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Murder by Numbers
Eric Brown
And then there was one . . . can Donald Langham and Maria Dupré stop a killer who's picking off victims one by one?
December, 1956. Donald Langham's wife Maria Dupré, receives a chilling invitation to attend a death at the home of artist Maxwell Falwell Fenton. Upon arrival, they meet five strangers who have also received numbered invitations. They all had a reason to hate Maxwell, including Maria. And then, someone starts picking off the six, one by one . . .
UK edition
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Publication Date: 30 Nov 2020
ISBN: 9780727890771
Price: £20.99
Dimensions: 222 x 141
Extent: 208 pages
US edition
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Publication Date: 2 Feb 2021
ISBN: 9780727890771
Price: $28.99
Dimensions: 222 x 141
Extent: 208 pages
Murder at Standing Stone Manor
Donald Langham and Maria Dupré must navigate a rocky road to find a killer when a body is found next to a standing stone.
Newlyweds Donald Langham and Maria Dupré have moved to the country, but they've barely settled in when a body is found by a standing stone in their neighbour's grounds. Donald and Maria discover tensions, disputes and resentment raging below the surface of this idyllic village, but can they find out which of the villagers is a cold-blooded killer?
Murder Served Cold
The theft of a painting takes crime-writer sleuth Donald Langham to a country house full of seething tensions, resentment and dark secrets.
Shortly after Lord Elsmere re-insures his favourite painting for a hefty price, it is stolen and with no sign of a break-in. Elsmere is known to be struggling financially, so is it a staged theft or has one of his guests taken it? Seething animosities, jealousy, secrets and deception are all found once PIs Langham and Ralph Ryland take on the case.
Murder Takes a Turn
A country house weekend in rural Cornwall ends in murder and mayhem for crime-writer sleuth Donald Langham and his wife Maria.
When Langham's literary agent receives a cryptic letter inviting him to spend the weekend at the grand Cornish home of successful novelist Denbigh Connaught, Charles Elder seems reluctant to attend. What really happened between Elder and Connaught during the summer of 1917, nearly 40 years before - and why has it had such a devastating effect?
Murder Take Three
1950s Private Investigator Donald Langham discovers that truth is stranger than fiction when he investigates a murder on an American movie set.
1956. Langham's client is moviestar Suzie Reynard and her lover has been receiving threats. Langham finds the film set awash with resentment and a body is found in the director's trailer. Someone confesses to the murder but Langham is not convinced. He delves into the past and another murder that took place more than twenty years before.
Murder at The Loch
Crime writer sleuth Donald Langham is invited to a remote Scottish castle to solve an intriguing mystery.
December, 1955. Donald Langham is staying at a remote castle in the Scottish Highlands, a guest of his old commanding officer Major Cartwright. Shortly after Donald's arrival, one of his fellow guests is murdered - and the hunt is on to find a ruthless killer before he - or she - strikes again.
Murder at the Chase
Crime writer sleuth Donald Langham is faced with the classic locked-room conundrum in this engaging historical mystery.
July, 1955. Fellow writer Alastair Endicott has requested Donald Langham's help in discovering what happened to his father Edward, who has disappeared without trace from inside his locked study. The elder Endicott had been researching a biography of the notorious Satanist Vivien Stafford. Could there be a connection to his disappearance?
Murder by the Book
A historical mystery series from award-winning science fiction writer, Eric Brown.
London, 1955. When crime writer Donald Langham's literary agent asks for his help in sorting out 'a delicate matter', little does Langham realize what he's getting himself into. For a nasty case of blackmail leads inexorably to murder as London's literary establishment is rocked by a series of increasingly bizarre deaths. With the help of his literary agent's assistant, the delectable Maria Dupre, Langham finds himself drawing on the skills of his fictional detective hero as he hunts a ruthless and fiendishly clever killer - a killer with old scores to settle.