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The prequel to Sleepyhead. 1966 - Detective Sergeant Tom Thorne is a haunted man. Haunted by the moment he ignored his instinct about a suspect, by the horrific crime that followed and by the memories that come day and night, sunshine and shadow. So when seven-year-old Kieron Coyne goes missing while playing in the woods with his friends, Thorne vows he will not make the same mistake again. The solitary witness. The strange neighbour. The friendly teacher - all are in Thorne's sights. This case will make him - or break him. -
The discovery of a corpse, its fingers neatly severed, is enough to draw Superintendent Richard Jury and his lugubrious Sergeant Wiggins to the village of Littlebourne. There, it's motley crew of inhabitants - among them a maiden lady ornithologist, a penny-pinching peer and a ten-year old girl who swaps snippets of gossip for lemonade and crisps - try to throw some light on the matter. But Jury has to follow the trail to London's East End and the far less salubrious Cripps family before he can link the murder with an attack on poor Katy O'Brien, currently in a coma after a vicious assault in the Underground. At The Anodyne Necklace pub, a game of Wizards and Warlords provides a further clue and at last, Jury and his dilettante side-kick Melrose Plant solve the riddle and unmask the unlikely villain. -
The Front: Patricia Cornwell
$10.00Win Garano II. Massachusetts State Investigator Win Garano is given one of his most challenging cases yet when he is asked to investigate the death of a young British woman murdered more than forty years ago. Assumed to be a victim of the Boston Strangler, blind Janie Brolin was raped and left for dead in 1962. With no DNA and sketchy police records, this is a case that will test Garano to his limits. It will take him on a journey through the archives, into the latest innovations in forensic technology and into partnership with senior officers at London's New Scotland Yard. And as Garano unearths deadly secrets from the past, his hard-nosed boss Monique Lamont is putting both their lives in jeopardy with her lust for power and success. -
Commissario Brunetti XV. On a luminous spring day in Venice, Brunetti and his assistant Vianello play truant from the Questura in order to help Vianello's friend Marco, arrested while protesting against chemical pollution of the Venetian lagoon. They secure his release, only to be faced by the fury of Marco's father-in-law, a cantankerous glass factory owner. The old man is seething with rage at his son-in-law and his daughter tells Brunetti that she fears her father will harm her husband. But it isn't Marco who's uncovered the guilty secrets of the glass factories - nor his body that is found dead i front of one of the furnaces that burn at 1400 degrees, day and night. The victim has left clues in a copy of Dante and Brunetti must descend into an inferno to discover who is burning the island and fouling the waters of the laguna. A man is dead - but will politics and expedience protect the killer from the law? -
The Prodigal Son: Colleen McCullough
$10.00–$20.00Holloman, Connecticut, 1962. A very rare and lethal toxin, extracted from the blowfish, is stolen from a laboratory at Chubb University. It kills in minutes and leaves no trace behind - unless a doctor knows what to look for - and worried biochemist Dr. Millie Hunter reports the theft at once to her father, Medical Examiner Dr. Patrick O'Connell. Patrick's cousin, Captain Carmine Delmonico, is therefore quick off the mark when the bodies start to mount up. A sudden death at a dinner party and another at a gala black-tie event seem only to be linked by the poison and Dr. Jim Hunter, Millie's husband and scientist on the brink of greatness. A black man married to a white woman, Dr. Jim has faced scandal and prejudice for most of his life, so what would cause him to risk it all now? Is he being framed for murder, and if so, by whom? Carmine and his team of detectives must navigate the competitive world of academic publishing, fraught with politics and prestige. The stakes are high: a valuable art collection, a large inheritance, old and upstanding local families, a gold-digging wife, jealous relatives and a young couple's future. -
Maigret And The Madwoman: Maigret knew the words would haunt him to his grave. As the famous inspector stared down at the lifeless body of of the frail old lady, her last words to him kept hammering at his ears: I'm relying on you. I trust you. The little old lady had been hanging around Police headquarters for days. She insisted on seeing only her hero, Maigret. Finally, she confronted the Inspector and patiently told her story. Somebody was trying to do her harm. She didn't know who, and she didn't know why. Maigret had promised to call on her as soon as he could find a free moment. Now he felt partially responsible; how could he not? This was going to be a special case. He would find the killer if it was the last thing he ever did. Maigret And The Killer: Maigret, accompanying his physician on an emergency call, is drawn into one of his most stubborn cases yet. The victim, a son of a wealthy perfume manufacturer, had been enjoying an odd hobby before his death: collecting human voices with a tape recorder, often in the rougher districts of Paris. But his wallet and his tape recorder have been left untouched, so the killer's motive is unclear. The absence of clues begins to exasperate Maigret - until an anonymous letter reveals that he is dealing with no ordinary criminal. DVD: This set contains series 1 and 2. Each of the 12 episodes are based on a single book by Georges Simenon and filmed in Budapest as the background for post-World War II France. Also starring Geoffrey Hutchings, Jack Galloway and James Larkin. Episodes: The Patience of Maigret; Maigret and the Burglar's Wife; Maigret Goes To School; Maigret And The Madwoman; Maigret On Home Ground; Maigret Sets A Trap; Maigret And The Night Club Dancer; Maigret At The Hotel Majestic; Maigret On The Defensive; Maigret's Boyhood Friend; Maigret And The Minister; Maigret And The Maid. 4 discs; preloved; region 4; very good condition -
Scobie Malone XX. Scobie and Ron Clements delve into the dark side of Sydney: from Sylvania Waters to Rooty Hill to harbourside penthouses, they negotiate a lethal world of corporate crime, dodgy deals and some very unorthodox business practices. Marilyn Hyx, loyal private secretary to Natalie Shipwood, the high-profile dynamo behind the high-profile Orlando Development Company, is found murdered in her home. Is it simply coincidence that she had in her possession some very sensitive Orlando documents? Was Marilyn trying to blackmail her long-time boss? Or is Marilyn's death a warning from someone trying to get at Natalie? An anthrax scare at the Orlando offices suggests the latter - but then, lots of people don't like Natalie Shipwood - her business partners first among them. Then a second murder occurs...this time a party-loving young woman is strangled in a Pyrmont townhouse, and the case puts Scobie into a conflict of interest - he must both find the killer and protect one of his own. -
55: James Delargy
$8.00Wilbrook, Western Australia: a sleepy, remote town that sits on the edge of miles of unexplored wilderness. It's home to Police Sergeant Chandler Jenkins, who is proud to run the town's small police station, a place used to dealing with domestic disputes and noise complaints. All that changes on a scorching day when an injured man stumbles into Chandler's station. He's covered in dried blood. His name is Gabriel. He tells Chandler that he was drugged, driven to a cabin in the mountains and bound with iron chains. The man who took him was called Heath. Heath told Gabriel he was going to be number 55. His 55th victim. Heath is a serial killer. As a manhunt is launched, a man who says he is Heath walks into the same station. He tells Chandler he was taken by a man named Gabriel. Gabriel told Heath he was going to be victim 55. Gabriel is the serial killer. Two suspects. Two identical stories. Which one is the truth? -
Book XV of The Cadfael Chronicles. Shrewsbury, 1142 AD: the worst of winter arrives early, bringing a heavy snowfall. The brothers of the Benedictine Abbey of St Peter and St Paul are called upon the repair the roof of the guest-hall before the damage worsens. The icy, treacherous conditions prove near fatal for Brother Haluin; he falls from the roof and crashes to the ground, sustaining dreadful injuries, grave enough for him to want to make his death-bed confession. The confession is heard only by the Abbot and Brother Cadfael and it is a wicked story. But Brother Haluin does not die and on his recovery he is determined to make a journey of expiation, with Brother Cadfael as his companion. It is a tense and arduous journey and one that leads to shocking discoveries: of young lovers thwarted, deceit, betrayal, bitter revenge - and murder. Cover art by Clifford Harper.
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