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Simon Serrailler crime novels volume 8
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Simon Serrailler is called upon to work a case in the seemingly idyllic cathedral town of Lafferton as part of a dangerous undercover operation.
Author
Series
Inspector George Felse mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Mysterious Press/Warner Books
Pub. Date
[1994], c1951
Physical Desc
324 p. ; 22 cm.
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Series
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
217 p. ; 23 cm.
Description
When Terry Pugh's headless body is found floating in the canal, DCI Woodend at first believes that Pugh had merely miscalculated the amount of rope he needed to hang himself. But why would Pugh commit suicide when he had a loving wife who was expecting their first baby, and was just about to start an exciting new job? Other disturbing questions soon follow in the first body's wake. Who was the mysterious stranger Pugh was seen with, just before he...
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Inspector Bill Slider mysteries volume 11
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A Bill Slider Mystery - When ex-BBC correspondent Ed Stonax is found dead, the last thing Detective Inspector Slider needs to complicate his life is the reappearance of an old enemy issuing death threats. Trevor Bates, aka The Needle, is on the loose and trying to kill him, and with a high-profile murder to solve, Slider must try to find a spare moment to marry Joanna before their baby is born and stay alive long enough to do it . . .
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The Moonstone was published in 1868 and concerns the huge yellow diamond of the title that was once stolen from an Indian shrine. Rachel Verrinder receives the stone as a gift and does not realize that it has been passed to her in a sinister form of revenge by John Herncastle who, it transpires, acquired the moonstone by means of murder and theft. The jewel also brings bad luck. The stone disappears on the very night it is given to Rachel, though,...
Author
Series
Inspector Mayo mysteries volume 9
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
1998
Physical Desc
216 p. ; 22 cm.
Author
Series
Publisher
Arcade Pub
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
326 p. ; 25 cm.
Description
When the Daily Mirror called The Chalon Heads "one of the best-crafted, best-plotted, and most convincing British thrillers for decades," you knew it had to be good. David Brock and Kathy Kolla are summoned to Cabot's, a venerable dealer in rare stamps on the Strand, and at first they expect a simple case of theft and a pleasant digression from the usual sort of murderous wrongdoing they encounter in the Serious Crime Branch of Scotland Yard. But...
Author
Series
Lloyd and Hill mysteries volume 12
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
316 p. ; 22 cm.
Author
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
216 p. ; 23 cm.
Description
An apparently straightforward case turns into something far more sinister for Detective Superintendent Henry Christie Detective Superintendent Henry Christie is in the middle of a case involving the horrific murder of a teenage girl when he is called in to investigate the drowning of Jennifer Sunderland, wife of local businessman Harry Sunderland. Henry's curiosity is soon aroused when things don't add up – and when a gun is pointed at his head...
18) Proof of guilt
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Pub. Date
c2013
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When the clues in a hit-and-run investigation lead him to two families famous for producing and selling the world's best Madeira wine, Scotland Yard's Ian Rutledge is pitted against his new supervisor who, dismissing the evidence, has his own suspect.
Author
Series
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
1970
Physical Desc
287 p. ; 21 cm.
Description
Who would kill the perfect gentleman? When Ernest Fletcher is found bludgeoned to death in his study, everyone is shocked and mystified: Ernest was well liked and respected, so who would have a motive for killing him? Superintendent Hannasyde, with consummate skill, uncovers one dirty little secret after another, and with them, a host of people who all have reasons for wanting Fletcher dead. Then, a second murder is committed, giving a grotesque twist...
20) A taste of death
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Series
Publisher
Vintage Books
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
459 p. ; 21 cm.
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