Kirkus Reviews, August 15, 2000
"Waggish comedy is the keynote in this inaugural entry in Wright's fourth series."

Book Description
Joe Barley, a part-time lecturer in English Literature and part-time security guard, is alerted by his maid to the disappearance of another of her employers, Rosie Dawn, a student of classics who is working her way through school by being an exotic dancer and the mistress of a fast-food entrepreneur. The novel also involves campus politics--a student tries to exploit the nervous administration over its minority policies.

From the Inside Flap
From the Back Cover: From the Halls of Academe To the Waterfront of Toronto Rosie Dawn, whos working her way through college as an exotic dancer and mistress of a fast-food entrepreneur, has disappeared. Joe Barley, an English teacher and sometime private eye, looks for her in high and low places. Meanwhile, the universitys political-correctness police are after Joes office-mate, and his live-in lady, Carole, is acting very peculiar indeed. . . . Advance Praise for The Kidnapping of Rosie Dawn This book is fine in every sense of the word, for Eric Wright has always been the kind of writer whose art conceals art. The things he does well he does so well you hardly notice them, and Kidnapping of Rosie Dawn leaves the reader with a sense of effortless ease. Its witty, intelligent, elegantly shaped, beautifully paced, and every page is generously sown with pleasures of phrase and insight. Read and enjoy! --Reginald Hill, winner of the CWA Diamond and Golden Daggers, and author of Arms and Women Eric Wright is intelligent, engaging, and stylishly funny. So is his detective, Joe Barley. Together, they provide a very satisfying read indeed. --K.K. Beck, author of the Iris Cooper series, the Jane da Silva series, and The Revenge of Kali-Ra

About the Author
Eric Wright, the author of 15 books including the Inspector Charlie Salter series, is Canada's most honored mystery writer. Past president of the North American chapter of the International Crime Writers Association, he has won the John Creasey Award for the best mystery published in England, and the Arthur Ellis Award for the best mystery published in Canada. He has also written short stories for periodicals ranging from Punch to The New Yorker. He lives in Toronto, Canada.