It is 1944 and an 89 year old man living in retirement the English country side becomes involved in trying to recover a stolen African grey parrot belonging to a nine year old boy. The boy and the bird have escaped previously from Nazi Germany. There was a murder committed when the bird was stolen.
This bird constantly repeats a code which has several agencies clamoring to get their hands on it.
The retired consulting detective rises to the challenge and becomes involved in the case and despite his advanced years his mental abilities have not diminished too badly.
This is novella in length, very clever with a very sad ending but worth reading.
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