every criminal, who encountered him, feared him. His simple interrogation technique was well known in every police academy - ‘He never answers a question with an answer, but always with another question.’

    There was a popular anecdote circulated about him. A suspect had asked Kroupa, Why do you always answer with a question? Kroupa replied, Why shouldn’t I?

    However Kroupa had a weakness – which also proved to be his strength at times – and it was known only to Hendrych. Kroupa always followed his intuition

    Kroupa had worn the same black, horn-rimmed glasses for over twenty years, since he had become aware that his eyesight was deteriorating. He liked the old-fashioned look and they also served as a memento of Rome. Therefore, he never replaced them. Instead, he simply had the lenses replaced every year. On the rare occasion when a smile crossed his face, his cheeks touched the bottom of his glasses.

    Kroupa wore tweed. Usually rusty Harris tweed, comfortable moleskins trousers, dark brown, soft flat shoes, and a dark green woolen necktie. Whenever he went outdoors, regardless of the weather, he sported a Baxter Tartan cap – of course, he’d had the pompom removed. It looks more ‘classy’, and it matches my car, he liked to say. The car in question was a dark-brown Rover SD1.

    He liked classical music and art, his favourites being old Dutch Masters. However, he also had a penchant for Picasso and Dali, and Miles Davis was often his choice of music, but not for too long at one time. Philosophy was another of his hobbies and his library included everything from Plato to Wittgenstein, but also many Russian writers. He had no time for poetry or Dickens. But always had time for a pint of cold beer. It helps me think, he liked to say. More often than not, his beloved dog Sara helped him in his thinking. Nobody really knew how Kroupa came to own this former police dog, but they were inseparable, occasionally making Hendrych ever so slightly jealous.

    Hendrych was Kroupa’s closest friend. He had been a freelance reporter for over 20 years. He’d written for major newspapers in Hamilton and when Kroupa relocated to Boarsville, he moved there too. Amongst his major publishers he counted Boarsville Morning Post, Boarsville Daily, and Hamilton Telegraph. He loved to get an ‘exclusive’ and be paid for it. Occasionally he still struck gold with The Times and The Guardian, due to his previous contributions and contacts there.

    Hendrych had met Kroupa at the very beginning of his career while on assignment and since then the two had become best friends. Hendrych often helped Kroupa in his investigations. His reward: 'exclusives' for his papers. He was in his early forties, about 185 cm tall, lean but strong, with a mane of reddish hair that was always neatly combed. Curiously, he wore contact lenses and sunglasses, even when the light was dim. Mostly he was dressed in

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