Adam Cape - a young barrister - prosecutes a case of assault at the Old Bailey. On the face of it, it's a straightforward trial but its aftermath brings him uncomfortably close to death andAdam is unable to free himself from a murder that results. With the best of...

Editeur : The Murder Room
Parution : 2013-05-14
Collection : Simon Manton ePub

'Her scarf had been knotted tightly around her neck and it was obvious she had been killed with great determination ...'Susan Andrews has been murdered and her body found near a disused airfield. The case is now in the hands of Detective-Superintendent Simon Manton, but...

Editeur : The Murder Room
Parution : 2013-05-14
Collection : Simon Manton ePub

Some people find it hard to trust Robin Allbeury, a wealthy lawyer and an expert on marital secrets, who runs an unorthodox sideline helping troubled wives escape from their abusive marriages.For some women, help comes too late. Women like Lynne Bolsover, wife and...

Editeur : The Murder Room
Parution : 2013-05-14
Collection : Murder Room ePub

'Roger waited but nothing further came. Dayne's expression, however, told its story. A story of fear and cunning ...'Tony Dayne's predicament presents a problem. The English police had promised him escape and immunity for feeding them all he knew about his partners in...

Editeur : The Murder Room
Parution : 2013-05-14
Collection : Murder Room ePub

There's something chillingly familiar about what's happening to Nick Miller. He was so sure he'd left the past - and Holly Bourne - behind. Holly, pure delight to everyone else, but Nick's girlfriend-from-hell. Except that all that was over years ago. Holly's happily...

Editeur : The Murder Room
Parution : 2013-05-14
Collection : Murder Room ePub

On the face of it, the double homicide of Arnold and Marie Robbins looks like just another brutal Miami Beach murder - except that teenage Cathy Robbins is lying between the bodies, traumatised but unharmed. Is she a silent witness to murder, or is she a killer?'An...

Editeur : The Murder Room
Parution : 2013-05-14
Collection : A Sam Becket Mystery ePub

Alex Levin hasn't met anyone as passionate about cleaning as Frankie Barnes. She's found the perfect career to suit her hygiene obsession. But unbeknown to her new employer, Frankie suffers from other compulsions and the greatest is the compulsion to have. All Frankie...

Editeur : The Murder Room
Parution : 2013-05-14
Collection : Murder Room ePub

'We have an agent in East Germany whom we wish to get out ...'There was nothing unusual about these words to the urbane British Intelligence chief who spoke them. He might have been discussing the weather. But to Martin Ainsworth it was the beginning of a nightmare...

Editeur : The Murder Room
Parution : 2013-05-14
Collection : Murder Room ePub

Six men have failed to appear in a West End court, so it's time for Scotland Yard to make a few undercover enquiries. They enlist the help of Detective-Constable Cordari, who leads them to a mysterious organisation smuggling criminals out of the country.There ensues a...

Editeur : The Murder Room
Parution : 2013-05-14
Collection : Simon Manton ePub

'If I Should Die is a page turner thriller with great characters and literally heart-stopping suspense - I loved it!' Mary Higgins Clark In cities all over the USA people whose lives have just been saved by a medical miracle are dying mysterious and violent deaths....

Editeur : The Murder Room
Parution : 2013-05-14
Collection : Murder Room ePub

Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die ...It's the carnival motto for Trinidad's most colourful celebrations of the year. But, while thousands enjoy themselves in uninhibited eating, drinking and love-making, Detective-Superintendent Simon Manton is on the hunt...

Editeur : The Murder Room
Parution : 2013-05-14
Collection : Simon Manton ePub

When Mrs Sophie Easterberg is found dead on her bedroom floor in the picturesque village of Five Meadows, it is apparent she has been murdered.The obvious suspect is Dave Lucas, an ex-borstal boy recently employed by her, who has since...

Editeur : The Murder Room
Parution : 2013-05-14
Collection : Simon Manton ePub

It is unfortunate that Jeremy Harper was the one to stumble upon the victim of an armed robbery. A young barrister, he is more used to holding court than being a witness. He also finds himself curiously linked to the man in the dock.It is a trial with deep...

Editeur : The Murder Room
Parution : 2013-05-14
Collection : Simon Manton ePub

'Her name is Maisie Jenks and that's her father with her. They live up in St. John's Wood way, and she knows who the murderer is ...'William Tarrant is on trial for the murder of a police constable. Before he can give evidence in his own defence, however, he is shot in...

Editeur : The Murder Room
Parution : 2013-05-14
Collection : Simon Manton ePub

A crime-thriller that strikes the heart of the legal world. QC Christopher Henham is poisoned during the hearing of a divorce case. His wife, her son and ex-husband, not to mention a High Court judge, his wife and a secretary all come under suspicion....

Editeur : The Murder Room
Parution : 2013-05-14
Collection : Simon Manton ePub

A whodunnit in the best blood-tingling tradition, which keeps the reader gasping and guessing till the last page.Although Julian Prentice is a small-time crook, his theft of a car hardly seems to warrant someone's very deliberate attempt to kill him on the day he is...

Editeur : The Murder Room
Parution : 2013-05-14
Collection : Simon Manton ePub

Pursued from the shadows, Simon Pilgrim fled in terror from the floating restaurant Eton Boating Song. In the bar of the Eton, he'd had the choice spot, discreetly purveying high-stakes drugs to the restaurant's well-to-do patrons. Now he's dead, his throat cut, and the...

Editeur : The Murder Room
Parution : 2013-05-14
Collection : Harpur and Iles ePub

When a large chunk of a bank heist vanishes, the thugs who pulled off the job - and survived - are a little upset. One of them, it appears, has different ideas about sharing the loot fairly and it soon becomes every man for himself. Now, Detective Chief Superintendent...

Editeur : The Murder Room
Parution : 2013-05-14
Collection : Harpur and Iles ePub

'One of British crime writing's hidden jewels' Time OutMegan Harpur had taken the train back from London to tell her husband she was leaving him for another man. By the time Detective Chief Superintendent Colin Harpur discovered her in the station car park in the early...

Editeur : The Murder Room
Parution : 2013-05-14
Collection : Harpur and Iles ePub

When Oliphant Kenward Knapp's drug-dealing empire comes up for grabs, there's a rush to control his domain. Caught in the middle is Detective Chief Superintendent Colin Harpur who must protect his informant, Keith Vine, and his pregnant girlfriend.Unfortunately, his...

Editeur : The Murder Room
Parution : 2013-05-14
Collection : Harpur and Iles ePub