ROMAN BLOODA thrilling puzzle from the ancient world with real historical characters and based on a case in Cicero's Orations - Roman Blood is a perfect blend of mystery and history by a brilliant storyteller. On an unseasonably warm spring morning in 80BC, Gordianus...

Editeur : C & r Crime
Parution : 2012-05-17

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It's the Swinging Sixties but not all barriers have come down - the aristocrats and financial power players still gather around the exclusive gaming tables of the Montcler Club in Berkeley Square while the rest slum it in the underground ska clubs and elicit drinking...

Editeur : Constable
Parution : 2012-05-17

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'Witty, clever and laugh-out-loud funny!' - Amazon reviewer, ?????'I didn't make dinner or work on my income tax receipts last night. Instead I read "A Vicky Hill Exclusive!" What fun!' - Amazon reviewer, ?????---------------Cub reporter Vicky Hill has two goals in...

Editeur : C & r Crime
Parution : 2012-05-17
Collection : Vicky Hill
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Gerald John Makinson, Inspector of the North Yorkshire police admits defeat and calls Holmes to Harrogate immediately. Holmes is asked to investigate a series of only loosely connected to one another. The four victims live and work in the local area, and each has been...

Editeur : C & r Crime
Parution : 2012-05-17
Collection : Mammoth Books
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While Watson has been busy ministering the sick during the war, Holmes has been immersed in a top-secret case. Watson is instructed to take care of the seriously ill Chancellor, Prince Max, who has the potential to overrule General Ludendorff and bring about peace. Yet...

Editeur : C & r Crime
Parution : 2012-05-17
Collection : Mammoth Books
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Mrs Cecil Forrester is utterly dismayed by her and her husband's missing valuables. She sees no reason why her loyal maid Sarah would steal these belongings, yet is assured by both her husband and the police that Sarah is the culprit. Questioning the reliability of...

Editeur : C & r Crime
Parution : 2012-05-17
Collection : Mammoth Books
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Henry Staunton is a self-important, prosperous man not without self-esteem. He is utterly distressed to find his new Grace Chalice (the celebrated golden cup that had cost him a pretty penny) missing from the safe, securely built into the wall and hidden behind a...

Editeur : C & r Crime
Parution : 2012-05-17
Collection : Mammoth Books
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Violet Morgan is found dead in the library of Winchcombe Hall. She is found where she always used to read after dinner. Mortified, her daughter Gloria Morgan visits Sherlock Holmes. She accuses her father of murdering his wife so he is legally able to marry his mistress...

Editeur : C & r Crime
Parution : 2012-05-17
Collection : Mammoth Books
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Discover the first four titles in the George Gently series at an unmissable price _______________ GENTLY DOES IT The last thing you need when you're on holiday is to become involved in a murder. For George Gently, it is a case of business as usual. The Chief...

Editeur : C & r Crime
Parution : 2012-05-17
Collection : George Gently
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'Until now, Agatha Raisin has been my favourite 'detective' heroine, but Vicky Hill may just have pipped her!' - Amazon reviewer, ?????---------------Cub reporter Vicky Hill will do anything to get off the obituary circuit and on to the front page!If there's one thing...

Editeur : C & r Crime
Parution : 2012-05-17
Collection : Vicky Hill
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The 'French Sherlock Holmes', Inspector Girac, visits England in a desperate attempt to find someone trustworthy who can help him prevent a group of Jewish anarchists and their associate Jaques Huret, the Boulevard Assassin, from murdering the new President of the...

Editeur : C & r Crime
Parution : 2012-05-17
Collection : Mammoth Books
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Gossip and rumours begin to circulate in the press concerning Sir Andrew Lewis and the Addleton Barrow. Some claim that the Addleton Barrow has been the subject of evil legends as long as anyone can recall; other sources declare that after Sir Lewis opened the barrow in...

Editeur : C & r Crime
Parution : 2012-05-17
Collection : Mammoth Books
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Holmes is visited by a young girl from the circus industry. She fears for her life and is deeply troubled that two attempts on her life have already been made. Vittoria believes it is Edith Everage, an acrobat who desires to be the circus belle who is attempting to kill...

Editeur : C & r Crime
Parution : 2012-05-17
Collection : Mammoth Books
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Victor Trevor, an old friend of Holmes's calls him to Trincomalee, Ceylon, to investigate the vanishing of the Atkinson brothers, whose disappearance was as sudden as it was mysterious. For sixth months the people of Trincomalee have remained baffled by their departure,...

Editeur : C & r Crime
Parution : 2012-05-17
Collection : Mammoth Books
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It is becoming clear to Watson that unless Holmes is removed from Baker Street and the constant calls upon his time, which are inescapable as long as he he remains there, his health and strength are at the risk of failing. Watson takes Holmes to Kilbuie, Loch Echil,...

Editeur : C & r Crime
Parution : 2012-05-17
Collection : Mammoth Books
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Lord Hector Darlington is a wealthy art collector who owns one of the finest private galleries in Europe. His latest purchase is Louis de Granville's 'Adoration of the Magi'. After cancelling a regular trip and returning to view it, Darlington realises the piece is...

Editeur : C & r Crime
Parution : 2012-05-17
Collection : Mammoth Books
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It was in early January 1885 when Holmes and Watson were first embroiled in the question of Lady Abernatty's possible murder. A Junoesque, stylish woman visits the pair out of sheer fear for her stepmother's well-being. Mabel Bertram has always remained a great friend...

Editeur : C & r Crime
Parution : 2012-05-17
Collection : Mammoth Books
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Holmes is summoned by his elder brother Mycroft to the Diogenes Club in Pall Mall where he is greeted by his brother and three other recognizable government diplomacy officials. The men require Holmes's expertise immediately, stating that they are working for an unnamed...

Editeur : C & r Crime
Parution : 2012-05-17
Collection : Mammoth Books
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Mr Pendleton-Smythe, an excluded schoolboy turned military man, visits Holmes surreptitiously having been hiding out of fear for his life. Holmes quickly discovers the unfortunate outcomes of this man's adolescent decisions when he discovers Pendleton-Smythe's...

Editeur : C & r Crime
Parution : 2012-05-17
Collection : Mammoth Books
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Death of a GossipWhen society widow and gossip columnist Lady Jane Winters joins the local fishing class she wastes no time in ruffling feathers - or should that be fins? - of those around her. Among the victims of her sharp tongue is Lochdubh constable Hamish Macbeth,...

Editeur : C & r Crime
Parution : 2012-05-17

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