Murder hardcover

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 Features Author Anthony Horowitz Publisher Harper Release date 20180604 Pages 400 ISBN 0-06-267678-4 ISBN 13 978-0-06-267678-8

HARDCOVER without DJ. Boards are soiled and with wear and tear. Inside clean and tightly bound. Sketches from real life as revealed by the searchlight of court trials. Read about the celebrated Cape Town murder case of 1938.

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Hardback. English. Hugh Keartland Publishers. 1968. 216pp. Good condition in hardcover with edgeworn (some paper loss) dw in protective plastic. A memoir of one of the detectives of the crack Johannesburg "murder squad".

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days Features Author Wilfried Kaute Publisher Thomas Dunne Books Release date 20170612 Pages 244 ISBN 1-250-12869-2 ISBN 13 978-1-250-12869-0

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days Agatha Christie's most audacious crime mystery, reissued to mark 90 years since it was first published with a facsimile cover from 1931. Roger Ackroyd knew too much. He knew the woman he loved had poisoned her first husband, that someone was blackmailing her, and that as a consequence she had just taken her own life. But as he read the letter that would tell him the identity of her mysterious blackmailer, he was stabbed to death in a locked room... The Murder of Roger Ackroyd is one of Agatha Christie's most brilliant detective novels and the book that catapulted her to worldwide renown. As a play, under the title of Alibi, it then enjoyed a long and successful run with Charles Laughton as Hercule Poirot. First published in May 1926 by Collins, and joining their Detective Story Club imprint in August 1931 to tie in with the release of the film version starring Austin Trevor as Poirot, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd remains as powerful and shocking today as when it was first published 90 years ago. THIS DETECTIVE STORY CLUB CLASSIC is introduced by crime fiction expert Tony Medawar, who investigates the book's pivotal role in Agatha Christie's success story. Features Summary Agatha Christie's most audacious crime mystery, reissued to mark 90 years since it was first published with a facsimile cover from 1931. Author Agatha Christie (Author), Tony Medawar (Introduction by) Publisher Collins Crime Club Release date 20160519 Pages 238 ISBN 0-00-816499-1 ISBN 13 978-0-00-816499-7

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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd - Agatha Christie by Agatha Christie Publisher:HarperCollins / Year:2011 / Office Use: [290]-120108072017 Type:Hardcover with Dust Jacket Pages:237 Approx. H X W X D (cm): 19 X 13 X 3 ISBN (10): / ISBN (13): Light wear. Chaffing on covers. All text readable. Other: ISSN:14730022  

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 6 - 13 working days A victim is bludgeoned to death with a woodworker's rasp in this first case for the famed gentleman detective Anthony Gethryn - the latest in a new series of classic detective novels from the vaults of HarperCollins. Ex-Secret Service agent Anthony Gethryn is killing time working for a newspaper when he is sent to cover the murder of Cabinet minister John Hoode, bludgeoned to death in his country home with a wood-rasp. Gethryn is convinced that the prime suspect, Hoode's secretary Alan Deacon, is innocent, but to prove it he must convince the police that not everyone else has a cast-iron alibi for the time of the murder. This Detective Story Club classic is introduced by crime fiction expert and writer Tony Medawar, who investigates the forgotten career of one of the Golden Age's finest detective story writers. Features Summary A victim is bludgeoned to death with a woodworker's rasp in this first case for the famed gentleman detective Anthony Gethryn - the latest in a new series of classic detective novels from the vaults of HarperCollins. Author Philip MacDonald (Author), Tony Medawar (Introduction by) Publisher Collins Crime Club Release date 20151203 Pages 240 ISBN 0-00-814811-2 ISBN 13 978-0-00-814811-9

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 6 - 13 working days The latest in a new series of classic detective stories from the vaults of HarperCollins is a reissue of one of literature's most audacious and thought-provoking novels of murder and intrigue, in hardback with its 1929 cover design and a brand new introduction. London lawyer Gabriel John Utterson is persuaded to investigate the sinister activities of the dastardly Mr Edward Hyde. He becomes convinced that Hyde is blackmailing his old friend, Dr Henry Jekyll, and that a master criminal is at work. To his horror, Utterson discovers that the doctor's own researches into the duality of human nature have unleashed a murderous sociopath and set in motion a deadly chain of events that threatens to overwhelm him. Published in January 1886, Robert Louis Stevenson's crime fantasy was an immediate success, inspiring more than 100 stage and film adaptations and becoming one of the best-known stories ever written. It was reissued in the Detective Story Club in 1929 for being 'without equal in the realm of detective fiction'. This Detective Story Club classic is introduced by supernatural and detective fiction researcher Richard Dalby. It includes Stevenson's macabre tales 'Markheim' and 'The Body Snatcher', plus two of the earliest published Jekyll and Hyde parodies - the detective story 'Dr Jekyl' by Robert McLaughlin (1931) and a bizarre 'Untold Sequel' by Francis Little (1890). "The Detective Story Club", launched by Collins in 1929, was a clearing house for the best and most ingenious crime stories of the age, chosen by a select committee of experts. Now, almost 90 years later, these books are the classics of the Golden Age, republished at last with the same popular cover designs that appealed to their original readers. Features Summary The latest in a new series of classic detective stories from the vaults of HarperCollins is a reissue of one of literature's most audacious and thought-provoking novels of murder and intrigue... Author R. L Stevenson (Author), Richard Dalby (Introduction by) Publisher Collins Crime Club Release date 20151119 Pages 192 ISBN 0-00-813721-8 ISBN 13 978-0-00-813721-2

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days 'While her husband prepared to murder a young man he had never met, Bridget O'Neill completed her packing for Christmas with her in-laws.' Francis O'Neill is a terrorist, trained to kill for his cause. Bridget is his wife, expected to be loyal and stand by her husband. She has learned not to hope for much more, until the day she glimpses, for the first time, the chance of a new life. A life without violence, without secrets, and without knocks on the door in the dead of night. A life without her husband. But what if freedom for Bridget means grave danger for Francis? In A Traitor in the Family, bestselling author, Nicholas Searle, tells a story of shocking, intimate betrayal. Can a treacherous act of the most personal kind ever be, in this darkly violent world, an act of mercy? Features Summary 'While her husband prepared to murder a young man he had never met, Bridget O'Neill completed her packing for Christmas with her in-laws.' Francis O'Neill is a terrorist... Author Nicholas Searle Publisher Viking Release date 20170401 Pages 320 ISBN 0-241-29636-6 ISBN 13 978-0-241-29636-3

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days Father Brennan Burke's patience is tested to the limit when a young woman announces to the world that the Virgin Mary has appeared to her in his churchyard, and hordes of pilgrims, souvenir hawkers, and reporters converge on the scene. But, as unwelcome as these guests may be, they pale in comparison to yet another aggravation in Father Burke's life, a controversial talk show host who clashes with Burke the minute he arrives in town. Events take a darker turn when a body is found at the apparition site, and the talk show host is picked up for the murder. There is enough aggravation to go around, as lawyer Monty Collins learns when he takes on the loud-mouthed TV man as a client. Monty and Brennan both have a stake in uncovering the truth about the murder, and learn disturbing things about the accused and other suspects in the case. Problem is, Monty and Brennan cannot talk to each other about what they find out, because one is bound by solicitor-client confidentiality and the other by the seal of the confessional. Features Summary Father Brennan Burke's patience is tested to the limit when a young woman announces to the world that the Virgin Mary has appeared to her in his churchyard... Author Anne Emery Publisher Ecw Press,Canada Release date 20130926 Pages 300 ISBN 1-77041-122-4 ISBN 13 978-1-77041-122-7

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 8 - 15 working days A Nest of Vipers is the twenty-first novel in Andrea Camilleri's irresistible Inspector Montalbano series. Quite a family, you had to admit! A nest of vipers might be a better description... On what should be a quiet Sunday morning, Inspector Montalbano is called to a murder scene on the Sicilian coast. A man has discovered his father dead in his Vigatan beach house: his body slumped on the dining room floor, his morning coffee spilt across the table, and a single gunshot wound at the base of his skull. First appearances point to the son having the most to gain from his father's untimely death, a notion his sister can't help but reinforce. But when Montalbano delves deeper into the case, and learns of the dishonourable life the victim led, it soon becomes clear half of Vigata has a motive for his murder and this won't be as simple as the Inspector had once hoped... Features Summary A Nest of Vipers is the twenty-first novel in Andrea Camilleri's irresistible Inspector Montalbano series. Quite a family, you had to admit! A nest of vipers might be a better description... Author Andrea Camilleri (Author), Stephen Sartarelli (Translator) Publisher Mantle Release date 20170725 Pages 288 ISBN 1-4472-6598-X ISBN 13 978-1-4472-6598-6

Book and wrapper still in about perfect condition - previous owner's name inside -  1976. First edition. Author's first novel. -. Introducing Bob Staunton and his younger colleague Leo Wyndsor of the Scotland Yard murder squad to investigate the murder of a woman. On many occasions as the search for the killer proceeds, the reader knows that he is looking at the murderer and is aware that the murderer must kill again unless Staunton and Wyndsor can solve the case. *N.B.*   If you buy more than one book from me you only pay R 6 postage on each additional book - See what else I have to offer, it might be worth your while.  

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days 'Jo Cox's selfless service to others made the world a better place' Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States THE NUMBER 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Jo's dedication to a fairer and kinder world beautifully told...' Bear Grylls | 'A desperately tender account... part love story, part grief memoir... resolutely uplifting' Decca Aitkenhead, Guardian | 'Brave, inspiring, and full of love' Daily Express | 'A chance to get to know the woman behind the headlines - a tiny ball of energy with a heart as big as a lion, a person who wanted to make a difference' Lorraine Kelly, Sun Jo Cox's murder in June 2016 shocked the world. In the aftermath of her tragic death her husband Brendan Cox urged us to remember Jo's life and what she stood for and not the manner of her death. In this inspiring and impassioned portrait of Jo - as daughter, mother, wife, sister, MP and campaigner - we see how much she gave and much more she had to give. The values she embraced of togetherness, inclusion and compassion are needed now more than ever. A touching and very human portrait of an extraordinary woman, whose legacy has already inspired others. This summer over 100,000 events were part of The Great Get Together in honour of Jo. 'We are far more united and have far more in common with each other than things that divide us.' Winner of the Best Political Book by a non-Parliamentarian (Parliamentary Book Awards) All Brendan Cox's royalties will go to the Jo Cox Foundation. 'Jo would have no regrets about her life, she lived every day of it to the full.' Features Summary Jo Cox's murder in June 2016 shocked the world. In the aftermath of her tragic death her husband Brendan Cox urged us to remember Jo's life and what she stood for and not the manner of her death... Author Brendan Cox Publisher Two Roads Pub Release date 20170613 Pages 352 ISBN 1-4736-5918-3 ISBN 13 978-1-4736-5918-6

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days What drives someone to murder? The No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author returns with the much anticipated new Logan McRae thriller. Some things just won't stay buried... Logan McRae's personal history is hardly squeaky clean, but now that he works for Professional Standards he's policing his fellow officers. When Detective Inspector Bell turns up dead in the driver's seat of a crashed car it's a shock to everyone. Because Bell died two years ago, they buried him. Or they thought they did. As an investigation is launched into Bell's stabbing, Logan digs into his past. Where has he been all this time? Why did he disappear? And what's so important that he felt the need to come back from the dead? But the deeper Logan digs, the more bones he uncovers - and there are people out there who'll kill to keep those skeletons buried. If Logan can't stop them, DI Bell won't be the only one to die... Features Summary What drives someone to murder? The No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author returns with the much anticipated new Logan McRae thriller. Author Stuart MacBride Publisher HarperCollinsPublishers Release date 20180521 Pages 496 ISBN 0-00-820821-2 ISBN 13 978-0-00-820821-9

 Mind Games (Sam Becket #1) by Hilary Norman   On the face of it, the double murder of Arnold and Marie Robbins looks just like another brutal Miami Beach killing - except that Cathy, their daughter, is lying between them. She is blood-soaked and in deep shock, but alive. Has she survived only to face murder charges?    

A Kiss of Fire - Masako Togawa With formidable psychological intensity, Masako builds up a complex plot which moves dramatically and remorselessly towards a devastating climax. A Kiss of Fire is a Bizarre and gripping story of fire, murder and obsession by one of the subtlest and more chilling of writers Publisher: 1st publ Binding: Hardcover / Dust cover, Big Book Number of pages:224 Condition: Good, ex lib with stamps - Book intact                                                             I have more books in This Category   I have many books on sale, please check my listings. I am happy to combine and save postage for you.  

  Black Creek Crossing by JOHN SAUL FIRST EDITION HARDCOVER - Published March 2004 - Ballantine: NY Clean Dust Jacket - Item in Very Good Condition! The dark history and dire secrets of a peaceful small town are summoned from the shadows of the past. Unholy forces are stirred from long slumber to monstrous new life. And two young misfits discover the chilling art of turning persecution into retribution. With these eerie ingredients, bestselling master John Saul once again works his unique brand of sinister magic to conjure an unforgettable tale of unspeakable terror. For most of her young life, thirteen-year-old Angel Sullivan has been on the outside looking in, enduring the taunts of cruel schoolmates and the angry abuse of a bitter father. Then Angel’s family moves to the quaint town of Roundtree, Massachusetts—where a charming home is available, a promising job awaits Angel’s unemployed father, and most of all, the chance to make a new start beckons to the shy, hopeful teenager. But when she is shunned by her new classmates, Angel falls deeper into despair. Until she meets Seth Baker, a fellow outcast—and a fateful kinship is forged.  It’s Seth who tells Angel the unspoken truth about the legacy of murder that hangs over her family’s home—and the whispered rumors that something supernatural still dwells there. Uncertain whether the stories are true, and desperate to escape the torment of their daily lives, Angel and Seth devote themselves to contacting whatever restless soul haunts the dark recesses of Black Creek Crossing. But once they have begun, there is no turning back.  Guided by an anguished and vengeful spirit, they uncover the shocking events and centuries-old horrors that lay buried beneath the placid veneer of Roundtree. And along with the ghastly revelations comes a terrifying power—one that feeds upon the rage of the victimized, turning the basest impulses and most dangerous desires into devastating weapons. Now, the closer Angel and Seth are pushed toward the edge by their tormentors, the deeper they descend into the maelstrom of dark forces they’ve unleashed... and the more unspeakable the hour of reckoning will be.  

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 6 - 13 working days A facsimile first edition hardback of the Miss Marple books, published to mark the 75th anniversary of her first appearance and to celebrate her new-found success on television. When The Murder at the Vicarage was published in October 1930, little did the literary world realise that Agatha Christie, already famous for her early Poirot titles, was introducing a character who would become the best-loved female sleuth of all time. The 14 Marple books would appear at intervals over the next 49 years, with Miss Marple's Final Cases published in 1979, three years after Agatha's death. To mark the 75th anniversary of Miss Marple's first appearance, and to celebrate her renewed fortunes as a primetime television star, this collection of facsimile first editions will be the perfect way to enjoy these books in their original form - 12 novels and two short story collections. Reproducing the original typesetting and formats from the first editions from the Christie family's own archive copies, these books sport the original covers which have been painstakingly restored from the best available copies, reflecting five decades of iconic cover design. Features Summary A facsimile first edition hardback of the Miss Marple books, published to mark the 75th anniversary of her first appearance and to celebrate her new-found success on television.. Author Agatha Christie Publisher HarperCollinsPublishers Release date 20051107 Pages 192 ISBN 0-00-720847-2 ISBN 13 978-0-00-720847-0

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days A prostitute dressed in a blue rabbit fur coat walks through the darkness of Hackney Fields, seemingly alone. But someone is waiting for her...A woman is found dead in her bath, a small child crying in the room next door...Is it accidental death or the perfect murder? When WPC Jane Tennison is promoted to the role of Detective Constable in London's Bow Street CID, she is immediately conflicted. While her far more experience colleagues move on swiftly from one criminal case to another, Jane is often left with doubts about their findings. Becoming inextricably embroiled in a multiple-rape case, Jane must put her life at risk in the search for answers. Will she toe the CID line, or endanger her position by seeking the truth...? Features Summary Two brutal criminal cases confront Jane Tennison as she transfers to CID to find her trust in her experienced police colleagues irrevocably shaken. Author Lynda LaPlante Publisher Simon & Schuster Release date 20161020 Pages 512 ISBN 1-4711-4054-7 ISBN 13 978-1-4711-4054-9

Everywhere hailed as a novel of rare beauty and power, White Oleander tells the unforgettable story of Ingrid, a brilliant poet imprisoned for murder, and her daughter, Astrid, whose odyssey through a series of Los Angeles foster homes-each its own universe, with its own laws, its own dangers, its own hard lessons to be learned-becomes a redeeming and surprising journey of self-discovery.

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days The accused was a slight, frightened man who had deliberately broken the law. His trial was a Roman circus. The chief gladiators were two great legal giants of the century. Like two bull elephants locked in mortal combat, they bellowed and roared imprecations and abuse. The spectators sat uneasily in the sweltering heat with murder in their hearts, barely able to restrain themselves. At stake was the freedom of every American. One of the most moving and meaningful plays of our generation. "a tidal wave of a drama." -- "New York World-Telegram And Sun" Features Summary The powerful classic drama based on the Scopes "monkey trial" of the 1920s--one of the most important legal confrontations of the 20th century--is repackaged in this new paperback edition.. Author Jerome Lawrence (Author), Robert E. Lee (Author) Publisher Perfection Learning Release date 20031101 Pages 129 ISBN 0-8124-1593-0 ISBN 13 978-0-8124-1593-3

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days November 22, 2013 marks the 50th anniversary of the tragedy that has haunted America ever since. For the first time, this concise and compelling book pierces the veil of secrecy to fully document the small, tightly-held conspiracy that killed President John F. Kennedy. It explains why he was murdered, and how it was done in a way that forced many records to remain secret for almost fifty years. The Hidden History of JFK's Assassination draws on exclusive interviews with more than two dozen associates of John and Robert Kennedy, in addition to former FBI, Secret Service, military intelligence, and Congressional personnel, who provided critical first-hand information. The book also uses government files--including the detailed FBI confession of notorious Mafia godfather Carlos Marcello--to simply and clearly reveal exactly who killed JFK. Using information never published before, the book uses Marcello's own words to his closest associates to describe the plot. His confession is also backed up by a wealth of independent documentation. This book builds on the work of the last Congressional committee to investigate JFK's murder, which concluded that JFK 'was probably assassinated as a result of a conspiracy," and that godfathers ["Santo] Trafficante [and Carlos] Marcello had the motive, means, and opportunity to assassinate President Kennedy." However, it also draws on exclusive files and information not available to Congress, that have only emerged in recent years, to fully explain for the first time how Marcello and Trafficante committed--and got away with--the crime of the 20th century. Some of the book's revelations will be dramatized in the upcoming Warner Brothers film Legacy of Secrecy, produced by and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, which also stars Robert De Niro as Carlos Marcello. The Hidden History of JFK's Assassination is the definitive account of the crime and the secrecy which has surrounded it. Features Summary November 22, 2013 marks the 50th anniversary of the tragedy that has haunted America ever since. For the first time, this concise and compelling book pierces the veil of secrecy to fully document the small... Author Lamar Waldron Publisher Counterpoint Release date 20131023 Pages 400 ISBN 1-61902-226-5 ISBN 13 978-1-61902-226-3

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days Orange Is the New Black meets Walter Dean Myer's Monster in this gritty, twisty, and haunting debut by Tiffany D. Jackson about a girl convicted of murder seeking the truth while surviving life in a group home. Mary B. Addison killed a baby. Allegedly. She didn't say much in that first interview with detectives, and the media filled in the only blanks that mattered: a white baby had died while under the care of a churchgoing black woman and her nine-year-old daughter. The public convicted Mary and the jury made it official. But did she do it? There wasn't a point to setting the record straight before, but now she's got Ted-and their unborn child-to think about. When the state threatens to take her baby, Mary's fate now lies in the hands of the one person she distrusts the most: her Momma. No one knows the real Momma. But does anyone know the real Mary? Features Summary When Mary, a teenager living in a group home, becomes pregnant, authorities take another look at the crime for which Mary was convicted when she was nine years old. Author Tiffany D. Jackson Publisher Katherine Tegen Books Release date 20170123 Pages 400 ISBN 0-06-242264-2 ISBN 13 978-0-06-242264-4