Classic crime and mystery fiction
The Murder Room It Couldnt Matter Less
Book SynopsisThe master of British noir
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The Murder Room They Never Say When
Book SynopsisThe master of British noir
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The Murder Room Uneasy Terms
Book SynopsisThe master of British noir
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The Murder Room Eve
Book Synopsis'Master of the art of deception' New Statesman
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The Murder Room Mission to Venice
Book Synopsis'Master of the art of deception' New Statesman
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The Murder Room Mission to Siena
Book Synopsis'Master of the art of deception' New Statesman
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The Murder Room Just Another Sucker
Book Synopsis'Master of the art of deception' New Statesman
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The Murder Room Tell It to the Birds
Book Synopsis'Master of the art of deception' New Statesman
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The Murder Room One Bright Summer Morning
Book Synopsis'Master of the art of deception' New Statesman
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The Murder Room The Whiff of Money
Book Synopsis'Master of the art of deception' New Statesman
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The Murder Room The Vulture is a Patient Bird
Book Synopsis'Master of the art of deception' New Statesman
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The Murder Room Like a Hole in the Head
Book Synopsis'Master of the art of deception' New Statesman
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The Murder Room Goldfish Have No Hiding Place
Book Synopsis'Master of the art of deception' New Statesman
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The Murder Room The Joker in the Pack
Book Synopsis'Master of the art of deception' New Statesman
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The Murder Room I Hold the Four Aces
Book Synopsis'Master of the art of deception' New Statesman
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The Murder Room Consider Yourself Dead
Book Synopsis'Master of the art of deception' New Statesman
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The Murder Room You Must Be Kidding
Book Synopsis'Master of the art of deception' New Statesman
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The Murder Room A Can of Worms
Book Synopsis'Master of the art of deception' New Statesman
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The Murder Room Well Share a Double Funeral
Book Synopsis'Master of the art of deception' New Statesman
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The Murder Room Not My Thing
Book Synopsis'Master of the art of deception' New Statesman
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The Murder Room In Spite of Thunder
Book Synopsis'A master magician . . . King of the Art of Misdirection' Agatha Christie
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The Murder Room The Emperors SnuffBox
Book Synopsis'A master magician ... King of the Art of Misdirection' Agatha Christie
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The Murder Room The Bride of Newgate
Book Synopsis'A master magician . . . King of the Art of Misdirection' Agatha Christie
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The Murder Room Fire Burn
Book Synopsis'A master magician . . .the King of the Art of Misdirection' Agatha Christie
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The Murder Room Scandal at High Chimneys
Book Synopsis'A master magician . . . King of the Art of Misdirection' Agatha Christie
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The Murder Room The Witch of the Low Tide
Book Synopsis'A master magician . . . King of the Art of Misdirection' Agatha Christie
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The Murder Room Most Secret
Book Synopsis'A master magician ... King of the Art of Misdirection' Agatha Christie
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The Murder Room The Ghosts High Noon
Book Synopsis'A master magician . . . King of the Art of Misdirection' Agatha Christie
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The Murder Room Deadly Hall
Book Synopsis'A master magician ... the King of the Art of Misdirection' Agatha Christie
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The Murder Room The Spreewald Collection
Book Synopsis'Donald MacKenzie is a born storyteller' Guardian
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The Murder Room Common Sense Is All You Need
Book Synopsis'In the front rank of detective story writers' Times Literary Supplement
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The Murder Room Murder by Experts
Book SynopsisLawyer-detective Arthur Crook always believes his clients are innocent... despite the evidence to the contrary.Classic crime from one of the greats of the Detection ClubTrade ReviewUnquestionably a most intelligent author. Gifts of ingenuity, style and character drawing * SUNDAY TIMES *Anthony Gilbert shared with other successful crime writers a combination of writing talent and clever plotting skills necessary to make it in detective fiction's Golden Age ... Along with Agatha Christie [he] had a talent to deceive * mysteryfile.com *No author is more skilled at making a good story seem brilliant * SUNDAY EXPRESS *If there is one author whose books need to be widely available, it is Gilbert * Inkquilletc.blogspot *
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The Murder Room Dear Dead Woman
Book SynopsisA man is accused of murdering his wife - and all the evidence points to his guilt.Classic crime from one of the greats of the Detection ClubTrade ReviewNo author is more skilled at making a good story seem brilliant * SUNDAY EXPRESS *Anthony Gilbert shared with other successful crime writers a combination of writing talent and clever plotting skills necessary to make it in detective fiction's Golden Age ... Along with Agatha Christie [he] had a talent to deceive * mysteryfile.com *Unquestionably a most intelligent author. Gifts of ingenuity, style and character drawing * SUNDAY TIMES *If there is one author whose books need to be widely available, it is Gilbert * Inkquilletc.blogspot *
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The Murder Room Death in the Blackout
Book SynopsisIn the darkness of World War Two, a murderer strikes... Classic crime from one of the greats of the Detection ClubTrade ReviewAnthony Gilbert shared with other successful crime writers a combination of writing talent and clever plotting skills necessary to make it in detective fiction's Golden Age ... Along with Agatha Christie [he] had a talent to deceive * mysteryfile.com *No author is more skilled at making a good story seem brilliant * SUNDAY EXPRESS *If there is one author whose books need to be widely available, it is Gilbert * Inkquilletc.blogspot *Unquestionably a most intelligent author. Gifts of ingenuity, style and character drawing * SUNDAY TIMES *
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The Murder Room He Came by Night
Book SynopsisHow do you catch a killer when the murder goes unnoticed?Classic crime from one of the greats of the Detection ClubThe victim was certainly deserving of death, but not the hard, cruel death he found. No one deserved that . . .At first, the killer goes unsuspected. Someone else would pay the price for the crime - an innocent woman would pay and the murderer was willing to arrange other, more ''accidental'' deaths to ensure it . . . until solicitor-detective Arthur Crook steps in. In one of his most baffling cases, Crook only has two guiding principles: his client is always innocent and, come hell or high water, he always gets his man.Trade ReviewNo author is more skilled at making a good story seem brilliant * SUNDAY EXPRESS *Anthony Gilbert shared with other successful crime writers a combination of writing talent and clever plotting skills necessary to make it in detective fiction's Golden Age ... Along with Agatha Christie [he] had a talent to deceive * mysteryfile.com *Unquestionably a most intelligent author. Gifts of ingenuity, style and character drawing * SUNDAY TIMES *If there is one author whose books need to be widely available, it is Gilbert * Inkquilletc.blogspot *
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The Murder Room A Spy for Mr Crook
Book SynopsisMurder, politics and Nazi sympathisers - Arthur Crook has his detection skills pushed to the limit...Classic crime from one of the greats of the Detection ClubTrade ReviewIf there is one author whose books need to be widely available, it is Gilbert * Inkquilletc.blogspot *No author is more skilled at making a good story seem brilliant * SUNDAY EXPRESS *Anthony Gilbert shared with other successful crime writers a combination of writing talent and clever plotting skills necessary to make it in detective fiction's Golden Age ... Along with Agatha Christie [he] had a talent to deceive * mysteryfile.com *Unquestionably a most intelligent author. Gifts of ingenuity, style and character drawing * SUNDAY TIMES *
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The Murder Room The Black Stage
Book SynopsisSome men are born to be murderedClassic crime from one of the greats of the Detection ClubLewis Bishop was born to be murdered - the perfect victim, a man whom many had every reason to hate and fear. When he is suddenly shot dead one night he leaves behind him only unpleasant memories, a flood of relief, and a pretty puzzle for the police - and a case for the irrepressible detective Arthur Crook . . .Trade ReviewNo author is more skilled at making a good story seem brilliant * SUNDAY EXPRESS *Anthony Gilbert shared with other successful crime writers a combination of writing talent and clever plotting skills necessary to make it in detective fiction's Golden Age ... Along with Agatha Christie [he] had a talent to deceive * mysteryfile.com *Unquestionably a most intelligent author. Gifts of ingenuity, style and character drawing * SUNDAY TIMES *If there is one author whose books need to be widely available, it is Gilbert * Inkquilletc.blogspot *
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The Murder Room Death in the Wrong Room
Book SynopsisA chilling day of murder in the midst of post-World War II austerityClassic crime from one of the greats of the Detection ClubTrade ReviewUnquestionably a most intelligent author. Gifts of ingenuity, style and character drawing * SUNDAY TIMES *Anthony Gilbert shared with other successful crime writers a combination of writing talent and clever plotting skills necessary to make it in detective fiction's Golden Age ... Along with Agatha Christie [he] had a talent to deceive * mysteryfile.com *No author is more skilled at making a good story seem brilliant * SUNDAY EXPRESS *If there is one author whose books need to be widely available, it is Gilbert * Inkquilletc.blogspot *
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The Murder Room Die in the Dark
Book SynopsisA seemingly-innocent advert; a missing widow. And it's the detective who's in the most danger...Classic crime from one of the greats of the Detection ClubTrade ReviewIf there is one author whose books need to be widely available, it is Gilbert * Inkquilletc.blogspot *Unquestionably a most intelligent author. Gifts of ingenuity, style and character drawing * SUNDAY TIMES *Anthony Gilbert shared with other successful crime writers a combination of writing talent and clever plotting skills necessary to make it in detective fiction's Golden Age ... Along with Agatha Christie [he] had a talent to deceive * mysteryfile.com *No author is more skilled at making a good story seem brilliant * SUNDAY EXPRESS *
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The Murder Room The Fortune Hunters
Book SynopsisAn inheritance comes with its own sinister dangers... 'Joan Aiken's triumph with this genre is that she does it so much better than others' New York Times Book ReviewTrade ReviewFor devotees of murder in marshy English by-ways, a suspenseful account of leeches moving in on a fortune * N J MORNING TELEGRAPH *The Fortune Hunters transports the reader to a fog shrouded English village with a Roman ruin and a falling castle...Annette Sheldon is one of those rash English girls with a lot of money and unsuitable suitors, plus a tall house full of secrets right next door to her redecorated cottage * FORT WORTH STAR *Joan Aiken's triumph with this genre is that she does it so much better than others * NEW YORK TIMES *
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The Murder Room The Ribs of Death
Book SynopsisA sentence of death...and a journey into the unknown'Joan Aiken's triumph with this genre is that she does it so much better than others' New York Times Book ReviewTrade ReviewExcellent characterisation, especially of the likeable heroine narrator * SUNDAY TELEGRAPH *Unusual, enthralling, full of wry fun * SUNDAY TIMES *A fast, lively story that builds to a fiery denouement * DAILY TELEGRAPH *Joan Aiken's triumph with this genre is that she does it so much better than others * NEW YORK TIMES *
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The Murder Room The Davidian Report
Book Synopsis'An author with a flair for terror' The New Yorker
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The Murder Room The Woman in Red
Book SynopsisThey took her identity - they wanted her life - but they couldn't take her spirit. Classic crime from one of the greats of the Detection ClubTrade ReviewAnthony Gilbert shared with other successful crime writers a combination of writing talent and clever plotting skills necessary to make it in detective fiction's Golden Age ... Along with Agatha Christie [he] had a talent to deceive * mysteryfile.com *No author is more skilled at making a good story seem brilliant * SUNDAY EXPRESS *If there is one author whose books need to be widely available, it is Gilbert * Inkquilletc.blogspot *Unquestionably a most intelligent author. Gifts of ingenuity, style and character drawing * SUNDAY TIMES *
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The Murder Room The Silence of Herondale
Book SynopsisA child in danger, an isolated house in the depths of winter - and a killer on the loose...''Don''t miss ... guaranteed unputdownable'' ObserverSnow-covered fields and moors stretch away on all sides of Herondale House. Despite rumours of an escaped killer on the run, Deborah Lindsay knows that she must control her fear - she has a young charge, 13-year-old prodigy Carreen, to care for. But the isolated Yorkshire farmhouse already holds the terrible secret of one death - and after an increasing number of sinister ''accidents'', Deborah begins to wonder how long it will be before evil strikes again...''A splendidly romantic first thriller'' Times Literary SupplementTrade ReviewJoan Aiken's triumph with this genre is that she does it so much better than others * NEW YORK TIMES *Joan Aiken has established herself as one of the leading purveyors of suspense * GUARDIAN *Unusual, enthralling, full of wry fun * SUNDAY TIMES *The British master of supernatural fiction * WASHINGTON POST *Terrifyingly enclosed spine-chiller * SUNDAY TELEGRAPH *A first thriller which has the unmistakeable whiff of success * TELEGRAPH *Don't miss ... guaranteed unputdownable * OBSERVER *Top quality * GUARDIAN *A splendidly romantic first thriller * TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT *Another winner ... Fascinates continuously from start to finish * SPECTATOR *
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The Murder Room Miss Pinkerton
Book SynopsisAn old mansion, and a killer on the loose - nurse turned private detective for the police is in more danger than ever before. Superb classic crime from 'A true mistress of the mystery' Charlotte MacleodTrade ReviewA literary celebrity with few rivals ... she wrote more bestselling novels ... over a longer period than almost any other American writer, had two hits plays running simultaneously on Broadway, and, acting as a war correspondent, was the first journalist - man or woman - to reach the front during World War I * WASHINGTON POST *Rinehart's prose is reminiscent of Shirley Jackson ... and she excels at the tantalising tease * PUBLISHERS WEEKLY *Queen of the mystery novel * crimereads.com *A true mistress of the mystery -- Charlotte MacleodThe capable Hilda proves herself to be a savvy sleuth with superior powers of observation. Rinehart keeps the pages turning without stinting on characterisation * PUBLISHERS WEEKLY *
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The Murder Room The Case of the Duplicate Daughter
Book Synopsis'The bestselling author of the century ... a master storyteller' New York TimesPerry Mason - a major new TV seriesTrade ReviewThe bestselling author of the century ... a master storyteller * NEW YORK TIMES *For fans of classic hard-boiled whodunits, this is a time machine back to an exuberant era of snappy patter, stakeouts, and double-crosses * LA TIMES *Kingpin among the mystery writers * NEW YORK TIMES *With Perry Mason, Erle Stanley Gardner introduced to American letters the notion of the lawyer as a hero - and a detective - which were remarkable innovations. He even gave defence lawyers a good name to boot. His Mason books remain tantalising on every page and brilliant -- Scott Turow, author of Presumed Innocent and TestimonyAmazing originality * NEW YORK TIMES *No one has ever matched Gardner for swift, sure exposition * KIRKUS *Gardner has a way of moving the story forward that is almost a lost art: great stretches of dialogue alternate with lively chunks of exposition, and the two work together perfectly, without sacrificing momentum * BOOKLIST *Millions of Americans never seem to tire of Gardner's thrillers * NEW YORK TIMES *
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The Murder Room Lost or Found
Book SynopsisA wedding ring, a missing woman, a bizarre disappearance...Brock and Poole have one of their most unusual cases to unravel''Devilishly engaging characters and authentic details of police operations'' BooklistWhen Eunice Bailey takes her wedding ring to a London jeweller to have it enlarged, she is very keen for it to be done quickly. She is a reliable and favoured customer and when the jeweller is unable to get in touch with her to collect the ring, he contacts the police.Detective Chief Inspector Brock and Detective Sergeant Poole are assigned to the case, and what begins as a fairly simple missing person enquiry develops into a mystery that has ramifications stretching as far as Bermuda . . .Trade ReviewDevilishly engaging characters and authentic details of police operations * BOOKLIST *A consistently entertaining series * PUBLISHERS WEEKLY *His story is plotted elaborately but convincingly and the settings are well-visualised * FINANCIAL TIMES *A realistic look at the challenges of modern-day policing, bolstered by sardonic British humour and a twisty plot * BOOKLIST *Excels at twisty, psychological suspense * LIBRARY JOURNAL *
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The Murder Room Trouble With Product X
Book SynopsisA beautiful Cornish coastal village is the setting for a highly sinister conspiracy involving a kidnapped baby, mysterious monks and an almost irresistible new perfume... 'Joan Aiken's triumph with this genre is that she does it so much better than others' New York Times Book ReviewTrade ReviewJoan Aiken has an eye for original situations and characters ... a stolen formula, a kidnapped baby and a strange brotherhood keep the plot bubbling. An engaging story with one of the nicest babies I have met for a long time * DAILY TELEGRAPH *Witty and acute ... a nice romantic thriller * PUNCH *Brilliant light-hearted picture of search for missing formula ... very funny -- Julian Symons * SUNDAY TIMES *Superior stylish thriller with advertising agency background. A four month old baby steps into a key role in a headlong series of chases ... characterisation of bizarre cast bang on target... the writing is at once witty and sensitive * CRIME CALENDAR *
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