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Charlie Peace mysteries volume 4
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English
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When British policemen Charlie Pearce and Mike Oddie investigate the unsurprising murder of the village parish Lothario, they question Rosemary Sheffield, the vicar's wife. Rosemary, who has recently "lost" her faith and been accused of immoral behavior with a Yugoslavian refugee, makes a perfect suspect. Another winning combination of plot, character, and wit from Barnard.
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Inspector Perry Trethowan reads in the obituaries that his estranged father has died under peculiar circumstances: he was fooling around with a form of self-torture called strappado. At the request of his supervisor, Peter returns to his ancestral home to determine if any of his cousins or siblings might have helped the old man to his bizarre end.
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Charlie Peace mysteries volume 1
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English
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At the Ketterick Arts Festival no one relishes the dubious art of innuendo more than Des Capper, a font of dubious gossip and unwanted advice. To the horror of the actors and singers performing at the Festival, Des has been promoted to landlord of the Saracen's Head, the Elizabethan inn that is at the Festival's heart. And when Des toddles off to meet his maker, courtesy of someone's helpful shove, only his wretched wife can summon up a tear....
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Charlie Peace mysteries volume 6
Pub. Date
1999.
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English
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Yorkshire detective Charlie Peace visits an art colony full of quirky individuals as he investigates the murder of a street artist. By the author of A Little Local Murder.
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Perce Spender, a working-class Londoner, is unexpectedly transformed into the twelfth Earl of Ellesmere when a distant relative dies. But he would rather be warming a bar stool in his local pub, and he's taken up residence at Chetton Hall only until arrangements can be made to sell it. Getting rid of the family estate displeases at least one of Perce's greedy offspring, however, and on the morning after a family party, the new Earl is found dead.
8) Unholy dying
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Muckraker Cosmo Horrocks exploits the gossip about Father Pardoe and a young female parishoner. Nothing goes over better than a sex-and-the-church scandal--except perhaps murder.
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2000.
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English
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Can the truly rich get away with murder or is there always a price? Two days in May bring Colin Pinnocks career to a peak. His party wins a stunning election victory and he wins a new government office. What a pity that among the congratulations pouring in lurks one grubby card asking: Who do you think you are? Is this someone trying to put him down a peg, or is it someone holding damaging information? Come to think of it, could it just be that Colins...
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Charlie Peace mysteries volume 8
Pub. Date
2007.
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English
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Detective Inspector Charlie Peace and his wife, Felicity, are shocked when Felicity's difficult dad suddenly announces that he's moving north to their Yorkshire village. Felicity has never much liked her father, and to have him as a near-neighbor fills her with foreboding-the boorish old man has always loved to impress the ladies. She doesn't have long to wait, but the news is not what she expects. A body has been found and it looks like murder. This...
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Charlie Peace mysteries volume 3
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English
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Death returns to a Yorkshire village when a museum opens on the site of an unexplained murder/suicide where a renowned author killed his sister with an ax and shot himself.
15) Dying flames
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2006.
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English
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On returning home for a school reunion, Graham receives a knock on his hotel door from 19 year old Christa who introduces herself as his long-lost daughter.
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Murder and royalty didn't mix. Princess Helena had only a distant claim to the throne, but when her friends and lovers began turning up dead, Buckingham Palace demanded to know the reason why. The princess, it appeared, had a wildly wicked streak. It might have been elegant entertainment indeed, squiring Her reckless young Royal Highness through her dutiful official days and licentious London nights. But Supt. Perry Trethowan, Scotland Yard, had precious...
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