The island has always seemed such a safe place, such a friendly community. Now the possibility of a killer on Bancree is dangerously close to home. Nobody moves to the remote Scottish island of Bancree, and few leave - but leaving is exactly what seventeen-year-old...

Editeur : Quercus
Parution : 2014-05-29
ePub

It was just a routine call at Santa Margherita for Max Farne. A meeting with his agent to see if there were any boats for him to buy or sell. And then came the invitation he couldn't refuse.Abducted by and blackmailed into selling his boat by a smooth Italian gangster,...

Editeur : Mulholland Books
Parution : 2014-05-22
ePub

'After forty years, Hammett has a worthy successor' The TimesDave Brandstetter stands alongside Philip Marlowe, Sam Spade and Lew Archer as one of the best fictional PIs in the business. Like them, he was tough, determined, and ruthless when the case demanded it. Unlike...

Editeur : Mulholland Books
Parution : 2014-05-22
Collection : Dave Brandstetter ePub

'After forty years, Hammett has a worthy successor' The TimesDave Brandstetter stands alongside Philip Marlowe, Sam Spade and Lew Archer as one of the best fictional PIs in the business. Like them, he was tough, determined, and ruthless when the case demanded it. Unlike...

Editeur : Mulholland Books
Parution : 2014-05-22
Collection : Dave Brandstetter ePub

London, 1785. When the body of a former West Indies planter is found outside St Paul's Cathedral, suspicion abounds. But talk is not only of the man's death. His past brings a tide of fear directly to Harriet Westerman's door where William Geddings, senior footman,...

Editeur : Review
Parution : 2014-05-22
ePub

'A Luis Mendoza story means superlative suspense' Los Angeles TimesTwo little girls have been raped and murdered and every available officer in The Los Angeles Police Department is on the case.Lieutenant Mendoza's team meticulously make enquiries - there's...

Editeur : The Murder Room
Parution : 2014-05-21
Collection : A Lieutenant Luis Mendoza Mystery ePub

Suicide - or murder? The tiniest clue holds the answer. Classic crime from one of the greats of the Detection ClubWhen Florence Penny's body is found hanging from a beam in the bedsit she has been renting, it looks to Inspector Field like a case of suicide. Soon,...

Editeur : The Murder Room
Parution : 2014-05-21
Collection : Scott Egerton ePub

A mission to help refugees - but someone has murder in mind...Classic crime from one of the greats of the Detection ClubIt is at a local watering hole, the Duck and Daisy, that lawyer-detective Arthur Crook happens upon a party of men and women calling themselves the...

Editeur : The Murder Room
Parution : 2014-05-21
Collection : Mr Crook Murder Mystery ePub

A crime that isn't reported; a mother who's threatened...Classic crime from one of the greats of the Detection ClubOut walking in the snow with her young son, Mike, Sara Drew is the only witness to a particularly unpleasant car accident in which an elderly lady and her...

Editeur : The Murder Room
Parution : 2014-05-21
Collection : Mr Crook Murder Mystery ePub

Solange Peters 'died' - and so did the scandal and suspicion that haunted her. So now she has the chance for a new life . . .Classic crime from one of the greats of the Detection ClubA bizarre accident gaveSolange the chance to assume a new identity - and, as Julie...

Editeur : The Murder Room
Parution : 2014-05-21
Collection : Mr Crook Murder Mystery ePub

May Forbes came four nights a week to feed the wild cats on Broomstick Common. That was how she happened to glimpse a masked man with a spade - and she's now in fear for her life.Classic crime from one of the greats of the Detection ClubMay leaves the common and ends up...

Editeur : The Murder Room
Parution : 2014-05-21
Collection : Mr Crook Murder Mystery ePub

An escaped convict, a mysterious deserted house, and murder in the Lake District..Classic crime from one of the greats of the Detection ClubThe shades of night were falling fast when Arthur Crook drove the old Superb over the Lakeland Fells and into the valley, to stop...

Editeur : The Murder Room
Parution : 2014-05-21
Collection : Mr Crook Murder Mystery ePub

A grotesque murder and a mysterious woman lead to the most difficult choice of his life.Classic crime from one of the greats of the Detection ClubAndrew Fane is faced with five years in prison for fraud, and a penniless future. When he appeals for help from his uncle...

Editeur : The Murder Room
Parution : 2014-05-21
Collection : Murder Room ePub

When an accident begins to look like murder...Classic crime from one of the greats of the Detection ClubOn a quiet country station, Detective Arthur Crook, waiting for the train to London, witnessed a near-fatal accident. Despite the arm of her companion, Miss Imogen...

Editeur : The Murder Room
Parution : 2014-05-21
Collection : Mr Crook Murder Mystery ePub

A rich, controlling old woman is murdered - the only problem is there are too many suspects...Classic crime from one of the greats of the Detection ClubMrs Wolfe was dying - at last. Nobody seemed very sorry about it. Certainly not her relatives or legatees. Mrs Wolfe...

Editeur : The Murder Room
Parution : 2014-05-21
Collection : Scott Egerton ePub

A missing child - and she might not be the last victim...Classic crime from one of the greats of the Detection ClubAngela Toni, only nine years old, has been missing for several days, and it is Wilfrid Hersey's son Ben who is under suspicion. Hersey meets Detective...

Editeur : The Murder Room
Parution : 2014-05-21
Collection : Mr Crook Murder Mystery ePub

A blackmailer - murdered. And the suspect in fear for her life...Classic crime from one of the greats of the Detection ClubMargaret Ross knew she had to pay off the blackmailer, Samson, or else her beloved son would go to jail for forgery. The next night she rang the...

Editeur : The Murder Room
Parution : 2014-05-21
Collection : Mr Crook Murder Mystery ePub

An ordinary day - which turns to blackmail and murder.Classic crime from one of the greats of the Detection ClubWhat seemed like an ordinary phone call in the middle of the afternoon suddenly plunges its recipient, Simon Crete, into a plot of blackmail and murder.'Tell...

Editeur : The Murder Room
Parution : 2014-05-21
Collection : Mr Crook Murder Mystery ePub

Did the twelfth member of the jury know something the rest did not...?Classic crime from one of the greats of the Detection ClubCircumstantial evidence was as good as proof in the trial of Viola Ross. Everything pointed to the conclusion that this beautiful woman had...

Editeur : The Murder Room
Parution : 2014-05-21
Collection : Murder Room ePub

The most glamorous hotel in Europe is not immune to murder... Classic crime from one of the greats of the Detection ClubWhen Julian Marks, a well-known diamond merchant, is found murdered at the Hotel Fantastique in Monte Carlo, the motive is presumed to be theft. Marks...

Editeur : The Murder Room
Parution : 2014-05-21
Collection : Murder Room ePub