Sir John Appleby finds mystery and adventure in an English country house.
Detective or mystery stories
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Auteur:INNES, MichaelSommaire: - Auteur:CHRISTIE, AgathaSommaire:
An intricately plotted mystery made all the more atmospheric by the shadowy presence of Mr Harley Quin.
- Auteur:ADAMS, FrancisSommaire:
The murder of a Melbourne beauty turns David Stuart, journalist and admirer, into a sleuth.
- Auteur:FOLLETT, KenSommaire:
Light-hearted crime caper centres on the search for a lost Modigliani painting, created while the artist was high on hashish. An art historian is the first to come across the possible existence of the painting, and the race to find it...
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Auteur:BARNARD, RobertSommaire:Actress Caroline Fawley is enjoying life. Her wealthy lover, supermarket owner Marius Fleetwood, has set her and her children up in a grand house in Marsham. But Caroline's life is shattered when a young man unexpectedly appears...
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Auteur:GERITSEN,TessSommaire:Christmas Eve in Boston is no holy night for medical examiner Dr Maura Isles. In a rundown house, a woman is discovered murdered in a brutal act of carnage that leaves veteran cops in shock.
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Auteur:MCNEILL, ElisabethSommaire:Little does Dee Carmichael know as she prepares for the final Bombay expatriates' annual cocktail party what surprises and horrors the evening is to bring.
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Auteur:GREGSON, J. MSommaire:New Year's Eve is, traditionally, a time of hope and dreams for the year ahead. But for 19 year-old Hannah Woodgate, it is to be her last. She is the latest victim of the Lancashire leopard. Det. Insp. Percy Peach is in charge of...
- Auteur:FAIRSTEIN, LindaSommaire:
Manhattan sex-crimes prosecutor Alexandra Cooper is heading into a tough trial. Investment banker Paige Vallis has accused New York consultant Andrew Tripping of rape.
- Auteur:HUTCHINSON, MegSommaire:
When Tam's brother Benjie is wrongly accused of theft, and locked in a prison cell, his sister makes a solemn promise that she will not let the little lad down. Benjie is transported to Australia and Tam must embark upon an epic...
- Auteur:BENCHLEY, PeterSommaire:
Newsman Blair Maynard is curious. In one small area of the Caribbean, 610 boats have disappeared in 3 years, with the loss of 2,000 lives. There has to be a reason.
- Auteur:STRANGER, JoyceSommaire:
When Joel inherits a prosperous stud farm from a great-uncle whom he had never met, he decides to unravel the mystery of his uncles fortune.
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Auteur:CHRISTIE, AgathaSommaire:Twelve short stories, each underlining the remarkable versatility of the writer. Some will make you shift uneasily in your chair, others will give satisfaction.
- Auteur:PETERS, EllisSommaire:
Composer Lucas Corinth returns to the Alpine town of his boyhood to be guest of honour at the premiere of his new opera, "The Horn of Roland". But a shadow from the past falls across the festivities, and Lucas becomes the...
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Auteur:RANKIN, IanSommaire:Det. Insp. Rebus is buried under a pile of paperwork generated by his investigations into a suspected war criminal. But an escalating dispute between the upstart Tommy Telford and the head of a local gang gives Rebus an escape clause....
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Auteur:SMITH, Alexander McCallSommaire:Precious Ramotswe, the owner of the No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency is experiencing staffing difficulties, investigating some tricky cases and doing it all in her own good-natured style.
- Auteur:PETERS, ElizabethSommaire:
An Egyptian murder-mystery featuring Amelia Peabody.
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Auteur:Ellis, KateSommaire:When Dr James Dalcott is shot dead in his cottage it looks very much like an execution. And as DI Wesley Peterson begins piecing together the victim's life, he finds that the well-liked country doctor has been harbouring strange...
- Auteur:LEATHER, StephenSommaire:
Jack Solomon is a messenger of death. Working in the fractured remains of Yugoslavia, his task is to identify the victims of ethnic cleansing and to tell families that their loved ones are never coming home.
- Auteur:CORRIS, PeterSommaire:
A detective thriller set in Sydney and introducing Cliff Hardy, private investigator, who is paid to unravel problems the police can't or won't handle.
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