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Inspector Frost 6. On a rainy night in Denton, Detective Inspector Jack Frost is called to the site of a macabre discovery in the woods - that of a human foot. Meanwhile a multiple rapist is on the loose, the local supermarket reports poisoned stock and a man claims to have cut his wife up into little pieces, yet can't recall where he hid them. But it is when two young girls are reported missing in quick succession that the Denton crime wave reaches terrifying heights. As the exhausted Frost staggers from case to case, pressured from all sides and haunted by memories of his wife, something nasty arrives at the station in the form of Detective Chief Inspector Skinner. The scheming, slippery Skinner clearly has his eye on the Superintendent's office, but his first job is to manipulate the transfer of the unorthodox D.I. Jack Frost to another division. Will Frost find the missing girls before his new nemesis forces him away from Denton once and for all? -
A Maggot: John Fowles
$6.00In the spring of 1736 four men and one woman, all traveling under assumed names, are crossing the Devonshire countryside en route to a mysterious rendezvous. A nobleman. His uncle, an actor. His manservant. A maid. A soldier. Before their journey ends, one of them will be hanged, one will vanish and the others will face a murder trial. A maze of beguiling paths and wrong turnings, disappearances and revelations, unaccountable motives and cryptic deeds -
Book I of The Dog-Faced Gods. The recession that grips the world has left it exhausted. Crime is rising in every major city. Financial institutions across the world have collapsed, and most governments are now in debt to The Bank, a company created by the world's wealthiest men. But Detective Inspector Cass Jones has enough on his plate without worrying about the world at large. His marriage is crumbling, he's haunted by the deeds of his past, and he's got the high-profile shooting of two schoolboys to solve - not to mention tracking down a serial killer who calls himself the Man of Flies. Then Cass Jones' personal world is thrown into disarray when his brother shoots his own wife and child before committing suicide - leaving Cass implicated in their deaths. And when he starts seeing silent visions of his dead brother, it's time for the suspended DI to go on the hunt himself - only to discover that all three cases are linked ...As Jones is forced to examine his own family history, three questions keep reappearing: what disturbed his brother so badly in his final few weeks? Who are the shadowy people behind The Bank? And, most importantly, what do they want with DI Cass Jones? -
In the Welsh mountain village of Gwytherin lies the grave of Saint Winifred. Now, in 1137, the head of Shrewsbury Abbey has decided to acquire the remains for his Benedictine Order. Brother Cadfael is sent on the expedition to translate and finds the villagers of Gwytherin divided by the Benedictine's offer for the saint's relics. Canny and all too worldly, he isn't surprised when this taste for bones leads to bloody murder. The leading opponent to moving the grave has been shot dead with a mysterious arrow and some say Winifred herself held the bow. Brother Cadfael knows this is a carnal killing but he doesn't know his plan to unearth a murderer might dig up a case of love and justice - where the wages of sin may be scandal or Cadfael's ruin.
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A medieval crime mystery - and the detectives are the local prostitutes desperate to clear their names. Magdalene la Batarde is the madam of the Old Priory Guesthouse. She and her women are expected to engage in sinful delights, but murder isn't one of them - until Baldassare, the messenger, dies. Though he wasn't a regular client, Magdalene and the girls refuse to let his death go unavenged. Their motive isn't aren't completely altruistic - chances are if they don't find the killer, they'll be assumed guilty because they're whores. The bishop of Winchester, who was served by Baldassare for many years, orders handsome Sir Bellamy of Itchen to investigate. Bellamy is enchanted by Magdalene and while he doesn't believe she is a murderer, she is involved somehow and he's certain she's hiding something.
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The villagers of Chipping Cleghorn, including Jane Marple who is staying nearby, are agog with curiosity over an advertisement in the local gazette which reads: A murder is announced and will take place on Friday October 29th, at Little Paddocks at 6.30 p.m. A childish practical joke? Or a hoax intended to scare poor Letitia Blacklock? Unable to resist the mysterious invitation, a crowd gathers at Little Paddocks at the appointed time when, without warning, the lights go out…This edition also contains colour photographs from the television episode and interviews with the cast. Cover shows Geraldine McEwan in her iconic role as Miss Marple. -
Two-in-one omnibus. A Necessary End (Inspector Banks III): In formerly peaceful Eastvale, a simmering tension has now reached breaking point. An anti-nuclear demonstration has ended in violence, leaving one policeman stabbed to death. Fired by professional outrage, Superintendent 'Dirty Dick' Burgess descends with vengeful fury on the inhabitants of 'Maggie's Farm', an isolated house high on the daleside. Inspector Alan Banks is uneasy at Burgess' handling of the investigation. But he's been warned off the case and before long he realises that the only way he can salvage his career is by beating Burgess to the killer... Past Reason Hated (Inspector Banks V): It should have been a cosy scene: roaring fire, sheepskin rug, Vivaldi on the stereo, Christmas lights and Christmas tree. But appearances can be deceptive - Caroline Hartley, lying on the couch, had been brutally murdered. Chief Inspector Banks is called to the scene and he soon has more suspects than he would have thought possible. As he delves into her past, he realises that for Caroline, secrecy was a way of life and her death is no different, creating an investigation full of hidden passions and desperate violence. -
A Plague On Both Your Houses: (Introducing Matthew Bartholomew) - In 1348, the inhabitants of Cambridge live under the shadow of a terrible pestilence that has ravaged Europe and is travelling relentlessly eastward towards England. Bartholomew is a physician whose unorthodox but effective treatment of his patients frequently draws accusations of heresy from his more traditional colleagues. Besides his practice, Bartholomew is teacher of Medicine at Michaelhouse, part of the fledgling University of Cambridge. And he finds that the sudden and inexplicable death of the Master of Michaelhouse is something the University authorities do not want investigated. When three more scholars die in mysterious circumstances, Bartholomew defies the University and begins his own enquiry. His pursuit for the truth leads him into a complex tangle of lies and intrigue, as the Black Death creeps closer to Cambridge. An Unholy Alliance: Two years after the Black Death has decimated the population of England, a new killer is stalking the streets of Cambridge: a serial killer preying on the women of the small town. Matthew Bartholomew and his companion, the portly monk Brother Michael, must uncover the identity of the killer before he strikes again. Meanwhile, bands of homeless peasants roam the land, shunning lives of virtual slavery in the fields in favour of robbery and violence. The high death rate among priests and monks has left the people vulnerable to sinister cults that have grown up in the wake of the plague. During the course of their investigation, Bartholomew and Brother Michael are compelled to undertake the exhumation of a clerk, eavesdrop on a sinister meeting in an abandoned church, and engage in a hair-raising chase on horseback to save their lives as they close in on an evil coven taking advantage of the despair caused by the plague. -
Miss Marple VI. A handful of grain, found in the pocket of a murdered businessman? Rex Fortescue, king of a financial empire, was sipping tea in his 'counting house' office when he suffered a sudden and agonising death. On later inspection, the pockets of the deceased were found to contain rye grain. What is that all about? It was a second incident, this time in the parlour at his home, which confirmed Jane Marple's suspicion that here she was looking at a case of crime - by rhyme. -
London, 1871. The rich man in his Bayswater villa, the poor man at his gate casing the place. For many, crime was the only way to get a start in life and ostentatious wealth was a temptation. In a time of an emergent police force and no telephones, a wave of burglaries terrorises the well-to-do. It was enough to put ideas into Val Leary's head. An Irish labourer, he lacked the tools, the expertise and the capital but the Soho underworld would provide those. What he needed was an inside contact. That's where Janey came in: a kitchenmaid, the lowest of the servants, in an age when dismissal without references was tantamount to certain death. Will she risk it?
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Homicide investigator Rita Trible has seen many hideous crimes - but none like the eleven year old altar boy who was abused, murdered then embalmed. And worse, he is but the first victim of a serial slayer out to make Milwaukee a killing ground. Rita follows the trail of death, only to find it going in the direction she dreads...into the most forbidden realm of the parish, where she uncovers the secret life of a priest the Church is desperate to conceal at any price...and towards the horrifying fear that her own little boy has been targeted by a killer who seems to read her mind and mock her every move... -
Fraser's third Jemima Shore mystery. Everyone loved Chloe Fontaine. Tiny and exquisitely pretty, her fragile looks hid her considerable talent as a novelist. There had been a series of admirers, lovers and husbands ever since her arrival in literary London. It hardly seemed to matter about the odd contrast between the disorderliness of her private life and the careful formality of her work. Then came the sudden and strange disappearance of Chloe, leaving Jemima in charge of her new London flat....
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In an isolated Suffolk cottage, a young American writer lives and battles with his artist wife. He fantasises about murdering her - and when she runs away, he tries out acting like a murderer. But when his wife doesn't turn up, people start wondering, the police start investigating - and he can't stop behaving suspiciously. The first of this American author's stories with an English setting. -
Sydney Bartleby has killed his wife, Alicia - at least he has thought about it, compulsively, over and over again, plotting schemes, designing escapes, forging alibis. Of course he has; he's a mystery-script writer. But when Alicia takes a long, unannounced vacation, Sydney seizes the opportunity to perfect his artistic method...in fact, it's a little too perfect... -
Modesty Blaize IV. The rugged team of Modesty Blaise and Willie Garvin take on impossible odds, pitted against Simon Delicta, the man with a taste for death, and Swordmaster Wenczel in a duel to the death. As the adventure unfolds, travelling from London to Panama before reaching the depths of the Sahara desert, the pair will need all their skills to survive. -
The last thing eleven-year-old Robin wants to hear is that his mother and her new husband are extending their honeymoon. Not that staying with Aunt Mags is so bad, but there's her boyfriend to contend with, and the members of the school gang are insisting that he do a dare before they let him join. Robin is told to kidnap Mrs. Nordling's prize-winning cat. Getting into the Nordlings' house is easy, but the scene that confronts him is terrifying...Grabbing the cat and making for the door, Robin isn't sure whether Mr. Nordling saw his face or not. He realises that to stay safe, he has to hide the unusual looking cat that he's just rescued from certain death in his aunt's small terrace house. Meanwhile, Mr. Nordling is getting desperate - he knows that if he can find his wife's unmistakable cat, he'll find the witness to his terrible crime. But his infuriating neighbour Edith Todmaster won't leave him alone - she's getting too near the truth and now he's going top have to deal with her too...A dark and atmospheric tale with a deft feline touch... -
When a noted anthropologist arrives at an ancient Anasazi Indian ruin to dig for clay pots, she's angry to find that the pre-Navajo burial site has been despoiled - then she is terrified at what looms out of the darkness. Weeks later, Lt. Joe Leaphorn, investigating a report to the Navajo Tribal Police that the anthropologist has been stealing precious artifacts, discovers that she's also been reported missing. The case turns sinister when Officer Jim Chee, on a routine search for missing excavation equipment, finds more than he expected near a similar dig. Leaphorn and Chee join forces to unearth the past and solve a bizarre and mystifying series of murders that seem to have only one thing in common - the beautiful and valuable Anasazi pots.
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Actor Sheridan Hayne's life is transformed with his immense success as TV's Sherlock Holmes. He's been a passionate Sherlockian since his youth and he's thrilled when the studio suggests he live in rooms in Baker Street that contain plenty of Sherlock case relics. So naturally, when some mysterious karate killings take place, Sheridan is drawn to investigate.
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