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Mystery
In the village of Long Dene, bestselling crime novelist Roger Tempest is reported missing by his staff. Believing his disappearance to be voluntary, his literary agent calls in famed private investigator, Trevor Lowe, to... See More
Worryingly for Scotland Yard, four officers disappear whilst on duty. One vanishes chasing a forger. Then two officers disappear searching for a wanted jewel thief in Hythe. Finally, a fourth officer vanishes in Hythe... See More
Crime Fiction
A thirsty evil had been unleashed. Novelist Peter Chard enjoyed living in the beautiful country village of Bishop's Thatcham. But he was beginning to regard the inhabitants of the village as a decidedly queer lot: full of... See More
Mystery
Last in the Trevor Lowe series. On a golfing holiday, playwright and criminologist Trevor Lowe and his assistant are on their way to see Sir Reginald Allerdyce. They encounter an old friend, Detective-Inspector Shadgold... See More
A passenger is found shot dead on a London bus. Only four people were on board. Apart from the driver and conductor, there was just an elderly man and a masculine-looking woman, who both alighted separately at earlier... See More
Crime Fiction
When a body is found under a pile of gravel at the foot of a bank, it looks as if the storm the previous night blew a cart-load over just as the man was passing underneath. But amateur criminologist Trevor Lowe notices that... See More
Somebody is watching... Colonel Charles Raynham lives a comfortable life. But one day the man in black arrives, and everything changes. When a brick is thrown through his window with a note warning him there is a price to... See More
Crime Fiction
The impossible puzzle... Norris Jordan uncovers a fiendish plot and is about to give evidence to the British Government - but on his return to England he is murdered. Having anticipated this, however, he has concealed his... See More
Crime Fiction
A normal train ride turns into a nasty surprise... The Crimson Ramblers embark on a train ride to Westpool, ready to perform in Andy McKay's concert party on the pier pavilion. But before they even arrive, bizarre events... See More
Gordan Cross, ace crime reporter of the Daily Clarion, is detailed by his News Editor to discover the identity of a man known as "Mr. Midnight", who is thought to be the master-mind behind well organized robberies and... See More
Thrillers
Whispers have reached Scotland Yard of an elusive figure that has appeared on the dark horizon of crime and is making its influence felt. Then the first threatening letter comes, demanding a huge payment, or death for its... See More
Mystery
Four murders in just over a month, and not the ghost of a clue as to who has committed them. Except that in each case a little silver bell was left on the body of the victim. Under pressure from all quarters... See More
Thrillers
The first book in the Trevor Lowe series When Tony Frost and his colleague Jack Denton arrive for a holiday at Monk's Lodge, an ancient cottage deep in the Somerset countryside, they are immediately warned off by the local... See More
Thrillers
The newspaper headlines screamed: ANOTHER HANGING MURDER AT HILL GREEN SECOND CRIME IN TWO DAYS. WHO IS THE HANGMAN? Death is stalking through the residential district of Hill Green, and within two days has carried off two... See More
Thrillers
When Impresario Montague Hammond starts to suspect he's being watched, he doesn't take it seriously at first. But when he begins receiving threatening letters signed with a drawing of a man hanging from the gallows, he... See More
A web of intrigue, mystery and murder... Millionaire Felix Dexon had left his London hotel one morning and never returned. Then his American lawyers had received hand-written written instructions from Dexon to regularly... See More
Crime Fiction
Mr. Hamilton Lorne is amused to receive a card with the grotesque picture of a fool, complete with cap and bells, one finger pointing at the holder. He and Superintendent Budd of Scotland Yard laugh at the threatening... See More
What secrets does the moon hide? Mr. Dench left his house on a wet September night to post a letter at a nearby pillar-box - and disappeared. A fortnight later his dead body was found in a tunnel a few miles away. He had... See More
Jill Hartley has to take important papers to 18 Hayford Avenue, Berrydale - the home of her firm's client, Professor Locksley. But when she arrives at the neglected house, she finds the front door open, and the inside of... See More
Suspense
Following a strange compulsion, Robert Harcourt found himself consulting a sinister Fortune-Teller: "I see you in a beautiful mansion, surrounded by happy faces, by festivities and joyfulness. Laughter is in the air. There... See More
Crime Fiction
A mysterious man telephones the Daily Clarion newspaper and announces his intention of committing five murders beginning with Lord Lattimer, Senior Steward of the Jockey Club. He calls himself 'The Tipster' and gives the... See More
Winning a fortune can be a losing gamble... Most people would regard winning a fortune on the Football Pools a stroke of very good luck indeed. Such a win offers up opportunities many people can only dream of. But for... See More
Crime FictionGET *THREE* THRILLING CLASSIC BRITISH MYSERIES IN THIS GREAT-VALUE BOX SET. Perfect for fans of S.J. Bennett, Ngaio Marsh, Margery Allingham and Agatha Christie. PRAISE FOR GERALD VERNER: ????? 'A thoroughly good read for... See More
Elmer Myers has nursed Mammoth Pictures into becoming the second-largest picture-making corporation in Hollywood. But for the last three years, mysterious accidents have held up the completion of his films, until all the... See More
Mystery
Someone is trying to kill Samuel. But what is he hiding? Samuel Coyne is confined to the house, so when someone tries to kill him, he calls Paul Rivington. Although he denies knowing the attacker's motive, or identity, he... See More
He says he's innocent, but he won't say where he was that fateful night... Stiltley Manor, Oxfordshire. Lowe finds one of the guests, Norman Cassell, has been murdered, stabbed, and abandoned in the sunken garden. Nobody... See More
Crime Fiction
Behind all the large-scale crimes of recent years, the police believe there is an organising genius... The name by which this mysterious personality has become familiar to the press, the police and the underworld is Mister... See More
Historical Fiction
For the Allies, time is running out... 1944, two weeks before the Allied landings in Normandy. The home front is riddled with German spies, and the Reverend Colgate-Jones of the little town of Claybury, along with his old... See More
Thrillers
Angela Kesson leads a luxury lifestyle in London, but has a treacherous source of income... Angela makes her money by ensnaring men of undesirable reputation with her striking good looks and robbing them of their valuables... See More
Crime Fiction
The Reverend Colin Armitage writes detective stories in his spare time, making his days blur from one to the other, lost in the world of his stories... One morning he receives an unexpected parcel, containing a sole key... See More