A 1930s classic crime novel set in London featuring the amateur detective Richard Venables. A set of unusual characters residing at a residential hotel are under suspicion when the proprietress is murdered.
Theodore Terhune is drawn into an old murder case after he stumbles on the fresh corpse of Frank Smallwood, a man thought to have been slain twenty years previously. There had been a... Læs mere
Bookseller Theodore Terhune travels to Yorkshire to buy the private library of a wealthy man who has drowned in a lake on his property. His family is suspicious, but everyone seems to have an ironclad alibi. Terhune slowly unpicks a devious plot.
When a local tramp named Peter is found dead, it appears to be natural causes. But the discovery of a foreign newspaper clipping and a bejeweled comb raises suspicions. Before... Læs mere
Elderly Simon Ewing is found murdered in his flat, it is assumed to be a robbery gone wrong. But he was left unattended only a few minutes so how did an outsider know when to strike? And... Læs mere
Charles Courtley has uprooted his family to East Anglia, where his cruel and intolerant behavour alienates everone around him. When Charles is shot dead in the woods, immediate... Læs mere
After discovering a local policeman hit by a lorry, bookseller Theodore Terhune becomes involved in the hunt for (and history of) smugglers on the Kent coast.
Simon Gabb had everything - or so it seemed: a beautiful house, a big estate, a flourishing business and two sons, both endowed with evident capacity. When one is murdered, the solution of the case is as much a study in relationships as in crime.
In flashbacks, we learn how everything goes wrong in the lives of two sisters when their father brings the enigmatic Mary Dazill home and proposes to marry her. Soon, murder ensues. A fatalistic mystery with the emotional echoes of a Greek tragedy.
Business titan Hugh Mason is poisoned on his 60th birthday weekend, and the evidence points to one of the family. Hugh was about to make a large political donation; was this the... Læs mere
The Clove and Hoof is the hot spot in Larcombe for a pint of bitter, a good story and some laughs. It's also the focal point of a bizarre series of murders, for the only connection the victims have seems to be that they all frequented the local pub.