Raven and the Paperhangers

Raven and the Paperhangers PDF Author: Donald MacKenzie
Publisher: Murder Room
ISBN: 147190508X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 200

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London's favourite anti-establishment sleuth, John Raven, visits his photographer-girlfriend Kirstie in Paris. Kirstie, it seems, has inadvertently photographed three men involved in a high-class, multi-million-dollar forgery - the mastermind, financier Kent Tyler, sometime actor Rod De Wayne, and forgery expert Paolo Scotti. The threesome tries to retrieve the incriminating film, which sets Raven on their trail. And by the time Raven and Kirstie track down the villains, ringleader Tyler is set on eliminating his co-conspirators . . . 'Starts off fast and keeps speeding up' Los Angeles Times

Raven and the Paperhangers

Raven and the Paperhangers PDF Author: Donald MacKenzie
Publisher: Murder Room
ISBN: 147190508X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 200

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Book Description
London's favourite anti-establishment sleuth, John Raven, visits his photographer-girlfriend Kirstie in Paris. Kirstie, it seems, has inadvertently photographed three men involved in a high-class, multi-million-dollar forgery - the mastermind, financier Kent Tyler, sometime actor Rod De Wayne, and forgery expert Paolo Scotti. The threesome tries to retrieve the incriminating film, which sets Raven on their trail. And by the time Raven and Kirstie track down the villains, ringleader Tyler is set on eliminating his co-conspirators . . . 'Starts off fast and keeps speeding up' Los Angeles Times

Raven's Shadow

Raven's Shadow PDF Author: Donald MacKenzie
Publisher: Murder Room
ISBN: 1471905446
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 166

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When a bent London policeman carries out two ruthless murders, it is with the goal of making himself rich through the sale of stolen diamonds. And to cover his tracks he sets up an ingenious labyrinth of false covers and alibis. But when ex-cop John Raven is brought into the case by accident, it becomes a whodunit with Raven as detective in an exhilarating race against time. 'Donald MacKenzie is a born storyteller' Guardian

Raven's Revenge

Raven's Revenge PDF Author: Donald MacKenzie
Publisher: Murder Room
ISBN: 1471905101
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 185

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George Drake, the former Commander at Scotland Yard and nemesis of John Raven, is out of prison having served a sentence for police corruption. In court, Drake vowed retribution on Raven, who was instrumental in his conviction, and now he's out to snare him. When heroin is planted on Raven's houseboat and in his wife Kirstie's camera both husband and wife are arrested, but what will it take for John Raven to clear their names? 'Quick moving and sure footed, with sharp, realistic London details' Times Literary Supplement

Raven in Flight

Raven in Flight PDF Author: Donald MacKenzie
Publisher: Murder Room
ISBN: 1471904989
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 184

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John Raven - the ex-cop with a taste for exotic adventures and voluptuous adventurers - is unexpectedly thrust into the thick of the action. His Andalusian holiday turns out to be no picnic when he finds himself at the crossroads of the snow-white heroin trail and the blood-red trail of international murder . . . 'A swift, stylish novel' Publishers Weekly

Raven's Longest Night

Raven's Longest Night PDF Author: Donald MacKenzie
Publisher: Murder Room
ISBN: 1471905128
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 183

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John Raven and his wife Kirstie are holidaying in Lisbon at Ilona Szecheyi's villa when Ilona's father Stephen reveals his well-guarded secret: shortly before the communist occupation of Hungary in 1945, he was entrusted with 17 million in government gold bullion. Now, thirty-seven years later, the courts have awarded him full ownership of the money - and the current Hungarian regime is not pleased. They will stop at nothing to get it back, and when blackmail and murder strike, Raven can't pull out fast enough before he becomes the main suspect . . . 'Donald MacKenzie is a born storyteller' Guardian

Raven After Dark

Raven After Dark PDF Author: Donald MacKenzie
Publisher: Murder Room
ISBN: 1471905047
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 194

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When Kirstie Macfarlane's younger brother is framed for stealing a Van Eyck portrait, she puts the case in the able hands of ex-Scotland Yard Inspector John Raven. Seduced away from his quiet life on the Thames, Raven dives back into the seamy London underworld filled with police corruption and high-handed swindles. Kirstie and Raven soon realise they have more than one opponent and their lives are perilously on the line. 'Donald MacKenzie is a born storyteller' Guardian

Raven Settles a Score

Raven Settles a Score PDF Author: Donald MacKenzie
Publisher: Murder Room
ISBN: 1471905063
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 159

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John Raven - the ex-cop with a taste for exotic adventures and voluptuous adventurers - is unexpectedly thrust into the thick of the action. His Andalusian holiday turns out to be no picnic when he finds himself at the crossroads of the snow-white heroin trail and the blood-red trail of international murder . . . 'A swift, stylish novel' Publishers Weekly

Raven and the Kamikaze

Raven and the Kamikaze PDF Author: Donald MacKenzie
Publisher: Murder Room
ISBN: 1471905004
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 176

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Terminally ill Polish refugee Henryk Lamprecht, a decoder for British Security, has a score to settle with the Russian who killed his wife and daughter. As he is close to death, he has no time to lose when an opportunity he has been waiting for turns up. But now, through a chance meeting with his old friend Zaleski, ex-cop John Raven is involved, and so is Lamprecht's English sweetheart. And so the game of cat-and-mouse begins . . . 'Donald MacKenzie is a born storyteller' Guardian

The Genial Stranger

The Genial Stranger PDF Author: Donald MacKenzie
Publisher: Murder Room
ISBN: 1471905683
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 202

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Beware of the Genial Stranger. Confidence tricksters are operating throughout Europe! Be on your guard against the man wanting to reward you for returning his dropped wallet. Before parting with money to strangers on any pretext check with your banker or with the local police Thus read the warning posters...

The Juryman

The Juryman PDF Author: Donald MacKenzie
Publisher: Murder Room
ISBN: 1471905608
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 193

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Gerry Steel's loyalty to the man he worked for is total, and he will stop at nothing to ensure that Sullivan, on trial on an attempted murder charge, goes free. Once he has fixed the jury, and is assured that it will hang, Steel assumes there is nothing standing in the way of Sullivan's freedom. And there isn't - apart from the man himself . . .