Groote park murder

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days From a murder in South Africa to the tracking down of a master criminal in northern Scotland, this is a true classic of Golden Age detective fiction by one of its most accomplished champions. When a signalman discovers a mutilated body inside a railway tunnel near Groote Park, it seems to be a straightforward case of a man struck by a passing train. But Inspector Vandam of the Middeldorp police isn't satisfied that Albert Smith's death was accidental, and he sets out to prove foul play in a baffling mystery which crosses continents from deepest South Africa to the wilds of northern Scotland, where an almost identical crime appears to have been perpetrated. The Groote Park Murder was the last of Freeman Wills Crofts' standalone crime novels, foreshadowing his iconic Inspector French series and helping to cement his reputation (according to his publishers) as `the greatest and most popular detective writer in the world'. Like The Cask, The Ponson Case and The Pit-Prop Syndicate before it, here were a delightfully ingenious plot, impeccable handling of detail, and an overwhelming surprise `curtain' from a masterful crime writer on the cusp of global success. This Detective Club classic is introduced with an essay by Freeman Wills Crofts, unseen since 1937, about `The Writing of a Detective Novel'. Features Summary From a murder in South Africa to the tracking down of a master criminal in northern Scotland, this is a true classic of Golden Age detective fiction by one of its most accomplished champions. Author Freeman Wills Crofts Publisher Collins Crime Club Release date 20170420 Pages 288 ISBN 0-00-815933-5 ISBN 13 978-0-00-815933-7

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days When Bunny Pederson disappears after being a bridesmaid at her best friend's wedding, the police call for volunteers to help search for her. One of them, a travelling shirt salesman, discovers the woman's amputated finger and the missing person inquiry becomes a murder investigation. In the absence of a body, the salesman, Justice Trip, is courted by the media - a position he'd learned to enjoy from a similar experience some years previously. Paris Murphy, a detective with the Minneapolis-St Paul's Police Department, remembers Trip from her schooldays and isn't convinced by his act as a caring citizen, especially when Bunny's body is found in an area Trip had visited. The case isn't strictly in her jurisdiction, but it is a welcome distraction from her failing marriage and her guilt over an affair she knows isn't really over. Justice Trip was ugly, still lived with his invalid father in a trailer park and his c.v. was a repetitive litany of firings from dead-end jobs. But he was very successful at killing people - and getting away with murder - until Paris Murphy crosses his path. Features Summary Paris Murphy returns to kick ass in Minnesota Author Theresa Monsour Publisher Sphere Release date 20170706 Pages 384 ISBN 0-7515-6987-9 ISBN 13 978-0-7515-6987-2

 An excavation at the lost gardens of Earlsacre Hall is halted when a skeleton is discovered beneath a 500-year-old stone plinth - the remains of a woman who was buried alive. But when even more skeletons turn up in the walled garden, Detective Wesley Peterson has little time for archeology. He has a far more recent murder case on his hands. A man has been stabbed to death a popular holiday park and the only clue to his identity is a newspaper cutting about the restoration of Earlsacre Hall gardens.  Could local solicitor Brian Willerby have the answer? He is eager to talk to Wessley but before he can reveal his secret he is killed during a 'friendly' cricket match, apparently hit several times by a flying cricket ball. What is it about Earlsacre Hall that leads people to murder? And what is the sinister secret of the bone garden? For someone close to Wessley, time is running out. Soft cover, fairly good condition. Slight signs of wear.  232 pages.  

POLAR STAR by MARTIN CRUZ SMITH. Published by FONTANA/Collins Harvill. Softcover. 1989. 437 pages ISBN-13: Not available ISBN-10: Not available Martin Cruz Smith is an American mystery novelist. He is best known for his eight-novel series on Russian investigator Arkady Renko, who was first introduced in 1981 with Gorky Park. Wikipedia An excellent second hand copy of this book. The review on the back cover by NEW YOUR TIMES reads as follows:  Fishing in the Bering Sea, a trawler's nets bring up flatfish, pollock, crabs and a blonde girl in a white vlouse and blue jeans.  Her name is Zina, and she is a crew member of the Soviet factory ship Polar Star which processes the American trawlers' catches........ Renko is ordered by his captain to investigate the accident that has all the marks of murder. Up against the celebrated Soviet bureaucracy once more, Renko must again become the obsessed, dedicated cop he was in Gorky Park and solve a chilling mystery fraught with international complications. This is a MUST READ to add to your reading bucket list.  

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 4 - 8 working days The newest crime novel sensation: In this shocking and suspenseful psychological thriller, a police detective must confront a hideous evil that forces her to question how much suffering one person can inflict upon another before creating a monster. In a Stockholm city park, police discover the hideously abused body of a young boy. Detective Superintendent Jeanette Kihlberg heads the investigation, battling an apathetic prosecutor and a bureaucratic police force unwilling to devote resources to solving the murder of a nameless immigrant child. But with the discovery of two more mutilated children's corpses, it becomes clear that a serial killer is at large. Jeanette turns to therapist Sofia Zetterlund for her expertise in psychopathic perpetrators, and their lives become increasingly intertwined, professionally and personally. As they draw closer to the truth about the killings--working together but, ultimately, each on her own--we come to understand that these murders are only the most obvious evidence of a hellishly insidious evil woven deep into Swedish society. As viscerally dramatic as it is psychologically intense, The Crow Girl is a tale of almost unfathomably heinous deeds, and of the profound damage--and the equally profound need for revenge--left in their wake. Features Summary Starts with just one body - tortured, mummified and then discarded. Its discovery reveals a nightmare world of hidden lives. Of lost identities, secret rituals and brutal exploitation... Author Erik Axl Sund Publisher Harvill Secker Release date 20160427 Pages 767 ISBN 1-84655-757-7 ISBN 13 978-1-84655-757-6

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days The richest prize in racing. The perfect motive to commit a crime... Jeff Hinkley, a British Horseracing Authority investigator, has been seconded to the US Federal Anti-Corruption in Sports Agency (FACSA) where he has been asked to find a mole in their organisation, an informant who is passing on confidential information to fix races. Jeff goes in search of answers, taking on an undercover role as a groom on the backstretch at Belmont Park racetrack in New York. But he discovers far more than he was bargaining for, finding himself as the meat in the sandwich between FACSA and corrupt individuals who will stop at nothing, including murder, to capture the most elusive and lucrative prize in the world - the Triple Crown. Features Summary The Francis brand of thrillers is about to be updated and expanded for a new generation! Author Felix Francis Publisher Simon & Schuster Release date 20160922 Pages 448 ISBN 1-4711-5547-1 ISBN 13 978-1-4711-5547-5

Another Kay Scarpetta thriller,a murder in Central Park. d/w very good Edition: 1st, US edition Publisher: Scribner Binding: Hardcover ISBN: 0 684 195984

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days 'She has many rare and charming qualities, but Sobriety is not one of them.' A selection of Austen's dark and hilarious early writings - featuring murder, drunkenness, perjury, theft, poisoning, women breaking out of prison, men forging wills and babies biting off their mothers' fingers... Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions. Jane Austen (1775-1817). Austen's works available in Penguin Classics are Emma, Lady Susan, The Watsons and Sanditon, Love and Freindship and Other Youthful Writings, Mansfield Park, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility. Features Summary Helps you celebrate the range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. This book takes us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan... Author Jane Austen Publisher Penguin Classics Release date 20150225 Pages 54 ISBN 0-14-139707-1 ISBN 13 978-0-14-139707-8