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Inspektor Jury schläft außer Haus. Roman.

Inspektor Jury schläft außer Haus. Roman.

by Martha Grimes

Two pubs in Long Piddleton are the sights of two murders. Scotland Yard's Richard Jury gets some help from Long Piddleton's own Melrose Plant to root out evil in the heart of the village.

The Old Wine Shades (Richard Jury Mysteries)

The Old Wine Shades (Richard Jury Mysteries)

The latest in New York Times bestselling author Martha Grimes’s Richard Jury mystery series "The dog came back." "This is a joke, right?" "No, it isn’t. . . . So do you want to hear the rest of it?" Dumbly, Jury nodded. The rest of it is told by Harry Johnson, a stranger who sits down next to Richard Jury as he’s drinking in a London pub called the Old Wine Shades. Over three successive... (more)

The Five Bells and Bladebone (Richard Jury Mysteries (Paperback))

The Five Bells and Bladebone (Richard Jury Mysteries (Paperback))

by Martha Grimes

Scotland Yard Superintendent Richard Jury is just one pint into his vacation in Long Piddleton when the murder of a notorious philanderer rocks the small village and its eccentric inhabitants... "A writer to relish." ( The New Yorker ) "Blends almost Dickensian sketches of character and social class with glimpses of a ferocious marriage." ( Time )

The Shape of Snakes

by Minette Walters

It took a few hours on a rainy winter night for a black woman known as "Mad Annie" to die in a gutter. It will take twenty years for the woman who found her to shape her neighbors' racism, the indifference of the police, and her own rage into the truth. "Harrowing...These complex characters can be cunning, deceitful, even mad-which is exactly what makes them such absorbing company." ( New York Times Book Review... (more)

Frost at Christmas

by R. D. Wingfield

The irascible Detective Inspector Jack Frost spends the holiday season searching for a missing child with the help of a dubious psychic and a bumbling new partner.

What Came Before He Shot Her LP

by Elizabeth George

The brutal, inexplicable death of Inspector Thomas Lynley's wife has left Scotland Yard shocked and searching for answers. Even more horrifying is that the trigger was apparently pulled by a twelve-year-old boy. What were the circumstances that led to his final act of desperation? That story begins on the other side of London in rough North Kensington, where the virtually orphaned Campbell children are bounced... (more)

The Deer Leap (Richard Jury Mysteries (Paperback))

The Deer Leap (Richard Jury Mysteries (Paperback))

by Martha Grimes

In a village plagued by missing pets, Scotland Yard's Richard Jury and sidekick Melrose Plant face the worst of human nature when a chilling old crime leads them to a brand new way to die.

BERTIE AND THE CRIME OF PASSION. A NOVEL OF EDWARDIAN DETECTIONPETER LOVESEY

BERTIE AND THE CRIME OF PASSION. A NOVEL OF EDWARDIAN DETECTION

by PETER LOVESEY

With No One as Witness

by Elizabeth George

The police never suspected a serial killer was at large until they found the fourth murdered boy -- the first white victim -- his body draped over a tomb in a London graveyard. Suddenly a series of crimes and a potential public relations disaster have Scotland Yard on the defensive, scrambling to apprehend a maniac while avoiding accusations of racism. Detective Superintendent Thomas Lynley, distracted by... (more)

The Poisoning in the Pub

by Simon Brett

Simon Brett worked as a producer in radio and television before taking up writing full time. He is married with three grown-up children and lives in an Agatha Christie-style village on the South Downs. This is the tenth novel in the popular Fethering series.

by Elizabeth George

A kind and well-loved woman was brutally and inexplicably murdered—the pregnant wife of a respected police inspector—and her death has left Scotland Yard shocked and searching for answers. Perhaps most horrifying of all, the trigger of the weapon that killed her was apparently pulled by a stranger . . . a twelve-year-old boy. The anatomy of a murder, the story of a family in crisis, What Came Before He Shot... (more)

Mrs. Pargeter's Point of Honour: A Mrs. Pargeter's Mystery

Mrs. Pargeter's Point of Honour: A Mrs. Pargeter's Mystery

by Simon Brett

Mrs Pargeter is forced to find out more than she would wish about her husband's "business activities", when she recreates one of his most famous scams.

Mrs., Presumed Dead

by Simon Brett

British author Brett introduced Mrs. Melita Pargeter in A Nice Class of Corpse . With her "armoury" of mink coats, an oenophile's palate and her weakness for an occasional weekend at the Savoy, the widow Pargeter brings a distinct touch of class to the sleuthing scene. It is 18 months since the death of Mr. Pargeter (whose mysterious and lucrative business dealings left his wife with devoted contacts among such... (more)

Mrs. Pargeter's Package (Pan Crime)

by Simon Brett

A trip to Corfu is not Mrs Pargeter's usual idea of a holiday, but keeping a recently widowed friend company overrules her misgivings. But when that friend starts behaving strangely and then is found having apparently committed suicide, Mrs Pargeter resolves to get to the bottom of the mystery.

Mrs Pargeter's Plot

by Simon Brett

The sleuthing skills of feisty widow Melita Pargeter are put to the challenge when a dead body turns up in her wine cellar in this newest mystery novel by the author of "Mrs. Pargeter's Pound of Flesh" and "Mrs. Pargeter's Package".

Inspector Lynley: Book 7

Playing for the Ashes

by Elizabeth George

"The story begins with my father, actually, and the fact that I'm the one who's answerable for his death. It was not my first crime, as you will see, but it is the one my mother couldn't forgive." In her astonishing New York Times bestseller, acclaimed author Elizabeth George reveals the even darker truth behind this startling confession. Playing for the Ashes is a rich tale of passion, murder and love in... (more)

Blunt Instrument, a.Georgette Heyer

Blunt Instrument, a.

by Georgette Heyer

Hard Frost

by R. D. Wingfield

Detective Inspector Jack Frost, Denton Division, is not beloved by his superiors. In fact, he's something of a pain in the brass: unkempt and unruly, with a taste for crude humor and a tendency to cut corners. They'd like nothing better than to bounce him from the department. The only problem is, Frost's the one D.I. who, by hook or by crook, always seems to find a way to get the job done. It's a high... (more)

The Old Fox Deceiv'd

by Martha Grimes

Scotland Yard's Richard Jury and his sidekick Melrose Plant converge on a northern fishing village to hunt down a wily killer.

The Winds of Change (Richard Jury Mysteries (Paperback))

The Winds of Change (Richard Jury Mysteries (Paperback))

by Martha Grimes

Richard Jury embarks on the darkest investigation of his career when the dead body of a young London girl leads to the cold case of a missing girl in Launceston-an unsolved mystery that has haunted Police Officer Brian Macalvie for years.

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by Martha Grimes

by Martha Grimes

by Martha Grimes

by Minette Walters

by R. D. Wingfield

by Elizabeth George

by Martha Grimes

by PETER LOVESEY

by Elizabeth George

by Simon Brett

by Elizabeth George

by Simon Brett

by Simon Brett

by Simon Brett

by Simon Brett

by Elizabeth George

by Georgette Heyer

by R. D. Wingfield

by Martha Grimes

by Martha Grimes