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Third book in the series. British agent Philis is eager to transfer out of the "dirty business" branch of SR(2). His opportunity comes when he's assigned to be bodyguard to the beautiful Catherine Zafferelli. Philis thinks it likely that he's dealing with the Mafia, and his fears soon prove true. When Zaferelli is kidnapped, Philis soon finds himself dodging not only the Mafia, but also the FBI, who are interested in papers Zaferelli had been carrying.
Ticket to Ride
Perry, Ritchie
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1974.
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First published in 1947. The author's last published book. The village of Long Greeting has suffered a rash of suicides far beyond the expected rate. The local constabulary calls in Scotland Yard to assist. Villagers are notoriously suspicious of strangers, but soon realize that Detective-Inspector Raikes is their greatest hope to solving the crimes when the suicides are followed by murder. 191 pp. 9" X 6". Cover art by Rob Pudim.
The Bells of Old Bailey
Bowers, Dorothy
Boulder, CO: Rue Morgue Press, 2006.
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The first novel in the Gideon Fell series. Dr. Fell accompanies the Reverend Saunders as they await the return of Martin Starbeth, who must fulfiil a family tradition of spending an hour in the ruins of the Chatterham Prison before he can inherit the family fortune. Unfortunately, the Starberth heirs don't always come back alive from their vigils. 161 pp. 8 1/2" X 5 3/4". Cover art by Digital Stock.
Hag's Nook
Carr, John Dickson
New York: Mystery Guild, n.d..
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The Lighthouse
James, P. D.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005.
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P. D. James has been honored with Lifetime Achievement Awards from both the British Crimewriters Association (the Cartier Golden Dagger), and the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar. In the Lighthouse, Nathan Oliver, an obnoxious writer, falls to his death while at a private island retreat. Everyone on the island had a reason to disllike the man, so there is no shortage of suspects when Adam Dalgliesh arrives to investigate. 339 pp. 9 1/2" X 6 1/2". Jacket design by Peter Mendelsund.
The Lighthouse
James, P. D.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005.
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In 1989, Dick Francis won the British Crime Writer's Association Cartier Golden Dagger Award for Lifetime Achievement, and he's been racking up awards ever since. In 1996, he received the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Allan Poe Grand Masters Lifetime Award, and in 2000, the Malice Domestic Agatha Award for Lifetime Achievement. A former steeplechase jockey, Francis' mysteries all involve horses in some manner, but each has a slightly different twist. In Odds Against, ex-jockey Sid Halley investigates a case involving land speculation, stock manipulation, and fraud. In Flying Finish, Henry Grey takes a job as head groom for a horse transport company. While on the job, he discovers an international scheme of intrigue, treason, and the smuggling of classified secrets. In Blood Sport, government security agent Gene Hawkins combines a vacation in the United States with a search for a missing race horse. The journey takes him to Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and Las Vegas, Nevada. In Rat Race, former commercial pilot Matt Shore is now flying for a small air-taxi service. His plane is blown up on the ground in between stops at race courses, and Shore finds himself in the midst of a horse-insurance swindle. 597 pp. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4".
Four Complete Novels: Odds Against, Flying Finish, Blood Sport, and Rat Race.
Francis, Dick
New York: Avenel Books, 1984.
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Brown cloth over black boards. Seven short stories, chosen by the author. 275 pp. 8 3/4" X 5 3/4". Jacket illustration by Rob Page.
The Best of Rumpole
Mortimer, John
New York: Viking Press, 1993.
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Includes six Rumpole stories: Rumpole and the Model Prisoner; Rumpole and the Way Through the Woods; Hilda's Story; Rumpole and the Little Boy Lost; Rumpose and the Rights of Man; Rumpole and the Angel of Death. 261 pp. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". Jacket illustration by Christopher Green.
Rumpole and the Angel of Death
Mortimer, John
New York: Viking Press, 1996.
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First published in 1940, this is the author's third novel. Inspector Dan Pardoe of Scotland Yard and Sergeant Tommy Salt investigate the murder of Arch Mitford. Several attempts had been made on Archy's life, by a person known to the young man. Archy left a series of clues he was sure would lead police to his murderer, but Archy was too clever by half--the police didn't know what to make of them. 191 pp. 9" X 6". Cover art by Rob Pudim.
Deed Without a Name
Bowers, Dorothy
Boulder, CO: Rue Morgue Press, 2005.
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First published in 1957. The third novel featuring Inspector Richard Ringwood. The death of a Frenchman at Pentecost College sends Inspector Ringwood and his trusty bloodhound on the trail of a lost schoolboy and his brother. 191 pp. 9" X 6". Cover art by Rob Pudim.
Gownsman's Gallows
Farrer, Katherine
Boulder, CO: Rue Morgue Press, 2005.
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Stories included in this anthology are: The Adventure of the Abbey Grange, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; A Marriage Tragedy, by Wilkie Collins; Lord Chizelrigg's Missing Fortune, by Robert Barr; The Fordwych Castle Mystery, by Emmuska, Baroness Orczy; The Blue Scarab, by R. Austin Freeman; The Doom of the Darnaways, by G. K. Chesterton; The Shadow on the Glass, by Dame Agatha Christie; The Queen's Square, by Dorothy L. Sayers; Death on the Air, by Dame Ngaio Marsh; The Same to Us, by Margery Allingham; the Hunt Ball, by Freeman Wills Crofts; the Incautious Burglar, by John Dickson Carr; Jeeves and the Stolen Venus, by P. G. Wodehouse; Fen Hall, by Ruth Rendell; The Death of Amy Robsart, by Cyril Hare; The Man on the Roof, by Christianna Brand; The Long Shot, by Nicholas Blake; An Unlocked Window, by Ethel Lina White; The Woods-for-the-Trees, by Philip MacDonald; Death in the Sun, by Michael Innes; A Very Desirable Residence, by P. D. James; and The Worcester Enigma, by James Miles. 348 pp. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". Jacket design by Miriam Campiz.
English Country House Murders: Tales of Perfidious Albion
Godfrey, Thomas, ed.
New York: Mysterious Press, 1989.
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Stories and short fiction included in this compilation are: The Big Bow Mystery, by Israel Zangwill; the Queen's Square, by Dorothy L. Sayers; The Invisible Man, by G. K. Chesterton; The Girl in the Train, by Agatha Christie; The Murder on the Lotus Pond, by Robert van Gulik; Hand Upong the Waters, by William Faulkner; The Sam Spade Stories: A Man Called Spade, They Can Only Hang You Once, and Too Many Have Lived, by Dashiell Hammett; The Hunchback Cat, by Edmund Crispin; Trouble Is My Business, by Raymond Chandler; The Adventure of Abraham Lincoln's Clue, by Ellery Queen; See No Evil, by Rex Stout; Yesterday I Lived! by Rex Stout; The Chill, by Ross Macdonald; The Murder of Santa Claus, by P. D. James; Never Shake a Family Tree, by Donald E. Westlake; Death Notes, by Ruth Rendell; Sadie When She Died, by Ed McBain. 725 pp. 9 1/2" X 6 1/4".
Great Detectives: A Century of the Best Mysteries from England and America
McCullough, David Willis, ed.
New York: Pantheon, 1994.
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In 1989, Dick Francis won the British Crime Writer's Association Cartier Golden Dagger Award for Lifetime Achievement, and he's been racking up awards ever since. In 1996, he received the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Allan Poe Grand Masters Lifetime Award, and in 2000, the Malice Domestic Agatha Award for Lifetime Achievement. A former steeplechase jockey, Francis' mysteries all involve horses in some manner, but each has a slightly different twist. In Comeback, British First Secretary Peter Darwin finds that going home again can involve unexpected danger, to himself and to those accompanying him. 320 pp. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4".
Comeback
Francis, Dick
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1991.
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Lady Rose Summer has eschewed her high-class life, and is working as a typist. However, when Freddy Pomfret, an old friend, is murdered, Rose resumes her former life in order to more easily mingle with possible suspects in high society. 225 pp. 8 1/2" X 5 7/8". Jacket illustration by Fred Van Deelan.
Hasty Death
Chesney, Marion
New York: St. Martin's Minotaur, 2004.
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The novels in this omnibus edition were previously published. Titles include: The Man Who Was Clever; the Lawless Lady; The Saint Closes the Case; The Avenging Saint; and The Saint vs. Scotland Yard. 663 pp. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". Jacket illustration by George Wilson.
The Saint: Five Complete Novels
Charteris, Leslie
New York: Avenel Books, 1983.
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Opera diva Phillippa Shelley is shocked when her husband is accused of the murder of his former mistress. The police have built a strong circumstantial case against him, but Phillipa is determined to prove his innocence. 191 pp. 8 1/2" X 5 3/4". Jacket design by Lynn Sweat.
Take My Life
Graham, Winston
Garden City: Doubleday, 1967.
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This is the eighteenth book in the Richard Jury series. Jury is out of action, lying in a hospital bed after being shot. While in The Grave Maurice, the pub across the street from the hospital, Jury's friend and sidekick, Melrose Plant, hears two women discussing the disappearance of a young girl--the daughter of Jury's surgeon. Jury seizes on the tale as an antidote to hospital boredom, relying on Plant to do the legwork. 424 pp. 9 1/2" X 6 1/4". Jacket art by Kamil Vojnar.
The Grave Maurice
Grimes, Martha
New York: Viking Press, 2002.
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Drawing up wills for old clients is usually cut and dried. For Duncan Hambly, however, it became a cut and disappear. Hambly left his office to prepare a new will for James Grossiter, a cantankerous old gentleman, but he never got to the Grossiter's house. When Grossiter dies unexpectedly, Carolus Deane steps in to investigate. 221 pp. 8 3/4" X 6". Cover design by Sarah Olson.
Death at Hallows End
Bruce, Leo
Chicago: Chicago Academy Press, 2003.
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Foreword by Isaac Asimov. Stories included are: Strychnine in the Soup; The Crime Wave at Blandings; Ukridge Starts a Bank Account; The Purity of the Turf; The Smile That Wins; The Purification of Rodney Spelvin; Without the Option; The Romance of a Bulb-Squeezer; Aunt Agatha Takes the Count; The Fiery Wooing of Mordred; Ukbridge's Accident Syndicate; Indiscretions of Archie.
Wodehouse on Crime: A Dozen Tales of Fiendish Cunning, edited and with a preface by D. R. Bensen
Wodehouse, P. G.
New York: Barnes & Noble, 1981.
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First published in 1969. Winner of the Gold Dagger Award. "Old England" is an idyllic theme park of English life. Its idyllic nature is starting to slip, however, with the owners' mental decline and the suicide of one of the re-enactors. Inspector Jimmy Pibble learns one can't judge a theme park by its surface appearances. 216 pp. 7 1/2" X 5 1/2". Cover illustration by Aaron Staples.
The Old English Peep Show
Dickinson, Peter
New York: Felony & Mayhem Press, 2007.
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