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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 . . .
Indian Summer
Elizabeth Darrell
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 . . .
Pastures New
J.M. Gregson
Peach and Blake investigate a new case of family motives and secrets.
Successful but lonely Geoffrey Aspin takes the desperate step of advertising for female company, and meets divorcee Pamela Williams. But their happiness is shattered by a brutal murder. DCI Peach and his team are brought in, and the finger seems to point at the Aspin family. Suddenly both Geoffrey and his new love are suspects, and without alibis...
A Good Walk Spoiled
J.M. Gregson
A Lambert and Hook Mystery.
When Richard Cullis's life is threatened if he doesn't cease animal testing at the labs where he is the director of research and he then collapses during a company golf tournament, murder is suspected, but who administered the poison? There are plenty of suspects, and DS Hook is called in to sift the truth from the lies . . .
Wild Justice
J.M. Gregson
A Peach and Blake Mystery.
When Tamsin Hayes decides to kill her husband, she sets in train a series of events she could never have predicted: for there is a seedy side to Tim Hayes, which the police are already investigating when he is violently murdered. Was he dispatched by his wife? Or by one of the other suspects who emerge once DCI ''Percy' Peach and DS Lucy Blake begin their investigation? . . .
Wages of Sin
J.M. Gregson
Chief Inspector Peach makes the powers-that-be shake in their boots.
When a novice prostitute is killed, Peach sets out to solve the crime by interviewing some of the other local prostitutes and their customers, who include a divorced policeman and a Catholic priest at odds with his beliefs. They might be awkward members of society to bring before the law, but there are other suspects who are even trickier to blame.
Something is Rotten
J.M. Gregson
A Lambert and Hook mystery.
DS Bert Hook is cajoled into auditioning for a local Shakespearean play. Desperate to get out of it, he expects his boss, John Lambert, to forbid him from performing. No such luck. Hook meets a rather surprising (and sinister) cast of characters. And when the director is found murdered, Hook needs to find the truth and fast. Who is innocent, who is just playing a part and who is really rotten to the core? . . .
Only a Game
J.M. Gregson
Foul play's afoot at Bruton Rovers Football Club.
Bruton Rovers FC has been promoted to the Premiership, but Jim Capstick's days as Chairman have made him some enemies in the Lancashire mill town. With the team fighting relegation, the debts are piling high. But when the club is rocked by a murder after Jim makes a surprise announcement, the question's not who had the motive, but who had the balls to actually do it. 'Percy' Peach and DS Lucy Blake have their work cut out for them . . .
In Vino Veritas
J.M. Gregson
A Lambert and Hook mystery.
Martin Beaumont is the uncompromising owner of a successful Gloucestershire vineyard. He has built the company steadily over the years, with a small but dedicated team by his side. However, he sees Abbey Vineyards as his company, to do with as he pleases, much to the chagrin of his senior staff members. So when he is found dead in his car, Chief Superintendent Lambert and DS Hook don't have to look very far to find people with strong motives for the murder...
Merely Players
J.M. Gregson
A DCI Percy Peach mystery.
Adam Cassidy is one of Brunton's most famous residents. He plays the lead role in a successful TV detective show. It is now his time for a crack at Hollywood and he doesn't care who he has to betray in order to fulfil his dream. Meanwhile, DCI Percy Peach is in danger of being drawn into the local anti-terrorism initiative. What he needs is a high-profile murder case to sink his teeth into and he may be about to get what he wishes for...
