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Book SynopsisThis new collection gathers together stories written over a span of about 65 years, during which British society, and life in country houses, was transformed out of all recognition. It includes fascinating and unfamiliar twists on the classic 'closed circle' plot.

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Book SynopsisDear Jack, I think I’m about to be arrested and charged with murder. Tom Morris, busy cataloguing the library of Plumwood Hall, is in a fix. Three days before, a member of the family had keeled over at afternoon tea after eating a slice of fruit cake laced with poison. And Tom has been fingered by the weasel-like Inspector Hyde as chief suspect. The young scholar turns to the only person who can help: his old Oxford tutor, C. S. (‘Jack’) Lewis. As they investigate, mystery piles on mystery. Why did the victim’s husband disappear twelve months before? Why is a strange tattooed foreigner living in a cottage on the moors? Who is the wild man of the woods? And most puzzling of all: how did a massive dose of cyanide get into just one slice of cake? C. S. Lewis’s second mind-twisting case has all the hallmarks of a classic Country House Mystery.Trade ReviewRichards is a master at creating a 1930s background – long may his series continue. * Church Times *Follows the well-received C. S. Lewis and the Corpse in the Cellar: A tale that twists and turns in the tradition of the golden age of English murder mysteries like Agatha Christie. Add [the author’s] trademark humour and it's an entertaining baffler! * goodreads *

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Book SynopsisThe next instalment in the Martha Miller Mysteries from bestselling author Catherine Coles!Winteringham Village 1947As a thank you for her previous brilliant crime solving, amateur sleuth, Martha Miller is guest of honour at the Winteringham Country Fair. However, this time she is looking forward to simply judging dog shows and eating cream teas rather than apprehending a killer!And Martha is just beginning to enjoy spending quality time with Vicar Luke Walker away from the prying eyes and gossips of her own village, when disaster strikes, and the local teenage femme fatale is found stabbed to death behind the tea tent by Martha’s trusted red setter Lizzie!But who would want to kill such a young girl and why? Someone in the village has secrets to hide and it seems Martha and Luke have another case to solve!Let the investigation commence!Find out if Martha and Luke can catch the killer in a brand new Martha Miller mystery from bestselling author Catherine Coles.What readers are saying about Martha Miller!'An utterly charming 1940’s mystery. Definitely a new series addiction!' Bestselling author Debbie Young."Poison at the Village Show" is pure mystery buff entertainment and has all the qualities expected of an English mystery.' James Cox, Editor-in-Chief, Midwest Book ReviewPerfect for fans of Lee Strauss and Beth Byers!

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Book SynopsisDonald Langham and Maria Dupré must navigate a rocky road to find a killer when a body is found next to a standing stone.Newlyweds Donald Langham and Maria Dupré have moved to the country. They''re excited about starting a new life in the picturesque village of Ingoldby-over-Water - and about meeting their new neighbours.But they''ve barely moved into Yew Tree Cottage when their new neighbour at Standing Stone Manor, Professor Edwin Robertshaw, invites Donald over to discuss some ''fishy business''. Shortly after, a body is found by the professor''s precious standing stone in the manor grounds.Donald and Maria discover tensions, disputes and resentment raging below the surface of this idyllic village, but can they find out which of the villagers is a cold-blooded killer?

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Book SynopsisDonald Langham and Maria Dupré must navigate a rocky road to find a killer when a body is found next to a standing stone.Newlyweds Donald Langham and Maria Dupré have moved to the country. They''re excited about starting a new life in the picturesque village of Ingoldby-over-Water - and about meeting their new neighbours.But they''ve barely moved into Yew Tree Cottage when their new neighbour at Standing Stone Manor, Professor Edwin Robertshaw, invites Donald over to discuss some ''fishy business''. Shortly after, a body is found by the professor''s precious standing stone in the manor grounds.Donald and Maria discover tensions, disputes and resentment raging below the surface of this idyllic village, but can they find out which of the villagers is a cold-blooded killer?

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Book SynopsisRebecca Tope is the author of three bestselling crime series, set in the Cotswolds, Lake District and West Country. She lives on a smallholding in rural Herefordshire, where she enjoys the silence and plants a lot of trees.

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Book SynopsisIn the wake of World War I, Jane Wunderly—a thoroughly modern young American widow—is traveling abroad, enjoying the hospitality of an English lord and a perfectly proper manor house, until murder makes an unwelcome appearance…England, 1926: Wedgefield Manor, deep in the tranquil Essex countryside, provides a welcome rest stop for Jane and her matchmaking Aunt Millie before their return to America. While Millie spends time with her long-lost daughter, Lillian, and their host, Lord Hughes, Jane fills the hours devouring mystery novels and taking flying lessons—much to Millie’s disapproval. But any danger in the air is eclipsed by tragedy on the ground when one of the estate’s mechanics, Air Force veteran Simon Marshall, is killed in a motorcar collision. The sliced brake cables prove this was no accident, yet was the intended victim someone other than Simon? The house is full of suspects—visiting relations, se

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Book SynopsisOn the way home that night through south Armagh Sean Farmer and Colm McCartney were stopped at what later transpired to be a bogus security forces checkpoint. Less than an hour later, their bodies were found at the side of the road in the townland of Altnamackin, a few miles outside Newtownhamilton. This book is the first attempt to tell the men’s story. It is a vividly imagined re-creation of the time and circumstances of the murders coupled with an examination of their factual background. The murders were particularly significant because they represented the first time that the GAA had found itself targeted by terrorists in such a public and blatant way. Many more attacks on its members would follow in the next two decades. At its core this book reveals both the human stories of loss behind the headlines that the murders generated and the inadequate official investigation which followed. But above everything else this is the story of the lives and deaths on a country road in rural Armagh of Sean and Colm, two friends on their way home from a football match.

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Book SynopsisThe next instalment in the Martha Miller Mysteries from bestselling author Catherine Coles!Winteringham Village 1947As a thank you for her previous brilliant crime solving, amateur sleuth, Martha Miller is guest of honour at the Winteringham Country Fair. However, this time she is looking forward to simply judging dog shows and eating cream teas rather than apprehending a killer!And Martha is just beginning to enjoy spending quality time with Vicar Luke Walker away from the prying eyes and gossips of her own village, when disaster strikes, and the local teenage femme fatale is found stabbed to death behind the tea tent by Martha’s trusted red setter Lizzie!But who would want to kill such a young girl and why? Someone in the village has secrets to hide and it seems Martha and Luke have another case to solve!Let the investigation commence!Find out if Martha and Luke can catch the killer in a brand new Martha Miller mystery from bestselling author Catherine Coles.What readers are saying about Martha Miller!'An utterly charming 1940’s mystery. Definitely a new series addiction!' Bestselling author Debbie Young."Poison at the Village Show" is pure mystery buff entertainment and has all the qualities expected of an English mystery.' James Cox, Editor-in-Chief, Midwest Book ReviewPerfect for fans of Lee Strauss and Beth Byers!

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Book SynopsisOne week prior to Christmas, in a small, Southern town, a fine Christian lady was murdered in her home as she cooked lunch. It was such a shocking occurrence that the entire town of relatives, friends and neighbors went into Silence Mode, and instructed the daughter to also, and to just go on with her life.However, as she succumbed to emotional regression, she entered college classes for therapy, and sought out private investigators since all officials refused to do their normal jobs after the murder of her mother. She desperately longed to know who and why? And, why the town's reluctance to respond appropriately?Upon the court-granted exhumation, vital witnesses were discovered who held pertinent information, which revealed the guilty party. However, the governor, local police, and even state police only reluctantly conducted their levels of inquiry by interviewing the suspect himself, and accepting his account that a 'now-deceased individual' had actually killed her.Those officials who made the efforts of covering-up a 'blatant murder,' had their own reasons for agreeing that, 'This town - state just can't handle a scandal like this. We gotta say she done it herself.'Fortunately, these exact words were overheard by the highly credible witnesses who surfaced two decades later, unaware that the victim's daughter did not know about their presence.During the decades of her efforts, she experienced emotional regression, and found therapeutic assistance via the book Massive Psychic Trauma (H.Krystal) gleaned from Survivors of Jewish Holocaust. She now travels to Israel regularly and works with other victims (including many military) of PTSD.

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Book SynopsisLocated in central England, the Black Country is a distinctive industrial region encompassing numerous ancient towns and villages in a unique and diverse landscape, formed by centuries of mining and iron forging. Here evolved a breed of people much accustomed to the darker tragedies of life, often witness to horrific scenes of tragedy in many an industrial catastrophe, and home to some of the most gruesome murder cases in Britain''s history. Contained within the pages of this book are the stories behind some of the most heinous crimes ever committed in the Black Country. Ian M. Bott re-examines the cases, some almost forgotten by the ravages of time; and most untold or unpublished since they were first sensationalised in newspapers contemporary to their time. All manner of murder and mystery is featured here, and this book is sure to be a must-read for true crime enthusiasts everywhere.

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Book SynopsisAn ordinary villageA shocking announcementOne morning the villagers of Chipping Cleghorn wake to find a strange notice in their papers:A murder is announced and will take place on Friday, October 29th, at Little Paddocks at 6.30pm.'Suspecting this is just a joke, they gather for some evening entertainment.Then a gunshot is heard.In desperation, the police turn to an old lady whose hobbies are gardening, gossiping and solving murders.After all, old ladies know better than anyone exactly what goes on in quiet English villagesNever underestimate Miss MarpleThe queen of jaw-dropping, heart-stopping twists.'Karen M. McManusEstablishes firmly her claim to the throne of detection. The plot is as ingenious as ever the dialogue both wise and witty; while the suspense is maintained very skilfully until the final revelation.'A.A. MilneTrade Review‘Without a doubt, the greatest mystery writer of all time’ – Ragnar Jonasson ‘A hundred years after her first novel, and we are all still standing in her shadow’ – Andrew Taylor ‘She gives us an insight into human nature that few, if any, have surpassed’ – Susan Lewis ‘Dame Agatha has sold more books than all besides Shakespeare and the Bible’ – David Baldacci ‘All crime fiction writers around the globe owe Agatha Christie a massive debt’ – Peter James ‘Reading a perfectly plotted Agatha Christie is like crunching into a perfect apple: that pure, crisp, absolute satisfaction.’ – Tana French

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Book SynopsisThe next instalment in the Martha Miller Mysteries from bestselling author Catherine Coles!Winteringham Village 1947As a thank you for her previous brilliant crime solving, amateur sleuth, Martha Miller is guest of honour at the Winteringham Country Fair. However, this time she is looking forward to simply judging dog shows and eating cream teas rather than apprehending a killer!And Martha is just beginning to enjoy spending quality time with Vicar Luke Walker away from the prying eyes and gossips of her own village, when disaster strikes, and the local teenage femme fatale is found stabbed to death behind the tea tent by Martha’s trusted red setter Lizzie!But who would want to kill such a young girl and why? Someone in the village has secrets to hide and it seems Martha and Luke have another case to solve!Let the investigation commence!Find out if Martha and Luke can catch the killer in a brand new Martha Miller mystery from bestselling author Catherine Coles.What readers are saying about Martha Miller!'An utterly charming 1940’s mystery. Definitely a new series addiction!' Bestselling author Debbie Young."Poison at the Village Show" is pure mystery buff entertainment and has all the qualities expected of an English mystery.' James Cox, Editor-in-Chief, Midwest Book ReviewPerfect for fans of Lee Strauss and Beth Byers!

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