Hans M. Herzog Knihy

This is a delightful novel about a 70-year-old retired hotelier, Monsieur Rene, who is President of the International Brotherhood of Concierges and Hall Porters. Despite a sharp and active mind Monsieur Rene is suffering from late life depression so he decides to bring together a group of like-minded hoteliers to monitor suspicious-acting hotel guests. M. Rene then falls helplessly in love with Agnes, one of his fellow hoteliers and gradually he discovers a new purpose in life. This novel wonderfully combines a detective story with a moving evocation of falling in love when you no longer think it is possible.

Timothy Bright does not live up to his name. Brought up to regard ever-lasting wealth as his birthright, he cannot understand why the funds have been cut off and why friends recruited as Lloyd's Names no longer talk to him. When gambling fails and embezzlement starts, mayhem ensues