Tragedy at Piddleton Hotel

Tragedy at Piddleton Hotel PDF Author: Emily Organ
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781999343347
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292

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Armed with a handbag and fuelled by cake, Annabel Churchill is a mature yet tenacious private detective. Together with her quirky sidekick, Doris Pemberley, she's determined to solve mysteries and chase down criminals in the sleepy English village of Compton Poppleford.

Tragedy at Piddleton Hotel

Tragedy at Piddleton Hotel PDF Author: Emily Organ
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781999343347
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292

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Book Description
Armed with a handbag and fuelled by cake, Annabel Churchill is a mature yet tenacious private detective. Together with her quirky sidekick, Doris Pemberley, she's determined to solve mysteries and chase down criminals in the sleepy English village of Compton Poppleford.

The Man with a Load of Mischief

The Man with a Load of Mischief PDF Author: Martha Grimes
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476732949
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 289

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From bestselling author Martha Grimes, Detective Chief Inspector Richard Jury is back on the case in an installment in the Richard Jury Mystery series. Long Piddleton had always been wary of newcomers. But the quiet town was stunned when the first stranger was found dead, upended in a butt of ale in the cellar of the Men with a Load of Mischief. Then the second body appeared, swinging in place of the mechanical man above the door of the Jack and Hammer. Suddenly Long Piddleton had good reason to be wary of everyone! Its cozy pubs and inns with their polished pewter and blazing hearths had become scenes of the most bizarre crimes. Who were the victims? And who was the murderer? A stranger? A maniac? Or the disarmingly friendly man next door?

Foul Matter

Foul Matter PDF Author: Martha Grimes
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101100141
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 385

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The bestselling author of the Richard Jury novels delivers a razor-sharp and raucously funny send-up of the cutthroat world of publishing Paul is a struggling writer navigating the treacherous landscape of editors and literary agents. When he hires the infamous Mackenzie Haack as his publisher, he's plunged into a whirlwind of chaotic decisions and questionable choices. But as Paul dives deeper into the murky waters of the book publishing business, he becomes entangled in a murder plot that threatens to unravel everything.

The Old Silent

The Old Silent PDF Author: Martha Grimes
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476732906
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 428

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In the tenth murderous case for Richard Jury, the New Scotland Yard superintendent witnesses a killing in a West Yorkshire inn called the Old Silent, while his highborn, amateur colleague, Melrose Plant wishes to he could perform one as he drives his impossible Aunt Agatha to the Old Swan in Harrogate. Caught up in a triple murder, Jury would go to any lengths to help Nell Healey, the lovely widow of one of the victims. But Nell Healey remains silent as the Yorkshire moors, quiet as the grave, while the scope of the mystery widens.

The Lamorna Wink

The Lamorna Wink PDF Author: Martha Grimes
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101119322
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 433

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Detective Richard Jury is back in the 16th novel in Martha Grimes' extraordinary New York Times bestselling series--now enmeshed in a series of strange crimes and disappearances, and an age-old tragedy that consumes his sidekick Melrose Plant....

Death in Soho

Death in Soho PDF Author: Emily Organ
Publisher: Emily Organ
ISBN: 9781838493141
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 254

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It's the Roaring Twenties. London's bright young things are partying, Soho's nightlife is buzzing and Augusta Peel is hiding in her basement. She has a reason to hide there: it's home to her Bloomsbury workshop where she repairs old, neglected books. After a busy time during the war, all Augusta wants is peace and quiet - even if it is routinely disturbed by the tube trains beneath her feet. But events take a turn when Augusta agrees to chaperone 19-year-old Harriet Jones on a date. Failing to get her home on time, she ends up in a riotous nightclub. She can't imagine the evening getting much worse when the police raid it. But then the murder happens. Who shot Jean Taylor? An old acquaintance at Scotland Yard learns Augusta was near the murder scene and persuades her to help with his investigation. But how can a humble book repairer navigate Soho's world of actresses, gangsters and theatre impresarios to discover the truth?

The Five Bells and Bladebone

The Five Bells and Bladebone PDF Author: Martha Grimes
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476732930
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 300

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When a dismembered corpse is found in the compartments of an antique writing bureau, Marshall Trueblood, recipient of the precious piece of furniture, is the first to protest: “I bought the desk, not the body, send it back.” Who would want to kill Simon Lean, the greedy nephew of the wealthy Lady Summerston? Leave it to Superintendent Richard Jury of Scotland Yard to suggest a connection to the murder of brassy Limehouse lady named Sadie Driver, found dead near Wapping Old Stairs…if that stone-cold body on the slipway is really Sadie. Not even her brother, Tommy, on a visit from Gravesend, can swear to it.

Flawed Dogs: the Novel

Flawed Dogs: the Novel PDF Author: Berkeley Breathed
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0425289516
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240

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Pulitzer Prize-winning Berkeley Breathed's first illustrated novel about a group of unlikely underdogs "Breathed, through words and lush illustrations, tells a story that will charm many readers."--The New York Times Sam the Lion is actually a priceless dachshund, bred to be a show dog. More important, he is Heidy's best friend, and she needs one like never before. Living with her reclusive uncle is hard, but Sam has a way of making her feel soft and whole. Until the day Sam is framed by the jealous poodle Cassius, and is cast out by Heidy's uncle, alone on the wild streets, where he is roughed up by a world he was not bred for. Sporting a soup ladle for a leg, Sam befriends other abandoned dogs and journeys all the way to the Westminster Dog Show, where his plan for revenge on Cassius takes an unexpected turn when he and Heidy spot each other after years of being apart.

Dust

Dust PDF Author: Martha Grimes
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101218770
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 360

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A young friend pulls Scotland Yard’s Richard Jury into the life—and death—of a wealthy bachelor… The once-charismatic Billy Maples was last seen in a club named Dust, before his murder in a trendy London hotel. Proving as inscrutable—and challenging—to Jury as the case is the beautiful chief inspecting officer... Before his death, Maples was a patron of London’s finest art galleries and caretaker of author Henry James’s house in Rye. It’s there where Jury installs Melrose Plant, who takes his job to heart, as Jury closes in on the dark secrets behind Maples’s friends and family…

Limelight

Limelight PDF Author: Emily Organ
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780992909352
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 342

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Actress Lizzie Dixie drowned in the River Thames, so how was she murdered five years later in Highgate Cemetery? Intrepid Fleet Street reporter Penny Green was a friend of Lizzie's and Scotland Yard needs her help. Does Penny unwittingly hold clues to Lizzie's mysterious death? Penny must work with Inspector James Blakely to investigate the worlds of theatre, showmen and politicians in search of the truth. But who is following her? And who is sending her threatening letters? Penny is about to discover that Lizzie's life was more complicated, and dangerous, than she could ever have imagined. Limelight is Book 1 in the Penny Green Mystery Series set in 1880s London. The books can be read in any order.