Simon Brett
Author
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
Description
Mrs. Pargeter doesn't know Veronica Chastaigne, widow of one of Mr. Pargeter's colleagues in crime, but when the terminally ill woman summons her to her stately home to ask for help, Mrs. Pargeter is more than ready to carry on in Mr. Pargeter's tradition
Author
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Things are looking up for amateur British actor Charles Paris. He and his estranged wife have begun a rapprochement that is going quite well. He also has landed the very desirable role of Sir Toby Belch in a traditional production of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. One night, though, the director gets deathly ill and an avant-garde Romanian egomaniac steps in to take over the production. He and Charles do not agree on anything--and when another cast...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
The end of the cricket season spells gloom for Blotto, until he is invited to bat against the Hollywood cricket team out in sunny LA, where rain never stops play. And so begins the latest adventure for Blotto and his supremely gifted sister Twinks. Although their mother, the Dowager Duchess of Tawcester, keeps a strict rein on her two children, she knows America is full of wealthy young men, all of whom will fall in love with her daughter - and marriage...
Author
Language
English
Description
The Floating Admiral was the first of the Detection Club's collaborative novels, in which twelve of its members wrote a single novel. Eighty-five years later, fourteen members of the club have once again collaborated to produce The Sinking Admiral. 'The Admiral' is a pub in the Suffolk seaside village of Crabwell, The Admiral Byng. 'The Admiral' is also the nickname of its landlord, Geoffrey Horatio Fitzsimmons, as well as the name of the landlord's...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
A must-listen collection of four bibliomysteries by bestselling and award-winning authors
Bibliomysteries Volume 3 includes:
- "The Hemingway Valise" by Robert Olen Butler
- "Dead Dames Don't Sing" by John Harvey
- "The Dark Door" by Lisa Unger
- "Bibliotheca Classica" by Simon Brett
91) Ink and daggers
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Legendary editor Maxim Jakubowski, delivers another chilling anthology collecting stories of cold-blooded murder, revenge and crimes-gone-wrong from the best of the best in crime fiction. Spine-chilling and gripping, these tales will grip you with their devious narrators and crafty twists.
92) Ten year stretch
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The twenty brand new crime stories in this book have been specially commissioned to celebrate the tenth anniversary of CrimeFest, described by the Guardian as "one of the 50 best festivals in the world." Contributors come from around the world and include the legendary Maj Sjöwall who, together with partner Per Wahlöö, was the originator of Nordic noir. The editors are Martin Edwards and Adrian Muller. Martin Edwards is responsible for many award-winning...
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Sophomore newspaper reporter Bobby Funke is assigned to write a cover story on Paul, the popular class president and top athlete. After a stack of SAT tests is stolen from Principal Kirkpatrick's office, Funke publishes an exposé that names Paul as the prime suspect. But when Paul's girlfriend, sexy senior Francesca, makes a move on Bobby and even his former bullies play nice, Funke begins to doubt the star jock's guilt and everyone else's motives....