Author: Michael Gilbert
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 0755132351
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 180
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Hugo Greest has a TV adventure series. Unexpectedly he is approached by the Foreign Office. It seems that a Sheik is in the middle of a small war needs a military advisor and wants Hugo for the job. Of course, the international arms trade is involved, and of course there is much more to the post than at first apparent ...
Author: Michael Gilbert
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 0755146565
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 235
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Chief Inspector Mercer is called when the skeleton of a girl is found on Westlaugh Island in the upper reaches of the Thames. What appears to be routine leads to unexpected events and a string of unlikely characters, including a one armed garage proprietor. The finale involves two nights of violence before the twisted truth finally emerges.
Author: Michael Gilbert
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 075513219X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 194
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Victoria Lamartine is on trial for the murder of her lover. There are only five suspects including Lamartine. But evidence that doesn’t fit the police theory of the crime has been ignored, whilst all of the damming evidence is presented in isolation. There also appears to be links to gold smuggling. There is also a final twist and conclusion.
Author: Michael Gilbert
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 075513236X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 261
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The slaughter of World War I in the trenches continues unabated. Luke Pagan finds himself in the Intelligence Corps, investigating an illegal organisation controlled by a Belgian, which is encouraging British soldiers to desert and move across to the German side. Pagan enters dangerous territory and faces disaster.
Author: Michael Gilbert
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 0755146638
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 231
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Dr. Alexander Wolfe seemingly plunges over a cliff in his car. His body is never recovered and it emerges his life was recently insured for a considerable sum. An insurance loss adjuster is sent to investigate. There is romance, possible gang involvement in arson, and a potential job offer in store. Is Wolfe really dead?
Author: Michael Gilbert
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 0755132289
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 183
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Mr. Calder lives with a golden deerhound named Rasselas. Mr. Behrens keeps bees. No one would suspect the pair are in fact agents and often tasked with jobs that no one else can take on. They are dangerous. Their adventures in this series of thrillers show the author to have a clear grasp of counterintelligence operations.
Author: Michael Gilbert
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 0755146832
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 235
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Horniman, Birley and Craine are a highly respected legal firm with clients reaching to the highest in the land. They use a system of keeping important documents in deed-boxes and when one of them is found to contain the remains of a certain Mr. Smallbone, the threat of scandal reaches their innermost psyche.
Author: Michael Gilbert
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 0755146786
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 217
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Patrick Petrella finds himself dealing with arson, blackmail, fraud, forgery and murder. The Thames is a focus for some of the stories, as it is convenient for the dumping of a body and also for arrivals from abroad. This is a fitting accompaniment to the stories contained in the other Petrella volumes.
Author: Michael Gilbert
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 0755146824
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 219
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Tim is secretive about what he had done in the war. A house explodes, killing the occupant with whom Tim had quarrelled. The police latch onto the fact that Tim worked with explosives during the war. Moreover, he could be a suspect in respect of a series of country house burglaries. There is a final twist for the reader to stumble across.
Author: Michael Gilbert
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 0755132475
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 191
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Patrick Petrella is considered a curiosity by his fellow police officers. The son of a Spanish policeman and an English school mistress, he speaks four languages and is as good at picking fine wines as he is locks. These short stories deal with burglaries, delinquents, bent lawyers, gangs, drugs trafficking and murder.
