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A Scream in Soho by John G. Brandon; Martin Edwards (Introduction by)
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Category: No Category | Series: British Library Crime Classics Ser.
Soho during the blackouts of the Second World War. When a piercing scream rends the air and a bloodied knife is found, Detective Inspector MacCarthy is soon on the scene. He must move through the dark, seedy Soho underworld - peopled by Italian gangsters, cross-dressing German spies and glamorous Austri ...Show more
Death on the Cherwell by Mavis Doriel Hay
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Category: British Library Crime Classics | Series: British Library Crime Classics Ser.
For Miss Cordell, principal of Persephone College, there are two great evils to be feared: unladylike behaviour among her students, and bad publicity for the college. So her prim and cosy world is turned upside down when a secret society of undergraduates meets by the river on a gloomy January afternoon ...Show more
Fell Murder by E.C.R. Lorac; Martin Edwards (Editor)
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Category: Classic Crime | Series: British Library Crime Classics Ser.
Mystery crime fiction written in the Golden Age of Murder A classic Golden Age mystery from acclaimed author E.C.R. Lorac '...this crime is conditioned by the place. To understand the one you've got to study the other.' The Garths had farmed their fertile acres for generations, and fine land it was ...Show more
Mystery in White - A Christmas Crime Story by J. Jefferson Farjeon
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Category: British Library Crime Classics | Series: British Library Crime Classics Ser.
'The horror on the train, great though it may turn out to be, will not compare with the horror that exists here, in this house.'On Christmas Eve, heavy snowfall brings a train to a halt near the village of Hemmersby. Several passengers take shelter in a deserted country house, where the fire has been li ...Show more
The Cornish Coast Murder by John Bude
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Category: British Library Crime Classics | Series: British Library Crime Classics Ser.
The Reverend Dodd, vicar of the quiet Cornish village of Boscawen, spends his evenings reading detective stories by the fireside - but heaven forbid that the shadow of any real crime should ever fall across his seaside parish. The vicar's peace is shattered one stormy night when Julius Tregarthan, a sec ...Show more
The Edinburgh Mystery - And Other Tales of Scottish Crime by Martin Edwards (Editor)
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Category: British Library Crime Classics | Series: British Library Crime Classics Ser.
From the Highlands to the borders, the bustling cities to the remote isles in cold seas, the unique landscapes and locales of Scotland have long inspired writers of the very best Golden Age mysteries. Beginning with the adventures of Sherlock Holmes from Edinburgh-born Arthur Conan Doyle, this new colle ...Show more
The Female Detective by Andrew Forrester
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Category: British Library Crime Classics | Series: British Library Crime Classics Ser.
The Female Detective is the first novel in British fiction to feature a professional female detective. Written by Andrew Forrester, it was originally published in 1864. The protagonist is Miss Gladden, or 'G' as she is also known - the precursor to Miss Marple, Mma Ramotswe and Lisbeth Salander. Miss Gl ...Show more
The Lake District Murder by John Bude
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Category: British Library Crime Classics | Series: British Library Crime Classics Ser.
When a body is found at an isolated garage, Inspector Meredith is drawn into a complex investigation where every clue leads to another puzzle: was this a suicide, or something more sinister? Why was the dead man planning to flee the country? And how is this connected to the shady business dealings of th ...Show more
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