Details: Florence, October 1966. The rain is never-ending. When a young boy vanishes on his way home from school the
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Sweet William, a discreet professional companion to the wealthy, needs help. A famous, but not beloved, novelist is found dead & William is the prime suspect. His only recourse is for the real murderer to be found. He is able to provide a list of suspec ...

Carly Paladino, an investigator for a San Francisco security firm, re-evaluates her life & decides to strike out on her own. Her first case involves the death of the daughter of an old & moneyed Pacific Heights family. A mysterious young man is arrest ...

The first of the Hampstead Murders series sees a police investigation into a series of sex killings threatened by internal politics & a burgeoning love triangle. Faced by senior officers desperate for results a new initiative is clearly needed, but what? ...

When Penelope Kite swaps her humdrum life in Surrey for a picturesque farmhouse in the south of France, she imagines a simple life of long lunches & chilled rosé...

What she doesnt imagine is the dead body floating in her swimming pool.

Convinced that the victim suffered more than a drunken accident, Penelope plunges headlong into local intrigue & long-simmering resentments to uncover the truth.

But with a meddling estate agent, an unfriendly Chief of Police, a suspiciously charming Mayor, & the endless temptation of that second pain au chocolat, life in the delightful village of St Merlot is certainly never simple.

Product Information:
• ISBN: 9781409182009
• Author: Serena Kent
• Publisher: Orion Books
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 344
• Dimensions: 19 x 12cm













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Five years after Charles II's triumphant return to London there is growing mistrust of his extravagant court & of corruption among his officials
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A woman is killed by a poisoned dart in the enclosed confines of a commercial passenger plane…

From seat No.9, Hercule

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