Sparkling characterisation and inventive plots from one of the best known and beloved detective novelists of all time.Tragedy befalls the Carter family following an eventful visit from a Russian prince and a scandalous blackmail letter. The murder of Wally Carter...

Editeur : Cornerstone Digital
Parution : 2010-09-30

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'Pure joy from start to finish' Dorothy L Sayers____________________________________The stabbing of irascible General Sir Arthur Billington-Smith fails to stir up grief in anyone - least of all his family, which is no wonder considering the way he had treated them all...

Editeur : Cornerstone Digital
Parution : 2010-09-30

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‘A funny, frantic, utterly refreshing brew’ – Sunday TelegraphDetective Inspector Jack Frost, officially on duty, is nevertheless determined to sneak off to a colleague's leaving party. But first the corpse of a well-known local junkie is found blocking the drain of a...

Editeur : Transworld Digital
Parution : 2010-09-30

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If you love Bridgerton, you'll love Georgette Heyer!'The greatest writer who ever lived' Antonia Fraser'[My] generation's Julia Quinn' Adjoa Andoh, star of Bridgerton'One of my perennial comfort authors. Heyer's books are as incisively witty and quietly subversive as...

Editeur : Cornerstone Digital
Parution : 2010-09-30

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While a young medical student at Edinburgh, Arthur Conan Doyle famously studied under the remarkable Dr Joseph Bell. Taking this as a starting point, David Pirie has woven a compelling thriller, which partners Bell and Doyle as pioneers in criminal investigation,...

Editeur : Cornerstone Digital
Parution : 2010-09-30

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Sparkling characterisation and inventive plot from one of the best known and beloved detective novelists of all time.The sixtieth birthday party of Silas Kane was marred by argument and dissension amongst his family. And then, the morning after the celebrations, Kane is...

Editeur : Cornerstone Digital
Parution : 2010-09-30

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Completely captivating, this is a spine-tingling page-turner of a mystery from multi-million copy and SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author Ruth Rendell. Perfect for fans of PD James, Ann Cleeves and Donna Leon. 'The most brilliant mystery novelist' -- Patricia...

Editeur : Cornerstone Digital
Parution : 2010-09-30

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'If anyone can put down Worth Dying For after the first few pages, then they shouldn't really be reading thrillers at all' IndependentThere's trouble in the deadly wilds of Nebraska . . . and Reacher walks right into it. He falls foul of the Duncans, a local clan that...

Editeur : Transworld Digital
Parution : 2010-09-30

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Readers of PD James, Ann Cleeves and Donna Leon will love this gripping crime thriller full of twists and turns from multi-million copy and SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author Ruth Rendell. 'The most brilliant mystery writer' -- Patricia Cornwell'Probably the greatest crime...

Editeur : Cornerstone Digital
Parution : 2010-09-30

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‘Fast-paced and wryly amusing… A delight from start to finish’ – Val McDermidDetective Inspector Jack Frost is having a hard time.A young boy is found dead in a rubbish heap, suffocated and with one finger cut off. Another boy is missing. A psychopath is stabbing babies...

Editeur : Transworld Digital
Parution : 2010-09-30

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‘Exciting, ingenious, roundly satisfying’ – Literary ReviewTen days to Christmas. Tracey Uphill, aged eight, hasn't come home from Sunday school. Her mother, a pretty young prostitute, is desperate. Enter Detective Inspector Jack Frost, sloppy, scruffy and...

Editeur : Transworld Digital
Parution : 2010-09-30

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With the peal of wedding bells still ringing in their ears, Daisy Dalrymple and her new husband, Detective Chief Inspector Alec Fletcher, take an ocean trip to America. On board they are joined by a coterie of acquaintances, including American industrialist Caleb P....

Editeur : C & r Crime
Parution : 2010-09-23
Collection : Daisy Dalrymple
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'A delight.' - Irish Times'A pitch-perfect Golden Age mystery . . . a gem of a period puzzle' - Financial TimesThirty years ago, Lord Peter Wimsey encountered the Attenbury emeralds. The recovery of Lord Attenbury's magnificent gem made headlines - and launched the...

Editeur : Hodder & Stoughton
Parution : 2010-09-16

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The hot summer heat could put anyone anyone on edge but to Daisy Dalrymple, it does seem that her brother-in-law, Lord John Frobisher, is exceptionally tense - and with good reason. Someone with an evil sense of humour is sending him a series of poisoned pen letters...

Editeur : C & r Crime
Parution : 2010-09-16
Collection : Daisy Dalrymple
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You'll find plenty of bodies stretched out on a summer beach - but they're not usually dead...In a British seaside holiday resort at the height of the season, you would expect to find a promenade and a pier, maybe some donkeys, 'Kiss-Me-Quick' hats, candy floss and kids...

Editeur : Constable
Parution : 2010-09-16
Collection : George Gently
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As a grey drizzle descends upon the damp errand boys and busy omnibuses of London, Daisy Dalrymple is feeling rather cheerful and excited to be showing her nephew and future stepdaughter the glories of Kensington's Natural History Museum. But as closing time draws...

Editeur : C & r Crime
Parution : 2010-09-16
Collection : Daisy Dalrymple
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The last thing you need when you're on holiday is to become involved in a murder. For most people, that would easily qualify as the holiday from hell. For George Gently, it is a case of business as usual.The Chief Inspector's quiet Easter break in Norchester is rudely...

Editeur : Constable
Parution : 2010-09-16
Collection : George Gently
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Time spent messing about on the river isn't supposed to end with a brutal murder.The staff at Stoley's Boatyard were used to holidaymakers returning their pleasure cruisers a little late after a week or so exploring the network of waterways around Norchester. They were...

Editeur : C & r Crime
Parution : 2010-09-16
Collection : George Gently
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The motto of the boarding school to which Tommy Bedford is dispatched is Fortune Favours the Brave. It's 1959 and the school bristles with bullies and sadistic staff. Tommy, a quirky loner, obsessed with cowboys and Indians, needs all the bravery he can summon....

Editeur : Sphere
Parution : 2010-09-16

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With a triple murder on his hands, Sano's search for a killer leads to a clash of wills with Reiko, his headstrong wife.September, 1693, and a cottage belonging to the Black Lotus Temple, spiritual centre for hundreds of Buddhist nuns, monks, priests and orphans, is...

Editeur : C & r Crime
Parution : 2010-09-10
Collection : Sano Ichiro
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