Author: Donald MacKenzie
Publisher: Murder Room
ISBN: 1471905446
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
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 Shadow
Author: Donald MacKenzie
Publisher: Murder Room
ISBN: 1471905446
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
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
Publisher: Murder Room
ISBN: 1471905446
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
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 in Flight
Author: Donald MacKenzie
Publisher: Murder Room
ISBN: 1471904989
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
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
Publisher: Murder Room
ISBN: 1471904989
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
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
The Eyes of the Goat
Author: Donald MacKenzie
Publisher: Murder Room
ISBN: 1471905527
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
Struan Dunbar thinks he'll make his fortune with the sensitive Czech computer discs he plans to sell to an English media mogul. But when he travels to Prague to get them, he suffers a fatal heart attack. His effects are passed on to his daughter, Catriona, but when her boyfriend decides to finish the job Dunbar started, he is also found dead. A desperate Catriona calls on ex-cop John Raven to travel to Czechoslovakia where more than a murder mystery awaits. 'Eyes of the Goat has all the hallmarks of a good yarn' Evening Express
Publisher: Murder Room
ISBN: 1471905527
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
Struan Dunbar thinks he'll make his fortune with the sensitive Czech computer discs he plans to sell to an English media mogul. But when he travels to Prague to get them, he suffers a fatal heart attack. His effects are passed on to his daughter, Catriona, but when her boyfriend decides to finish the job Dunbar started, he is also found dead. A desperate Catriona calls on ex-cop John Raven to travel to Czechoslovakia where more than a murder mystery awaits. 'Eyes of the Goat has all the hallmarks of a good yarn' Evening Express
Salute from a Dead Man
Author: Donald MacKenzie
Publisher: Murder Room
ISBN: 1471904903
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Ritchie Duncan, a convict, is released from prison and decides to go clean. But when he is handed some top secret film containing electronic data by a girl in a bar there ensues mayhem and murder. The film is the property of her communist agent boyfriend, and when she refuses to surrender it her connection is killed and she is kept quietly alive in a nursing home until Duncan can save her. 'Donald MacKenzie is a born storyteller' Guardian
Publisher: Murder Room
ISBN: 1471904903
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Ritchie Duncan, a convict, is released from prison and decides to go clean. But when he is handed some top secret film containing electronic data by a girl in a bar there ensues mayhem and murder. The film is the property of her communist agent boyfriend, and when she refuses to surrender it her connection is killed and she is kept quietly alive in a nursing home until Duncan can save her. 'Donald MacKenzie is a born storyteller' Guardian
The Last of the Boatriders
Author: Donald MacKenzie
Publisher: Murder Room
ISBN: 147190590X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
At the age of 63, Philip Drury was 25 years away from his days as a 'boatrider' - a conman afloat. At that time his criminal partner had been a man called Mark Russell. In the years in between Drury had built up a hugely successful stud, and become involved in property speculation - and in doing so had lost virtually everything. Drury was not a man to accept defeat. He needed to locate Mark Russell and give 'boatriding' one last go. A cruise liner is selected, but in the Caribbean where the ship will cruise, two young American conmen have exactly the same idea . . .
Publisher: Murder Room
ISBN: 147190590X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
At the age of 63, Philip Drury was 25 years away from his days as a 'boatrider' - a conman afloat. At that time his criminal partner had been a man called Mark Russell. In the years in between Drury had built up a hugely successful stud, and become involved in property speculation - and in doing so had lost virtually everything. Drury was not a man to accept defeat. He needed to locate Mark Russell and give 'boatriding' one last go. A cruise liner is selected, but in the Caribbean where the ship will cruise, two young American conmen have exactly the same idea . . .
The Juryman
Author: Donald MacKenzie
Publisher: Murder Room
ISBN: 1471905608
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
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 . . .
Publisher: Murder Room
ISBN: 1471905608
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
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 . . .
Raven's Revenge
Author: Donald MacKenzie
Publisher: Murder Room
ISBN: 1471905101
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
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
Publisher: Murder Room
ISBN: 1471905101
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
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
Knife Edge
Author: Donald MacKenzie
Publisher: Murder Room
ISBN: 1471905667
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 133
Book Description
Neil MacFarlane, a gentleman gambler on the French Riviera, is caught in a run of bad luck. His only chance to recoup his losses lies in gaining admittance to a private game, far from the eagle-eyed supervision of the Cannes casino croupier. But by the time he has succeeded in extracting an invitation from the rich Whitakers to dinner and a friendly game at their house, he is completely cleaned out. His hotel room is locked against him, and the angry manager refuses to open it until his bill is paid. Then an enigmatic Englishman makes him a curious offer, which he accepts - and is drawn into a game in which the stakes are much higher than he could ever have imagined . . .
Publisher: Murder Room
ISBN: 1471905667
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 133
Book Description
Neil MacFarlane, a gentleman gambler on the French Riviera, is caught in a run of bad luck. His only chance to recoup his losses lies in gaining admittance to a private game, far from the eagle-eyed supervision of the Cannes casino croupier. But by the time he has succeeded in extracting an invitation from the rich Whitakers to dinner and a friendly game at their house, he is completely cleaned out. His hotel room is locked against him, and the angry manager refuses to open it until his bill is paid. Then an enigmatic Englishman makes him a curious offer, which he accepts - and is drawn into a game in which the stakes are much higher than he could ever have imagined . . .
Deep, Dark and Dead
Author: Donald MacKenzie
Publisher: Murder Room
ISBN: 1471905888
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
The charge against Shane Stafford was assault occasioning actual bodily harm. Stafford had attacked gossip columnist Gavin Legge. Legge had been engaged to Shane's twin sister. In Shane's view Legge had not just let down his sister, but had hounded her to suicide. It was the custom of the Stafford clan to stick together. Shane's attack on Legge had been public and conspicuous. The police believed they had an open-and-shut case. But did they?
Publisher: Murder Room
ISBN: 1471905888
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
The charge against Shane Stafford was assault occasioning actual bodily harm. Stafford had attacked gossip columnist Gavin Legge. Legge had been engaged to Shane's twin sister. In Shane's view Legge had not just let down his sister, but had hounded her to suicide. It was the custom of the Stafford clan to stick together. Shane's attack on Legge had been public and conspicuous. The police believed they had an open-and-shut case. But did they?
Raven Today
Author: G.V. Loewen
Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency
ISBN: 1682359026
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
The great coastal spirit, Raven, and his friends, famous for their transformational powers, realize that the world itself has now been transformed from the outside in. Raven then finds himself confronting the greatest mystery of all: Why did the newcomers appear and what do they want? Through a series of novel encounters and adventures, Raven uses all his legendary acumen, cleverness, and insight to solve the challenges set before him, his friends, and allies. These include the dark mystery of a leper colony, the dangerous shadow of an abandoned village site, the desperation of his children lost in the cityscape, and the puzzle of the houses of artifacts. With great imagination, compassion, and a poignant sense of recent history, Raven pushes through from the far end of what was the past, to a place where the future of his peoples can begin anew.
Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency
ISBN: 1682359026
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
The great coastal spirit, Raven, and his friends, famous for their transformational powers, realize that the world itself has now been transformed from the outside in. Raven then finds himself confronting the greatest mystery of all: Why did the newcomers appear and what do they want? Through a series of novel encounters and adventures, Raven uses all his legendary acumen, cleverness, and insight to solve the challenges set before him, his friends, and allies. These include the dark mystery of a leper colony, the dangerous shadow of an abandoned village site, the desperation of his children lost in the cityscape, and the puzzle of the houses of artifacts. With great imagination, compassion, and a poignant sense of recent history, Raven pushes through from the far end of what was the past, to a place where the future of his peoples can begin anew.