When Jon Mote is hired to investigate the murder of his erstwhile mentor, literary star Richard Pratt, the grad school dropout feels woefully unequal to the task. Skittering on the edge of madness, his only source of hope is the dogged love of his developmentally disabled sister, Judy, who serves as cheerleader, critic & moral compass. Soon the siblings find themselves haunting the neighbourhoods of Minneapolis & St Paul, Minnesota
- from crime scenes to the halls of academe
- exposing a series of suspects along the way. When he stumbles upon Pratt's terrible secret, Mote is prompted to discover an equally dreadful mystery in his own past
- a revelation that accelerates his descent into darkness & puts both himself & Judy at grave risk.


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The cream of Britain's poets are getting murdered. Victor Priest takes on two assistants to help investigate. In a hilarious & dramatic denoument the criminal is discovered. Priest hires two assistants to help track the criminal. Despite their unconventional & hilarious behaviour they bring the case to a dramatic conclusion. ...

Fans of Peter James & his bestselling Roy Grace series of crime novels know that his books draw on in-depth research into the lives of Brighton & Hove police & are set in a world every bit as gritty as the real thing. His friend Graham Bartlett was a long-serving detective in the city once described as Britain's 'crime capital'. Together, in Death Comes Knocking, they have written a gripping account of the city's most challenging cases, taking the reader from crime scenes & incident rooms to the morgue, & introducing some of the real-life detectives who inspired Peter James's characters. Whether it's the murder of a dodgy nightclub owner & his family in Sussex's worst non-terrorist mass murder or the race to find the abductor of a young girl, tracking down the antique trade's most notorious 'knocker boys' or nailing an audacious ring of forgers, hunting for a cold-blooded killer who executed a surfer or catching a pair who kidnapped a businessman, leaving him severely beaten, to die on a hillside, the authors skilfully evoke the dangerous inside story of policing, the personal toll it takes & the dedication of those who risk their lives to keep the public safe. ...

Lord Francis Powerscourt is visited at home in London by the Bishop of Lynchester who wants his advice about the suspect for the death of an aged parishioner. Powerscourt advises that discretion rather than accusation is the best way forward, but this is just the start of his association with the diocese of Lynchester. The death of the parishioner has left available a property in the cathedral close which traditionally the church rents out to a suitable tenant. Four worthy candidates are nominated.. .and then one of them, the retail king of the south of Engl&, is found dead in the house, poisoned by strychnine. So once again Powerscourt is summoned by the bishop as this time there is no doubt of foul play. But there are many suspects from which to choose
- there are the other candidates who want to live in that very desirable property.. .or could it be more complex than that? Very soon Powerscourt uncovers a trail of greed, deception & death which goes straight to the heart of the cathedral itself.
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The year is 1803, & Darcy & Elizabeth have been married for six years. There are now two handsome & healthy sons in the nursery, Elizabeth's beloved sister Jane & her husband Bingley live nearby & the orderly world of Pemberley seems unassailable. ...

The year is 1803, & Darcy & Elizabeth have been married for six years. There are now two handsome & healthy sons in the nursery, Elizabeth's beloved sister Jane & her husband Bingley live nearby & the orderly world of Pemberley seems unassailable. But all this is threatened when, on the eve of the annual autumn ball, as the guests are preparing to retire for the night a chaise appears, rocking down the path from Pemberley's wild woodl&. As it pulls up, Lydia Wickham
- Elizabeth's younger, unreliable sister
- stumbles out screaming that her husband has been murdered. Inspired by a lifelong passion for the work of Jane Austen, P.D. James masterfully recreates the world of Pride & Prejudice, & combines it with the excitement & suspense of a brilliantly-crafted crime story. Death Comes to Pemberley is a distinguished work of fiction, from one of the best-loved, most- read writers of our time.

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Two great literary minds-master of suspense P.D. James & literary icon Jane Austen-come together in Death Comes to Pemberley, a bestselling historical crime fiction tribute to Pride & Prejudice. Conjuring the world of Elizabeth Bennett & Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy & combining the trappings of Regency British society with a classic murder mystery, James creates a delightful mash-up that will intrigue any Janeite. The year is 1803, & Darcy & Elizabeth have been married for six years. There are now two handsome & healthy sons in the nursery, Elizabeth's beloved sister Jane & her husband Bingley live nearby & the orderly world of Pemberley seems unassailable. But all this is threatened when, on the eve of the annual autumn ball, the guests are preparing to retire for the night when a chaise appears, rocking down the path from Pemberley's wild woodl&. As it pulls up, Lydia Wickham
- Elizabeth's younger, unreliable sister
- stumbles out screaming that her husb&, George Wickham, has been murdered. Inspired by a lifelong passion for the work of Jane Austen, P.D. James masterfully recreates the world of Pride & Prejudice. Combining Austen's wit & the social commentary of Downton Abbey with her own signature excitement & suspense, James has crafted a brilliant crime story. Death Comes to Pemberley is a distinguished work of fiction, from one of the best-loved, most- read writers of our time, & was adapted as a miniseries by the BBC in 2013, starring Matthew Rhys, Anna Maxwell Martin, & Matthew Goode.

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The year is 1803, & Darcy & Elizabeth have been married for six years. There are now two handsome & healthy sons in the nursery, Elizabeth's beloved sister Jane & her husband Bingley live nearby & the orderly world of Pemberley seems unassailable. But all this is threatened when, on the eve of the annual autumn ball, the guests are preparing to retire for the night when a chaise appears, rocking down the path from Pemberley's wild woodl&. As it pulls up, Lydia Wickham
- Elizabeth's younger, unreliable sister
- stumbles out screaming that her husband has been murdered. Inspired by a lifelong passion for the work of Jane Austen, PD James masterfully recreates the world of Pride & Prejudice, & combines it with the excitement & suspense of a brilliantly-crafted crime story. Death Comes to Pemberley is a distinguished work of fiction, from one of the best-loved, most- read writers of our time.

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The year is 1803, & Darcy & Elizabeth have been married for six years. There are now two handsome & healthy sons in the nursery, Elizabeth's beloved sister Jane & her husband Bingley live nearby & the orderly world of Pemberley seems unassailable. But all this is threatened when, on the eve of the annual autumn ball, the guests are preparing to retire for the night when a chaise appears, rocking down the path from Pemberley's wild woodl&. As it pulls up, Lydia Wickham
- Elizabeth's younger, unreliable sister
- stumbles out screaming that her husband has been murdered. Inspired by a lifelong passion for the work of Jane Austen, PD James masterfully recreates the world of Pride & Prejudice, & combines it with the excitement & suspense of a brilliantly-crafted crime story. " Death Comes to Pemberley" is a distinguished work of fiction, from one of the best-loved, most- read writers of our time.

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The year is 1803, & Darcy & Elizabeth have been married for six years. There are now two handsome & healthy sons in the nursery, Elizabeth's beloved sister Jane & her husband Bingley live nearby & the orderly world of Pemberley seems unassailable. But all this is threatened when, on the eve of the annual autumn ball, as the guests are preparing to retire for the night a chaise appears, rocking down the path from Pemberley's wild woodl&. As it pulls up, Lydia Wickham
- Elizabeth's younger, unreliable sister
- stumbles out screaming that her husband has been murdered. Inspired by a lifelong passion for the work of Jane Austen, P.D. James masterfully recreates the world of " Pride & Prejudice", & combines it with the excitement & suspense of a brilliantly-crafted crime story. " Death Comes to Pemberley" is a distinguished work of fiction, from one of the best-loved, most- read writers of our time.

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