Alice Robertson was now too old and frail to cope with the stairs. But when Charles Robertson returned from an evening stroll he found something had made her tackle them once more - with tragic results. There were few people with a motive for the old lady's death. But...

Editeur : The Murder Room
Parution : 2014-03-14
Collection : Murder Room ePub

In a small English town, family conflict can be murder...Classic crime from one of the greats of the Detection ClubWhen spinster Emily Foss, who ran the haberdashery, is found bludgeoned to death, the silver pencil that had surely been in her purse that night is found...

Editeur : The Murder Room
Parution : 2014-03-14
Collection : Mr Crook Murder Mystery ePub

It is at a party that Richard Hedon first hears about the mysterious Paul Clyro and his sudden disappearance. Clyro had been a scientist, doing secret work on viruses with a colleague named Wolsingham. But when Wolsingham committed suicide, Clyro found the body and...

Editeur : The Murder Room
Parution : 2014-03-14
Collection : Superintendent Ditteridge ePub

A missing wife, a husband suspected - and only the incorrigible private investigator can save them both.Classic crime from one of the greats of the Detection ClubOn the day that Emily Tate vanished, Inspector Marston met her husband, Stephen Tate, on the tow-path of the...

Editeur : The Murder Room
Parution : 2014-03-14
Collection : Mr Crook Murder Mystery ePub

He tried to help a woman in need - but she's the prime suspect in her husband's murder...Classic crime from one of the greats of the Detection ClubCon Gardiner had no family; his work and his one-room flat filled most of his solitary existence, until one evening a...

Editeur : The Murder Room
Parution : 2014-03-14
Collection : Mr Crook Murder Mystery ePub

The first time he saw her she stole his heart.The second time she was dead.Classic crime from one of the greats of the Detection ClubWhen Detective Arthur Crook first saw Stella Foster he knew she was marked for trouble. Stella was irresistible to men, a woman who loved...

Editeur : The Murder Room
Parution : 2014-03-14
Collection : Mr Crook Murder Mystery ePub

One of the very last authors of detective fiction from the genre's "Golden Age" INDEPENDENTSuicide or murder? Despite all indications to the contrary, Alec Methven had not eaten his last meal in solitude, and somebody was very anxious to conceal that fact. As if one...

Editeur : The Murder Room
Parution : 2014-03-14
Collection : Murder Room ePub

Beautiful, amoral and ruthless - but was she a killer?Classic crime from one of the greats of the Detection ClubRuth Garside was framed for three killings. But was she really guilty? As a girl, Ruth was accused of a dreadful crime; as a wife she was suspected of her...

Editeur : The Murder Room
Parution : 2014-03-14
Collection : Mr Crook Murder Mystery ePub

He knows their darkest secrets - but they are even more ruthless than him, with murder in mind...Classic crime from one of the greats of the Detection ClubTeddy Lane has sunk into the sordid depths of blackmail and thinks he is on to a good thing.He knows the dark...

Editeur : The Murder Room
Parution : 2014-03-14
Collection : Mr Crook Murder Mystery ePub

Henry's vocation is being a husband. First he woos. Then he weds. Then he kills... Classic crime from one of the greats of the Detection ClubWhen he falls in love with orphan Sarah, Henry takes her to a lonely cottage and her initial happiness at being with him soon...

Editeur : The Murder Room
Parution : 2014-03-14
Collection : Mr Crook Murder Mystery ePub

If you ever need my help, I'll be there. But by the time he arrived, she had already disappeared...Classic crime from one of the greats of the Detection ClubArthur Crook and Miss Pinnegar meet by accident and take to each other on sight, parting with mutual...

Editeur : The Murder Room
Parution : 2014-03-14
Collection : Mr Crook Murder Mystery ePub

Roberta Ellison lives in Madeira where she had settled with her late husband after being crippled in a motor accident. Domestic help was easy to come by and the climate was ideal. Then her sister Camilla comes to the island to help her to find a companion, bringing...

Editeur : The Murder Room
Parution : 2014-03-14
Collection : Murder Room ePub

Assisted suicide - or murder...?Classic crime from one of the greats of the Detection ClubEven Hatty Savage had to admit, at the inquest, that it had been foolish of her, when Richard Sheridan had threatened suicide, to hand him her sleeping tablets. So when a girl who...

Editeur : The Murder Room
Parution : 2014-03-14
Collection : Mr Crook Murder Mystery ePub

The victims were predictable - the murderer was not...Classic crime from one of the greats of the Detection ClubSour, selfish and worth several millions, Mrs French was just the kind of woman you'd expect to be murdered. And so, in due course, she was.Mrs Hoggett was...

Editeur : The Murder Room
Parution : 2014-03-14
Collection : Mr Crook Murder Mystery ePub

She lost her memory - now her life is at risk.Classic crime from one of the greats of the Detection ClubWhen lawyer-detective Arthur Crook bumped into a woman called Barbara on the parade at Beachampton it became apparent she had no idea who she was.She had been closely...

Editeur : The Murder Room
Parution : 2014-03-14
Collection : Mr Crook Murder Mystery ePub

When Caroline leaves hospital her sister Fenella insists that she must convalesce in her house in the West Country. But, in the event, Caroline's visit is far from restful.Fenella's husband is moody, excitable, reckless and inexplicably affluent, and soon the brooding...

Editeur : The Murder Room
Parution : 2014-03-14
Collection : Murder Room ePub

The 'Decayed Gentlewoman', Colin and Ginny had called her as children - a disregarded painting badly in need of cleaning, which later vanished. But the 'Decayed Gentlewoman' re-entered their grown-up lives with a bang.The manner of its reappearance sparked a train of...

Editeur : The Murder Room
Parution : 2014-03-14
Collection : Murder Room ePub

In the 'ads - wanted' section, no one said anything about murder...Classic crime from one of the greats of the Detection Club'No author is more skilled at making a good story seem brilliant' Sunday ExpressMiddle-aged spinsters of independent means shouldn't answer...

Editeur : The Murder Room
Parution : 2014-03-14
Collection : Mr Crook Murder Mystery ePub

What happens to a woman after she has been acquitted of murder? Can she ever take up a normal life? And what happens when a journalist sees easy money in ghostwriting her memoirs?What happens when a helpful young woman, checking on the details of the story, gets caught...

Editeur : The Murder Room
Parution : 2014-03-14
Collection : Murder Room ePub

When Holly Dunthorne returns home to the village of Roydon Saint Agnes she finds that a friend, Marcus Meriden, has been accused of beating up an old man. There are witnesses who say they saw it happen, and the only one who might possibly clear him stays stubbornly...

Editeur : The Murder Room
Parution : 2014-03-14
Collection : Superintendent Ditteridge ePub