Hooky And The Crock Of Gold

Author : Laurence Meynell
Publisher : Orion
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2013-08-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781471901034

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Hooky and the Crock of Gold by Laurence Meynell Pdf

When Bunny, disguised as Major Beresford, fails to con a lady out of £500, his partner and bedmate becomes extremely discontented. Dolly was after a bigger game, and she sets out to enliven their partnership with a far more ambitious plan. She is going to use her feminine wiles to persuade a young peer to cough up £20,000 of investment in a non-existent company. For the extortion to happen Bunny and Dolly have to separate. But the separation has unforeseen consequences, and soon it's apparent that the master plan is doomed to go hopelessly awry. 'His best yet' The Times 'Well written, thoroughly enjoyable' Sunday Telegraph

Author : Laurence Meynell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Detective and mystery stories
ISBN : 0333187652

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Hooky and the Crock of Gold by Laurence Meynell Pdf

Author : Laurence Meynell
Publisher : Orion
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2012-09-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781471900907

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The Frightened Man by Laurence Meynell Pdf

Hooky Hefferman, private detective, is, as they say in the theatrical profession, 'resting'. So when the thin little man in the shabby blue suit calls to ask for professional advice, though he looks by no means promising as a provider of much-needed funds, Hooky is at least prepared to listen - and finds his interest at once held. Edward Rider wants to stay alive until the following Friday, and asks Hooky to help him achieve this modest ambition. On that day, he is anxious to meet a certain person arriving from Berlin, and it is becoming increasingly obvious that someone is determined to prevent this.

Author : Laurence Meynell
Publisher : Orion
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2013-08-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781471901188

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The Open Door by Laurence Meynell Pdf

Stella Brendan was accustomed to a comfortable unearned income and she was fifty-two years old when it vanished. How could she survive? She could survive by marrying Sir Loder Cholerton, tycoon and ageing bachelor. But Stella has skeletons in her past, skeletons that would not appeal to Sir Loder should they come out. When that threat occurs Stella calls Hooky Hefferman, who finds himself trying to protect Stella's interests. Then there's a murder. A man has been shot and there are several people who could have fired the fatal bullet ... 'Thoroughly civilised writing, managing to up-date the easy, humorous, engaging mood of pre-war days, floods this pleasant country house mystery with a sunny glow' Glasgow Herald

Author : Laurence Meynell
Publisher : Orion
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2012-09-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781471900921

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Too Clever By Half by Laurence Meynell Pdf

When Lady Darley asks for Hooky Hefferman's help, he wonders what sort of trouble she can be in. She doesn't look the sort to have a very grisly skeleton in her cupboard, but you never can tell ... Hooky's insatiable curiosity is soon aroused by her story, and he is easily persuaded to go down to Monkhamblin Hall, the old family mansion. Once there, a corpse and the odd behaviour of the present owner are quite enough to keep his famous nose glued to the trail.

Author : Laurence Meynell
Publisher : Orion
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2013-08-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781471901089

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Papersnake by Laurence Meynell Pdf

When local beauty queen Virginia Vance goes to London, she becomes the mistress of the Hon. Charles Lasting, who runs a particularly venomous daily gossip column. Lasting is a callous, cynical brute, but Virginia has a real weakness for him. It is this weakness that leads her to help him get hold of the scandalous memoirs of Princess Lucy Mettioff, the publication of which will make him a lot of money. But Virginia is about to run into Hooky Hefferman, who, by chance, has become the Princess's literary agent ... 'More comedy than crime is Mr Meynell's new formula and it is working well' Yorkshire Post

Author : Laurence Meynell
Publisher : Orion
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2012-09-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781471900884

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Danger Round the Corner by Laurence Meynell Pdf

Edward Rigby's sudden death in South America provides Hooky Hefferman, private investigator, with his first case. Rigby's employers, the San Lucca Railway Concession, have hinted that he committed suicide, which is enough to prevent his insurance company paying up. His wife, Hilda, thinks the story needs investigation, and Hooky is the man she chooses to do it. The San Luccans are notoriously hot-blooded, and Hooky, with his genius for getting into scrapes, soon finds plenty of trouble. In fact, his first case nearly becomes his last.

Author : Laurence Meynell
Publisher : Orion
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2013-08-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781471901058

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The Lost Half Hour by Laurence Meynell Pdf

Oliver Seaton was an up-and-coming Labour MP when his mother committed suicide by gassing herself. Oliver had lived at his mother's house and the inquest judge was keen to know what time he got home to find his mother dying. He had called an ambulance at 9.26pm. Among the crowd at the inquest is Alan Strang. Oliver and Strang have had a private relationship in the past, a relationship that, if it came to light, could ruin the fast-developing career of the MP, not to mention his marriage. When a muck-raking journalist elicits from Strang that he saw Oliver reach his mother's house at 8.55pm on the night she died there is a missing half hour to account for, and the danger for Seaton starts growing ...

Author : Laurence Meynell
Publisher : Orion
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2014-02-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781471901348

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The House in Marsh Road by Laurence Meynell Pdf

When Arthur meets the lovely but evil Valerie Stockley, after he and his new wife move into the house his wife has inherited, he soon becomes possessed by a force he cannot fight. Alongside Valerie, lust, greed and weakness led him deeper into depravity until he is finally committed to murder. But the house is strangely haunted - things move of their own accord, curtains draw themselves, and bells ring. As the murder plot thickens, Arthur is forced to face the power which occupies the house - and by now there is no going back ...

Author : Laurence Meynell
Publisher : Orion
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2014-02-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781471901201

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The Affair at Barwold by Laurence Meynell Pdf

Hooky Hefferman is ordered by his dominating aunt in Hove to visit the Cotswold village of Barwold, where the young daughter of an old friend is thought to be keeping bad company. Meanwhile, one of the newsagents in a nearby town is going dangerously mad and is trying to rid the neighbourhood of local whores. Hooky quickly finds the local pub, where he takes note of the town's inhabitants' curious behaviour, and soon finds himself at odds with the police ...

Author : Laurence Meynell
Publisher : Orion
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2012-09-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781471900969

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The Thirteen Trumpeters by Laurence Meynell Pdf

Hooky Hefferman is commissioned by his formidable aunt to convey a 'brilliantly coloured, exquisitely detailed painting of young soldier blowing a trumpet' to Southern Italy, to her old admirer Sir Lucian Bryers-Fane. Two others are heading in the same direction: a beautiful young academic who has been sent to read a commemorative scroll to Sir Lucian on the occasion of his eightieth birthday; and another party with entirely less admirable objectives.

Author : Laurence Meynell
Publisher : Orion
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2014-02-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781471901362

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One Step From Murder by Laurence Meynell Pdf

Roger Fenton has achieved a lot since he left jail. At last he has a good job, a new name and he is beginning to overcome the ex-con's bitterness which has threatened to ruin him. But his new existence had the seeds of disaster in it, and on the day the pale man shuffles up to him and murmurs 'one six seven', Roger knows his past has caught up with him. As manager and prospective partner in a thriving business Roger knows he can deal with difficult clients and delicate business deals. But this new situation permits no half measures. He has to decide on one of two ruthless courses: to fight or to run ...

Author : Laurence Meynell
Publisher : Orion
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2012-09-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781471900990

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The Fairly Innocent Little Man by Laurence Meynell Pdf

Major Weller plays bridge and plays it very well. He isn't a major, and his name isn't Weller, but Hooky Hefferman doesn't know this. In fact, so impressed is he with the self-possessed major that he is completely unaware of the crime being committed under his nose. The potential victim is Hooky's formidable aunt, the Hon. Mrs Page-Foley, but she doesn't seem to be the 'victim' type, and from most people's point of view, including Hooky's, she appears more than capable of looking after herself. But the crime goes wrong, and Hooky soon finds himself in the midst of an impending disaster. A disaster he must prevent if anyone - including his aunt and his latest love interest - is to take him seriously as a private detective again.

Author : Laurence Meynell
Publisher : Orion
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2012-09-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781471900952

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Death By Arrangement by Laurence Meynell Pdf

When Hooky Hefferman, playboy and private detective, does a chance favour for wealthy Waveney Rolffe, he is rewarded with a lucrative position as Rolffe's personal bodyguard. The job is easy: entertain Rolffe and live harmoniously with the other members of the household - pleasant Mrs Fitzroy, who directs Rolffe's future with her crystal ball; Dempster Childers, Rolffe's aloof private secretary; and Cooper, the gardener. Hooky's luck has never been better. But when ex-con Barney Phillips shows up in the local tavern and becomes friendly with Cooper, Hooky begins to suspect that trouble is brewing. After all, Rolffe's vast financial empire and the curiosities of his daily routine provide tempting possibilities - like illegal personal gain and international thievery - and a motive for murder.

Author : Laurence Meynell
Publisher : Orion
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2014-02-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781471901317

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The Creaking Chair by Laurence Meynell Pdf

Lou Steel is the owner of a pin-table saloon, frequented by questionable characters and kept under constant police surveillance. Barbara Gale is the neglected wife of heavy gambler Gerald Gale, and a woman Lou finds irresistible. When a body is found in Lou's apartment, Lou asks his friend Limpy to help him hide it. When the pair are picked up by the police, Lou escapes and sets out to prove his innocence while running from the law.