The historic city of Lincoln has a history going back to the Romans & a catalogue of crimes to match it. Combining research with photography, this title provides a feast of crime to haunt the imagination of any reader interested in criminal & local history. ...

Walking home late one night from a party, Napa Valley restaurant owner Sunny Mc Coskey happens upon the shocking sight of a murdered woman, bound & hanging from the tree of a local vineyard. Shortly before, she'd seen a truck leaving a local winery, driving without its headlights on. ...

Jack the Ripper's brutal murders have left an ineradicable stain on the gloomy streets of Whitechapel & surrounding area. This title features cases of Henry Wainwright, tried in 1875 for the murder & dismemberment of his mistress, Harriet Lane; Polish-born Israel Lipski, charged with the murder of fellow lodger Miriam Angel in 1887; &, more. ...

Drawing on a selection of sources & illustrated with more than fifty images, this collection of grisly tales explores the shadier side of Harrogate's past. It is suitable for those interested in the criminal history of this part of North Yorkshire. ...

A collection of local tales & murder cases from across the county of Lancashire. This title

Includes:: more

...

Curiosity over a memorial plaque in an old Kentish church sets wheelchair-bound ex-cop Peter Marsh & his daughter Georgia on a long & dangerous trail that leads them not only into the world of art fakes in 1950s Paris but further back to the legends of King Arthur, Sir Gawain & their connections with Dover Castle. ...

When Clarice Beech finds her friend Peter Ramsey dead in his kitchen, she believes he's succumbed to a fatal heart attack. Peter, who lived in one of the five cottages on Magpie Row in the Lincolnshire Wolds, was a keen supporter of stray cats
- which made him very unpopular with the neighbours. & after Chris Morris, an alcoholic neighbour, disrupts Peter's funeral, insisting Peter was murdered
- & he knows who the murderer is
- Clarice discovers there's no shortage of possible suspects among the Magpie Row inhabitants. Who, behind Magpie Row's idyllic façade, might have had murder in mind? &, after his outburst at Peter's funeral, where is Chris? & is Clarice, with her mission to tend to Peter's strays, as well as uncover the truth about her friend's death, putting herself in danger's way? Product Information:  •†ISBN: 9780349135243 •†Author: Kate High •†Publisher: Constable •†Format:†  Paperback •†Pages:†352 •†Dimensions: 12.4 x 2.59 x 19.61 cm


...

Books Crime Books Something is afoot in the little village of Bunting & someone is trying to kill the lady of the manor. Luckily, amateur sleuth Maisie Cooper is on the case. Maisie Cooper is done catching murderers, thank you very much. Having recently brought her brother's killers to justice, she's ready to go back to her glamorous life in Paris. But little does she know that the idyllic Sussex countryside is home to more than one criminal... When Maisie receives a letter asking for her help in the little village of Bunting from the lady of the manor, she is curious enough to accept. She is then shocked to discover that the very woman requesting her assistance is her estranged Aunt Phyllis, who believes that someone is out to kill her. Maisie must follow the clues to find the culprit before they strike again. As Maisie investigates alongside handsome Sergeant Wingard, she starts to wonder... Why would someone want Aunt Phyllis dead? What could her eccentric aunt hav... ...

The latest in Andrew Martin's much-loved ' Jim Stringer, Steam Detective' series. ` Andrew Martin has recreated an extraordinarily convincing world. Terrific.' Daily Telegraph December 1909. A train hits. a snowdrift in the frozen Cleveland Hills. In the process of clearing the line a body is discovered, & so begins a dangerous case for struggling railway detective Jim Stringer, a case which will take him from the Highlands to Fleet. Street to the mighty blast furnaces of Ironopolis. Jim's faltering career hangs on whether he can solve the murder, but before long he finds himself fighting not just for his job, but also for his life... `A wonderful evocation of Edwardian Britain... Tough, scary & funny, this is a'novel for anyone who loves a page-turning detective story.' Independent on Sunday ` Stringer is at the heart of a series of historical crime novels that shows no sign of running out of steam.' ...

Books Crime Books Chasing his dream of a glittering architectural career, Merlin Richards has left the Welsh valleys for the Arizona desert, propelled by a handwritten note from the legendary Frank Lloyd Wright.  Richards arrives at the Arizona Biltmore hotel, where he meets a beautiful young designer named Rosa Lustig. Like every man in her circle, Merlin is captivated by Rosa but soon finds himself the prime suspect in her murder. Jealous suitors, envious workers, & the cynical police are all convinced that Richards is the killer. As he begins to put the pieces of the puzzle together, what he builds is not the impressive edifice he came to learn about, but a defence that will imprison a murderer. First published as Murder in Perspective under Keith Miles. Product Information:  •†ISBN:† 9780749030766 •†Author: Edward Marston •†Publisher:   Allison & Busby •†Format:†  Paperback •†Pages:† 250 •†Dimensions:†12.7 x 2.5 x 19.1 cm ...