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Thomas Lynley mysteries volume 17
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
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In this novel Inspector Thomas Lynley is mystified when he's sent undercover to investigate the death of Ian Cresswell at the request of the man's uncle, the wealthy and influential Bernard Fairclough. The death has been ruled an accidental drowning, and nothing on the surface indicates otherwise. But when Lynley enlists the help of his friends Simon and Deborah St. James, the trio's digging soon reveals that the Fairclough clan is awash in secrets,...
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Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
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The placid village of Lymstock seems the perfect place for Jerry Burton to recuperate from his accident under the care of his sister, Joanna. But soon a series of vicious poison-pen letters destroys the village's quiet charm, eventually causing one recipient to commit suicide. The vicar, the doctor, the servantsāll are on the verge of accusing one another when help arrives from an unexpected quarter. The vicar's houseguest happens to be none other...
10) The Yard
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Series
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Suffering public contempt after the Metropolitan Police's failure to capture Jack the Ripper, Walter Day, a member of Victorian London's recently formed "Murder Squad," partners with Scotland Yard's first forensic pathologist to track down a killer who is targeting their colleagues.
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Aunt Dimity mysteries volume 16
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Returning to Finch to discover her father embroiled in a renovation project that has unveiled a mysterious painting, Lori Shepherd becomes caught up in a case of false identity involving a local resident and supernatural uprisings.
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Series
Lorraine Fisher novels volume 2
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Visiting her sister in a community that was rocked by a string of teen suicides five years earlier, Detective Inspector Loraine Fisher races to find her missing nephew when two more suspicious suicides occur.
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Series
Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James mysteries volume 13
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
The disappearance of a young mother, the murder of her Pakistani husband, and a child's life in danger lead Scotland Yard detectives Gemma James and Duncan Kincaid into London's legendary East End--a neighborhood where the rich and the poor, the ambitious and the dangerous, collide--to solve one of the most challenging and disturbing cases they've ever faced.
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Series
Thomas Lynley mysteries volume 18
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Supporting a friend who has lost custody of his young daughter, Barbara and her partner, Inspector Thomas Lynley, are further shocked when the girl's mother reports that the child has been kidnapped as part of a plot that risks Barbara's career.
18) Silent voices
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Series
Vera Stanhope novels volume 4
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
When Inspector Vera Stanhope finds the body of a woman in the sauna room of her local gym, she wonders briefly if, for once in her life, she's uncovered a simple death from natural causes. But a closer inspection reveals bruises around the victim's throat, and Vera quickly realizes that she has a murder on her hands.
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Pub. Date
c2013.
Language
English
Description
When members of a prominent coal-mining family go missing, Scotland Yard's Murder Squad teammates Inspector Walter Day and Sergeant Nevil Hammersmith, aided by newly arrived forensics pioneer Dr. Bernard Kingsley, investigate dark secrets and realize that the family's village is slowly sinking into underground mines.
20) Hidden depths
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Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
On a hot summer on the Northumberland coast, Julie Armstrong arrives home from a night out to find her son murdered. Luke has been strangled, laid out in a bath of water and covered with wild flowers. This stylized murder scene has Inspector Vera Stanhope and her team intrigued. But now, Vera must work quickly to find this killer who is making art out of death. As local residents are forced to share their private lives, sinister secrets are slowly...
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