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French Leave
Elizabeth Darrell
A Max Rydal Military Mystery.
During an intense heatwave, the West Wiltshire Regiment engage in a military exercise but at it's conclusion, Private John Smith is missing. Smith's sergeant is adamant he's gone AWOL, but then the Special Investigation Branch receive a chilling anonymous phone call. Military detectives Max Rydal and Tom Black are called in to investigate and then Dan Farley, the new Platoon Commander, also disappears . . .
UK edition
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Publication Date: 1 Jun 2009
ISBN: 9780727867803
Price: £18.99
Dimensions: 141 x 222
Extent: 224 pages
US edition
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Publication Date: 1 Sep 2009
ISBN: 9780727867803
Price: $28.95
Dimensions: 5.25 x 8.5
Extent: 224 pages
The High Flyer
Twelve years after World War I, former Flight Sergeant Ben Norton must discover the truth behind his wartime colleague's death.
1930. When his former flying partner is killed during the test flight of a brand-new military aircraft, Ben Norton determines to find out the truth behind his wartime colleague's death. Was the fatal crash caused by a design flaw, pilot error - or something more sinister? And what is the wartime secret that caused the rift between the two men?
Spanish Inquisition
Max Rydal faces a terrible dilemma when one of his own men is accused of a heinous crime . . .
Following the final performance of Carmen by the amateur operatic group on the military base, there's a party for the cast and crew. In the early hours a young woman staggers into the Royal Military Police post claiming to have been viciously assaulted by Sergeant Phil Piercey of the Special Investigation Branch. Max Rydal, recently back from Spain, seizes the chance to return to his job and clear Piercey's name. But as further evidence emerges, it's clear that either Piercey is guilty, or he's the victim of a very clever set-up.
Scotch Mist
A Max Rydal Military Mystery.
November fifth. Soldiers and their families gather to celebrate with a fireworks display and a giant bonfire, but delight turns to fear when it explodes to send flaming debris over the spectators. A battalion of Drumdorran Fusiliers has marched in that same afternoon, and when the wife of their Pipe Major dies from her injuries the Scots vent their anger on resident troops. Military detectives Max Rydal and Tom Black investigate as tensions flare. And then another dangerous incident occurs . . .
Indian Summer
A Max Rydal Military Mystery.
Basking in the warmth of an Indian summer, the British Military in Germany hold an Open Day to ease the stress of constant movements of personnel to and from war zones. Entertainments include medieval knights, jousting, and, for children, a diver in a water tank fighting synthetic oceanic monsters. At midnight, guards discover a body in the tank with the tentacles of a lifelike jellyfish wound tightly around his throat. Captain Max Rydal, wrestling with personal problems, is faced with a bizarre collection of clues as he investigates the crime . . .
Dutch Courage
A Max Rydal Military Mystery
The truth must be told; blinkers removed from eyes. That's the message sent anonymously to Sam Collier, a helicopter pilot decorated for bravery in Afghanistan. When a campaign of harassment is then mounted against his wife, she turns to Max Rydal of Special Investigation Branch for help. As Max probes into the lives of this seemingly ideal couple, he discovers dark undercurrents, which are liable to engulf him . . .
Czech Mate
Military policeman Max Rydal returns to investigate an attack on a young boy
Head of 26 Section Special Investigation Branch, Max Rydal, and his deputy, Sergeant Major Tom Black, are called to investigate a brutal attack on a young boy at a fancy-dress party. Meanwhile, security must be tightened ahead of a chess convention, and Max is soon caught up in a case which offers little light relief, until he is introduced to one of the competing chess players, the glamorous Livya Cordwell . . .
Chinese Puzzle
A senior officer goes missing after two soldiers are murdered. Is he to blame?
Two members of a British regiment are murdered by the lethal injection of an unknown toxin; a senior officer in possession of NATO secrets vanishes from a high-security base. Is he the killer, or the third victim as yet undiscovered? Military detectives Max Rydal and Tom Black are baffled. There are no murder weapons, no witnesses, no apparent motives. Until they investigate the victims' time serving in Hong Kong . . .
Russian Roulette
The first in a new crime series by an ever-popular author
Major Leo Bekov had as many enemies among fellow officers as he had admirers among their wives. Good-looking, charismatic and fluent in several languages, he was set for great things, until his body was found tied to a post on a British military base in Germany. Max Rydal (a newly arrived military policeman) takes on the case and finds many in the camp are only too willing to talk . . .