The Canon In Residence British Mystery Classic

Author : Victor L. Whitechurch
Publisher : E-Artnow
Page : 100 pages
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Release : 2019-04-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8027332591

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THE CANON IN RESIDENCE (British Mystery Classic): Identity Theft Thriller by Victor L. Whitechurch Pdf

The Reverend John Smith is a conventional cleric, who learns on holiday he has been promoted to be Canon in Residence of Frattenbury Cathedral. While staying at a hotel he meets a fellow Englishman, who tells him the clergy are too divorced from reality. This stranger drugs Rev Smith and takes his clerical clothing, leaving in return his garish clothing, which Rev Smith is forced to wear for the rest of his holiday in St Moritz. However, because of this, he learns a great deal that the dog collar would have prevented. Meanwhile, the stranger adopts Rev Smith's name and goes off gambling and quaffing vast quantities of champagne in Monte Carlo, to the horror of an Englishwoman there who writes to her friends in Frattenbury about him. Victor Lorenzo Whitechurch (1868-1933) was a Church of England clergyman and author. He is best known for his detective stories featuring Thorpe Hazell, the first amateur railway detective, whom the author intended to be as far from Sherlock Holmes as possible. Another Whitechurch's character was the spy Captain Ivan Koravitch. His stories were admired for their immaculate plotting and factual accuracy. Whitechurch was one of the first writers to submit his manuscripts to Scotland Yard for vetting as to police procedure.

Author : Victor L. Whitechurch
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 144 pages
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Release : 2024-01-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547807858

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THE CANON IN RESIDENCE (British Mystery Classic) by Victor L. Whitechurch Pdf

This carefully crafted ebook: "THE CANON IN RESIDENCE (British Mystery Classic)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. The Reverend John Smith is a conventional cleric, who learns on holiday he has been promoted to be Canon in Residence of Frattenbury Cathedral. While staying at a hotel he meets a fellow Englishman, who tells him the clergy are too divorced from reality. This stranger drugs Rev Smith and takes his clerical clothing, leaving in return his garish clothing, which Rev Smith is forced to wear for the rest of his holiday in St Moritz. However, because of this, he learns a great deal that the dog collar would have prevented. Meanwhile, the stranger adopts Rev Smith's name and goes off gambling and quaffing vast quantities of champagne in Monte Carlo, to the horror of an Englishwoman there who writes to her friends in Frattenbury about him. Victor Lorenzo Whitechurch (1868-1933) was a Church of England clergyman and author. He is best known for his detective stories featuring Thorpe Hazell, the first amateur railway detective, whom the author intended to be as far from Sherlock Holmes as possible. Another Whitechurch's character was the spy Captain Ivan Koravitch. His stories were admired for their immaculate plotting and factual accuracy. Whitechurch was one of the first writers to submit his manuscripts to Scotland Yard for vetting as to police procedure.

Author : Victor L. Whitechurch
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 419 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2024-01-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547807841

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MURDER AT THE PAGEANT, DOWNLAND ECHOES & THE CANON IN RESIDENCE (3 British Mystery Classics) by Victor L. Whitechurch Pdf

This carefully crafted ebook: "MURDER AT THE PAGEANT, DOWNLAND ECHOES & THE CANON IN RESIDENCE (3 British Mystery Classics)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Murder At The Pageant – The thriller revolves around mysterious murder and a jewel theft at Frimley Manor, during a pageant commemorating Queen Anne's visit to the great country estate in 1705. The Canon in Residence - The Reverend John Smith is a conventional cleric, who learns on holiday he has been promoted to be Canon in Residence of Frattenbury Cathedral. While staying at a hotel he meets a fellow Englishman, who tells him the clergy are too divorced from reality. This stranger drugs Rev Smith and takes his clerical clothing Victor Lorenzo Whitechurch (1868-1933) was a Church of England clergyman and author. He is best known for his detective stories featuring Thorpe Hazell, the first amateur railway detective, whom the author intended to be as far from Sherlock Holmes as possible. Another Whitechurch's character was the spy Captain Ivan Koravitch. His stories were admired for their immaculate plotting and factual accuracy. Whitechurch was one of the first writers to submit his manuscripts to Scotland Yard for vetting as to police procedure.

Author : Frank Froest
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2023-12-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547688211

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THE MAELSTROM & THE GRELL MYSTERY (British Mystery Classics) by Frank Froest Pdf

The Maelstrom – Asked by a strange girl to deliver her package at an address, an innocent man is entangled in a murder case. What will become of him? Will he be saved or damned? The Grell Mystery – A groom-to-be is murdered just before his wedding and the Scotland Yard police is at large to find a mysterious woman who was seen with him last. But things are not so simple as they seem. Frank Castle Froest (1858-1930) was a British detective and crime writer. Frank Froest joined the Metropolitan Police as a police constable in 1879 and worked his way up to Superintendent of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Metropolitan Police from 1906 to his retirement in 1912. As one of the country's top detectives, he was involved in famous cases like Jameson Raid, arresting the jewel-thief 'Harry the Valet' and Dr. Crippen.

Author : J. S. Fletcher
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 5682 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2024-01-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547812623

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BRITISH MYSTERIES - Boxed Set: 40+ Thriller Classics, Detective Novels & Crime Stories by J. S. Fletcher Pdf

This carefully crafted ebook: "BRITISH MYSTERIES - Boxed Set" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: Novels Perris of the Cherry Trees The Middle Temple Murder Dead Men's Money The Talleyrand Maxim The Paradise Mystery The Borough Treasurer The Chestermarke Instinct The Herapath Property The Orange-Yellow Diamond The Root of All Evil In The Mayor's Parlour The Middle of Things Ravensdene Court The Rayner-Slade Amalgamation Scarhaven Keep The Charing Cross Mystery The Kang-He Vase The Safety Pin Sea Fog The Borgia Cabinet The Solution of a Mystery The Mill House Murder Short Stories Paul Campenhaye – Specialist in Criminology The French Maid The Yorkshire Manufacturer The Covent Garden Fruit Shop The Irish Mail The Tobacco-Box Mrs. Duquesne The House on Hardress Head The Champagne Bottle The Settling Day The Magician of Cannon Street The Secret of the Barbican and Other Stories Against Time The Earl, the Warder and the Wayward Heiress The Fifteenth-Century Crozier The Yellow Dog Room 53 The Secret of the Barbican The Silhouette Blind Gap Moor St. Morkil's Isle Extra-Judicial The Second Capsule The Way to Jericho Patent No. 33 The Selchester Missal The Murder in the Mayor's Parlour Joseph Smith Fletcher (1863-1933) was an English author, one of the leading writers of detective fiction in the Golden Age. After his journalist career Fletcher first wrote poems and historical fiction, but then moved on to detective mysteries and became one of the most prolific British writers of the genre.

Author : Arthur Conan Doyle,Ernest Bramah,Arthur Morrison,Agatha Christie,Wilkie Collins,Thomas W. Hanshew,Edgar Wallace,Frank Froest,J. S. Fletcher,C. N. Williamson,A. M. Williamson,R. Austin Freeman,E. W. Hornung,G. K. Chesterton,H. C. McNeile,Victor L. Whitechurch,Rober Barr,Isabel Ostander
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 18265 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2024-01-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547814245

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BRITISH MURDER MYSTERIES Boxed Set: 350+ Thriller Classics, Detective Novels & True Crime Stories by Arthur Conan Doyle,Ernest Bramah,Arthur Morrison,Agatha Christie,Wilkie Collins,Thomas W. Hanshew,Edgar Wallace,Frank Froest,J. S. Fletcher,C. N. Williamson,A. M. Williamson,R. Austin Freeman,E. W. Hornung,G. K. Chesterton,H. C. McNeile,Victor L. Whitechurch,Rober Barr,Isabel Ostander Pdf

This meticulously edited collection is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: Edgar Wallace: The Four Just Men The Council of Justice The Just Men of Cordova The Law of the Four Just Men The Nine Bears Angel Esquire The Fourth Plague or Red Hand Grey Timothy or Pallard the Punter The Man who Bought London The Melody of Death A Debt Discharged The Tomb of T'Sin The Secret House The Clue of the Twisted Candle Down under Donovan The Man who Knew The Green Rust Kate Plus Ten The Daffodil Murder Jack O'Judgment The Angel of Terror The Crimson Circle Take-A-Chance Anderson The Valley of Ghosts P.-C. Lee Series Arthur Conan Doyle: Sherlock Holmes Series A Study in Scarlet The Sign of Four The Hound of the Baskervilles The Valley of Fear The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes The Return of Sherlock Holmes His Last Bow Other Mysteries True Crime Stories Wilkie Collins: The Woman in White No Name Armadale The Moonstone The Haunted Hotel The Law and The Lady The Dead Secret Miss or Mrs? R. Austin Freeman: Dr. Thorndyke Series Other Mysteries Agatha Christie: The Mysterious Affair at Styles The Secret Adversary H. C. McNeile: Bulldog Drummond The Black Gang G. K. Chesterton: The Innocence of Father Brown The Wisdom of Father Brown Arthur Morrison: Martin Hewitt Series Dorrington & Hicks Stories Ernest Bramah: Max Carrados Stories Victor L. Whitechurch: The Canon in Residence Thrilling Stories of the Railway Thomas W. Hanshew: Hamilton Cleek Series E. W. Hornung: A. J. Raffles Series Mystery Novels J. S. Fletcher: Mystery Novels Paul Campenhaye – Specialist in Criminology Rober Barr: The Triumph of Eugéne Valmont Jennie Baxter, Journalist The Adventures of Sherlaw Kombs The Adventure of the Second Swag Frank Froest Mystery Novels C. N. Williamson & A. M. Williamson Mystery Novels Isabel Ostander Mystery Novels

Author : Victor Lorenzo Whitechurch
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2016-09-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1333612850

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The Canon in Residence (Classic Reprint) by Victor Lorenzo Whitechurch Pdf

Excerpt from The Canon in Residence There was nothing particularly striking about the Reverend John Smith, any more than his name. He was a middle-aged man of medium height, dressed very correctly as an English clergyman. His hair was just a little tinged with grey, as were also his short side-whiskers. The rest of his face was clean shaven and of rather an ecclesiastical cast, but there was that half-apparent upward turn in the corners of his mouth that told he was by no means devoid of humour, while his eyes were distinctly of a kindly type. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Charles Norris Williamson,Alice Muriel Williamson
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 2084 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2023-12-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547748380

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BRITISH MURDER MYSTERIES – 10 Classics in One Volume by Charles Norris Williamson,Alice Muriel Williamson Pdf

This carefully crafted ebook: "BRITISH MURDER MYSTERIES – 10 Classics in One Volume: Girl Who Had Nothing, House by the Lock, Second Latchkey, Castle of Shadows, The Motor Maid, Guests of Hercules, Brightener and more" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: The Motor Maid The Girl Who Had Nothing The Second Latchkey The Castle of Shadows The House by the Lock The Guests of Hercules The Port of Adventure The Brightener The Lion's Mouse The Powers and Maxine Charles Norris Williamson (1859–1920) and Alice Muriel Williamson (1869-1933) were British novelists who jointly wrote a number of novels which cover the early days of motoring and can also be read as travelogues.

Author : Victor L. Whitechurch
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 682 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2022-11-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547390268

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British Murder Mysteries - The Victor L. Whitechurch Collection by Victor L. Whitechurch Pdf

DigiCat presents to you this unique and meticulously edited murder mystery collection: The Canon in Residence Downland Echoes Murder at the Pageant Thrilling Stories of the Railway Peter Crane's Cigars The Tragedy on the London and Mid-Northern The Affair of the Corridor Express Sir Gilbert Murrell's Picture How the Bank Was Saved The Affair of the German Dispatch-Box How the Bishop Kept His Appointment The Adventure of the Pilot Engine The Stolen Necklace The Mystery of the Boat Express How the Express Was Saved A Case of Signaling Winning the Race The Strikers The Ruse That Succeeded Other Railway Stories A Perilous Ride The Slip Coach Mystery In the Rockhurst Tunnel The Convict's Revenge A Warning in Red A Jump for Freedom Special Working Instructions Pierre Cournet's Last Run Between Two Fires The Triumph of Seth P. Tucker A Policy of Silence In a Tight Fix The Romance of the "Southern Queen" Victor Lorenzo Whitechurch (1868-1933) was a Church of England clergyman and author. He is best known for his detective stories featuring Thorpe Hazell, the first amateur railway detective, whom the author intended to be as far from Sherlock Holmes as possible. Another Whitechurch's character was the spy Captain Ivan Koravitch. His stories were admired for their immaculate plotting and factual accuracy. Whitechurch was one of the first writers to submit his manuscripts to Scotland Yard for vetting as to police procedure.

Author : Arthur Conan Doyle, Edgar Wallace, Wilkie Collins, R. Austin Freeman, Agatha Christie, H. C. McNeile, G. K. Chesterton, Arthur Morrison, Ernest Bramah, Victor L. Whitechurch, Thomas W. Hanshew, E. W. Hornung, J. S. Fletcher, Rober Barr, Frank Froest, C. N. Williamson, A. M. Williamson, Isabel Ostander
Publisher : e-artnow sro
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2017-12-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9788026881346

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BRITISH MURDER MYSTERIES Boxed Set: 350+ Thriller Classics, Detective Novels & True Crime Stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, Edgar Wallace, Wilkie Collins, R. Austin Freeman, Agatha Christie, H. C. McNeile, G. K. Chesterton, Arthur Morrison, Ernest Bramah, Victor L. Whitechurch, Thomas W. Hanshew, E. W. Hornung, J. S. Fletcher, Rober Barr, Frank Froest, C. N. Williamson, A. M. Williamson, Isabel Ostander Pdf

Author : Victor L. Whitechurch
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 680 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2023-12-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547746881

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BRITISH MYSTERIES COLLECTION - 31 Novels & Short Stories in One Volume by Victor L. Whitechurch Pdf

This carefully crafted ebook: "BRITISH MYSTERIES COLLECTION - 31 Novels & Short Stories in One Volume: The Thorpe Hazell Detective Tales, Thrilling Stories of the Railway, Murder at the Pageant, A Warning in Red and many more" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: The Canon in Residence Downland Echoes Murder at the Pageant Thrilling Stories of the Railway Peter Crane's Cigars The Tragedy on the London and Mid-Northern The Affair of the Corridor Express Sir Gilbert Murrell's Picture How the Bank Was Saved The Affair of the German Dispatch-Box How the Bishop Kept His Appointment The Adventure of the Pilot Engine The Stolen Necklace The Mystery of the Boat Express How the Express Was Saved A Case of Signaling Winning the Race The Strikers The Ruse That Succeeded Other Railway Stories A Perilous Ride The Slip Coach Mystery In the Rockhurst Tunnel The Convict's Revenge A Warning in Red A Jump for Freedom Special Working Instructions Pierre Cournet's Last Run Between Two Fires The Triumph of Seth P. Tucker A Policy of Silence In a Tight Fix The Romance of the "Southern Queen" Victor Lorenzo Whitechurch (1868-1933) was a Church of England clergyman and author. He is best known for his detective stories featuring Thorpe Hazell, the first amateur railway detective, whom the author intended to be as far from Sherlock Holmes as possible. Another Whitechurch's character was the spy Captain Ivan Koravitch. His stories were admired for their immaculate plotting and factual accuracy. Whitechurch was one of the first writers to submit his manuscripts to Scotland Yard for vetting as to police procedure.

Author : Arthur Conan Doyle,Ernest Bramah,Arthur Morrison,Agatha Christie,Wilkie Collins,Thomas W. Hanshew,Edgar Wallace,Frank Froest,J. S. Fletcher,C. N. Williamson,A. M. Williamson,R. Austin Freeman,E. W. Hornung,G. K. Chesterton,H. C. McNeile,Victor L. Whitechurch,Rober Barr,Isabel Ostander
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 18265 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2023-12-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547752295

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BRITISH MURDER MYSTERIES Boxed Set: 350+ Thriller Classics, Detective Novels & True Crime Stories by Arthur Conan Doyle,Ernest Bramah,Arthur Morrison,Agatha Christie,Wilkie Collins,Thomas W. Hanshew,Edgar Wallace,Frank Froest,J. S. Fletcher,C. N. Williamson,A. M. Williamson,R. Austin Freeman,E. W. Hornung,G. K. Chesterton,H. C. McNeile,Victor L. Whitechurch,Rober Barr,Isabel Ostander Pdf

This meticulously edited collection is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: Edgar Wallace: The Four Just Men The Council of Justice The Just Men of Cordova The Law of the Four Just Men The Nine Bears Angel Esquire The Fourth Plague or Red Hand Grey Timothy or Pallard the Punter The Man who Bought London The Melody of Death A Debt Discharged The Tomb of T'Sin The Secret House The Clue of the Twisted Candle Down under Donovan The Man who Knew The Green Rust Kate Plus Ten The Daffodil Murder Jack O'Judgment The Angel of Terror The Crimson Circle Take-A-Chance Anderson The Valley of Ghosts P.-C. Lee Series Arthur Conan Doyle: Sherlock Holmes Series A Study in Scarlet The Sign of Four The Hound of the Baskervilles The Valley of Fear The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes The Return of Sherlock Holmes His Last Bow Other Mysteries True Crime Stories Wilkie Collins: The Woman in White No Name Armadale The Moonstone The Haunted Hotel The Law and The Lady The Dead Secret Miss or Mrs? R. Austin Freeman: Dr. Thorndyke Series Other Mysteries Agatha Christie: The Mysterious Affair at Styles The Secret Adversary H. C. McNeile: Bulldog Drummond The Black Gang G. K. Chesterton: The Innocence of Father Brown The Wisdom of Father Brown Arthur Morrison: Martin Hewitt Series Dorrington & Hicks Stories Ernest Bramah: Max Carrados Stories Victor L. Whitechurch: The Canon in Residence Thrilling Stories of the Railway Thomas W. Hanshew: Hamilton Cleek Series E. W. Hornung: A. J. Raffles Series Mystery Novels J. S. Fletcher: Mystery Novels Paul Campenhaye – Specialist in Criminology Rober Barr: The Triumph of Eugéne Valmont Jennie Baxter, Journalist The Adventures of Sherlaw Kombs The Adventure of the Second Swag Frank Froest Mystery Novels C. N. Williamson & A. M. Williamson Mystery Novels Isabel Ostander Mystery Novels

Author : Susan Prince Oleskiw
Publisher : Mysterious Press
Page : 588 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1989-07-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0892969687

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The Readers Guide to the Classic British Mystery by Susan Prince Oleskiw Pdf

From 19th century classics to as recent as 1985, this complete source book of British Mystery covers more than 1440 titles by 121 authors. Each is fully annotated without giving the ending away.

Author : Arthur Conan Doyle,Ernest Bramah,Arthur Morrison,Wilkie Collins,Thomas W. Hanshew,Edgar Wallace,Frank Froest,J. S. Fletcher,C. N. Williamson,A. M. Williamson,R. Austin Freeman,E. W. Hornung,G. K. Chesterton,H. C. McNeile,Victor L. Whitechurch,Annie Haynes,Ethel Lina White,Rober Barr,Isabel Ostander
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2024-01-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547813521

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BRITISH MYSTERIES Ultimate Collection: 560+ Detective Novels, Thriller Classics, Murder Mysteries, Whodunit Tales & True Crime Stories (Illustrated Edition) by Arthur Conan Doyle,Ernest Bramah,Arthur Morrison,Wilkie Collins,Thomas W. Hanshew,Edgar Wallace,Frank Froest,J. S. Fletcher,C. N. Williamson,A. M. Williamson,R. Austin Freeman,E. W. Hornung,G. K. Chesterton,H. C. McNeile,Victor L. Whitechurch,Annie Haynes,Ethel Lina White,Rober Barr,Isabel Ostander Pdf

This collection consists of the greatest British mystery novels and detective stories, all concocted by the masterminds of the mystery genre: Arthur Conan Doyle: Sherlock Holmes Series A Study in Scarlet The Sign of Four The Hound of the Baskervilles The Valley of Fear The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes The Return of Sherlock Holmes His Last Bow The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes Other Mysteries True Crime Stories Edgar Wallace: Four Just Men Series Mr. J. G. Reeder Series Detective Sgt. Elk Series The Earl of Nowhere Series P.-C. Lee Series Crime Novels True Crime Stories Wilkie Collins: The Woman in White No Name Armadale The Moonstone The Haunted Hotel The Law and The Lady The Dead Secret Miss or Mrs? G. K. Chesterton: The Innocence of Father Brown The Wisdom of Father Brown The Incredulity of Father Brown The Secret of Father Brown The Scandal of Father Brown Ethel Lina White: Fear Stalks the Village Some Must Watch Wax The Wheel Spins Step in the Dark While She Sleeps She Faded into Air Annie Haynes: The Abbey Court Murder The Blue Diamond The House in Charlton Crescent The Crow's Inn Tragedy The Man with the Dark Beard Who Killed Charmian Karslake? The Crime at Tattenham Corner The Crystal Beads Murder R. Austin Freeman: Dr. Thorndyke Series Other Mysteries H. C. McNeile: Bulldog Drummond Series Detective Ronald Standish Stories Arthur Morrison: Martin Hewitt Series Dorrington & Hicks Stories Ernest Bramah: Max Carrados Stories Victor L. Whitechurch: Mystery Novels Thrilling Stories of the Railway Thomas W. Hanshew: Hamilton Cleek Series E. W. Hornung: A. J. Raffles Series Mystery Novels J. S. Fletcher: Mystery Novels Short Stories Rober Barr: The Triumph of Eugéne Valmont Jennie Baxter, Journalist The Adventures of Sherlaw Kombs The Adventure of the Second Swag Frank Froest Mystery Novels C. N. Williamson & A. M. Williamson Mystery Novels Isabel Ostander Mystery Novels

Author : Robert Barnard
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2013-02-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781476737263

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Death of a Mystery Writer by Robert Barnard Pdf

From award-winning mystery writer Robert Barnard comes a classic British whodunit about a bestselling author who is murdered—and his latest unpublished manuscript has gone missing. Sir Oliver Fairleigh-Stubbs, overweight and overbearing, collapses and dies at his birthday party while indulging his taste for rare liquors. He had promised his daughter he would be polite and charitable for the entire day, but the strain of such exemplary behavior was obviously too great. He leaves a family relieved to be rid of him, and he also leaves a fortune, earned as a bestselling mystery author. But the manuscript of the unpublished volume left to Sir Oliver’s wife, a posthumous “last case” that might be worth millions, has disappeared. And Sir Oliver’s death is beginning to look less than natural.