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Ernest Fletcher was found dead in his study, his head severely battered. At first it seemed a complete mystery, for Fletcher was well-liked. But Superintendent Hannasyde soon found that the dead man was not what he appeared. In fact, there was a whole host of likely suspects...And then the killer struck again. Cover art by David Juniper. -
A moonlight night - a sleeping village - and a corpse in evening dress, locked in the village green stocks. Superintendent Hannasyde sets out on the trail of a killer so cunning that even his phenomenal powers of detection are tested to the limit! -
The rambling Priory of Framley with its ruined Gothic chapel and lack of electricity and telephone enchanted the Malcolm family. But why had the previous tenants left so suddenly? Surely they weren't frightening by a few noises, or the cowled monk who prowled the garden after dark? Ignorant superstition, said the Vicar. But the innkeeper thought otherwise...
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A killer was at large, upstairs in the dead man's room - feverishly searching in all the cupboards and drawers for Penhllow's secret. But perhaps the corpse had outwitted the desperate man - and he would carry his secret to the grave...Cover art by David Juniper. -
No-one wept for Billington Smith, nor mourned his passing. Over the weekend, he'd given everyone cause to wish he was dead: violently disinheriting his son, humiliating his wife most publicly, refused to help his nephew out of money troubles and made it clear he loathed his son's fiancee. And his sister in law made him the most furious - she's not scared of him at all. Quite a cast of suspects. -
On a dark night, along a lonely country road, barrister Frank Amberley stops to help a young lady in distress and discovers a sports car with a corpse behind the wheel. The girl protests her innocence, and Amberley believes her;at least until he gets drawn into the mystery and the clues incriminating Shirley Brown begin to add up. In an English country house murder mystery with a twist, it's the butler who's the victim, every clue complicates the puzzle, and the bumbling police are well meaning but completely baffled. Fortunately, in ferreting out a desperate killer, amateur sleuth Amberley is as brilliant as he is arrogant, but this time he's not sure he wants to know the truth...A mystery tale of upstairs, downstairs and family secrets.
