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Phryne Fisher - she of the grey-green eyes and diamante garters - is rapidly tiring of the boredom of chit-chatting with retired colonels and foxtrotting with weak-chinned wonders. Instead, Phryne decides it might be amusing to try her hand at being a lady detective - on the other side of the world.
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Flying too high - miss phryne fisher investigates
Kerry Greenwood
- Robinson publishing
- 18 Avril 2013
- 9781780339528
Whether foiling kidnappers' plans, walking the wings of a Tiger Moth or simply deciding what to wear for dinner, Phryne handles everything with her usual panache and flair. This title takes you on an adventure with glamorous heroine Phryne Fisher.
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Murder on the ballarat train - miss phryne fisher investigates
Kerry Greenwood
- Robinson publishing
- 18 Avril 2013
- 9781780339542
When Phryne Fisher arranges to go to Ballarat for a week, she eschews the excitement of her Hispano-Suiza for the sedate safety of the train. But as the passengers sleep, they are all overcome by chloroform poisoning.
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The year is 92BC and Gordianus has just turned eighteen and is about to embark on adventure of a lifetime: a far-flung journey to see the Seven Wonders of the World. Gordianus is not yet called 'The Finder' - that title belongs to his father. But at each of Seven Wonders, wide-eyed Roman encounters a mystery to challenge his powers of deduction.
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The Laughter of Dead Kings ; A Vicky Bliss Murder Mystery
Elizabeth Peters
- Robinson publishing
- 30 Avril 2009
- 9781845299019
The heist of the century has taken place in Egypt's Valley of the Kings, and Vicki's on/off boyfriend, Sir John Smythe, is a prime suspect. Despite his insistence that he is no longer in the business of stealing antiquities and art objects, even Vicky isn't one hundred percent certain he has not fallen back into his old habits.
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All it took was one small item on the regional news for Kimberly Guyver and Rachel Golinski to know that their old life was catching up with them. They wondered how they'd been naive enough to think it wouldn't. They hoped they still had a chance to leave it behind - just one more time - but within hours, Rachel's home is burning.
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When a local woman tells Sergeant Hamish Macbeth that she doesn't remember what happened the previous evening, he's not unduly worried. After all, she's been out drinking. But when her body is discovered in a ditch, Hamish is forced to investigate a crime that the only known witness - now dead - has forgotten...
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Celebrated author John Heppel is known in Lochdubh as a self-important bore, prone to belittling the scribblings of the locals in his creative writing class. So when he's found dead, his mouth oozing ink, it seems a fitting fate. But for PC Hamish Macbeth the murder is more than a disruption to idyllic village life.
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The Thief is a seasoned pickpocket. Anonymous in his tailored suit, he weaves in and out of Tokyo crowds, stealing wallets from strangers so smoothly sometimes he doesn't even remember the snatch. Most people are just a blur to him, nameless faces from whom he chooses his victims. He has no family, no friends, no connections...
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The mammoth book of best british crime
Maxim Jakubowski
- Robinson publishing
- 2 Février 2012
- 9781780330945
An annual anthology for every crime fiction fan. It features the year's top new British short stories selected by a leading crime critic. It covers the full range of mystery fiction, from noir and hardboiled crime to ingenious puzzles and amateur sleuthing.
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He mutilates his victims. Slices their throats. And carves an X into their flesh. Five years ago, he claimed the lives of six women. Then the killings abruptly stopped - no one knows why. Ex-homicide detective Frank Quinn remembers. Which is why he's shocked to see one of the dead women in his office.
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Agatha Raisin has never been one for enforced holiday cheer, but her friendly little village of Carsely has always prided itself on its traditional Christmas festivities. But this year the bells will not be ringing out "Silent Night" as Mr John Sunday, an officer has chosen Christmas as the time to crack down.
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The Mammoth Book of Vintage Whodunnits ; Hidden Gems from the First Days of Mystery Fiction
Maxim Jakubowski
- Robinson publishing
- 16 Mars 2006
- 9781845292522
The years 1850-1905 represent the pre-Golden Age of crime writing. Drawing from those earliest days of mystery fiction, this anthology includes a surprising number of authors not commonly associated with crime fiction - names like Alexander Dumas, Alexander Pushkin, Charles Dickens, Robert Louis Stephenson, Arnold Bennett, Mark Twain and more.
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Agatha Raisin and a Spoonful of Poison ; An Agatha Raisin Cotswolds Murder Mystery
M. C. Beaton
- Robinson publishing
- 18 Mai 2009
- 9781845298937
Cranky but lovable sleuth Agatha Raisin's detective agency has become so successful that she wants nothing more than to take quality time for rest and relaxation. But as soon as she begins closing the agency on weekends, she remembers that when she has plenty of quality time, she doesn't know what to do with it.
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Death of a Gentle Lady ; A Hamish Macbeth Murder Mystery
M. C. Beaton
- Robinson publishing
- 22 Janvier 2009
- 9781845299637
Mrs Gentle has fooled everyone into thinking she is as sweet as she sounds - Gentle by name and gentle by nature. But local constable Hamish Macbeth isn't fooled. He believes this little old lady is actually quite sly and vicious, but he's in a minority of one. Or is he?
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The Triumph of Caesar ; A Mystery of Ancient Rome
Steven Saylor
- Robinson publishing
- 12 Mars 2009
- 9781845298999
Having obliterated the opposition, Caesar is now dictator for life. In the upcoming celebrations, Vercingetorix the Gaul is scheduled to be executed, as is Arsinoe, the sister of Cleopatra and Cleopatra herself is in Rome on a state visit, trying to convince Caesar to acknowledge their son as his heir. Marc Antony and Caesar are at odds.
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The year is 1905 and Powerscourt is sent to Ireland to investigate a series of art thefts from stately houses. Motive troubles Powerscourt; were these robberies merely for gain? A number of Old Masters had been left untouched and the ones taken were all ancient family portraits of the aristocratic Protestant gentry. Are these thefts political?
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Best British Crime ; Over 35 New Short Stories from the UK's Premier Crime Writers
Maxim Jakuboswki
- Robinson publishing
- 12 Mars 2009
- 9781845299255
Presents 35 short stories of murder mystery, selected from the British crime fiction.
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In February 1939 it is clear that Britain will soon be at war and will depend on Winston Churchill's leadership. MI5 learns that an enemy agent has been dispatched to assassinate him. Lord Edward Corinth must identify the killer and his first port of call is the Astors' country house, the focus for those prepared to go to any lengths to avert war.
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In the isolated villages in the very north of Scotland, villagers rely on the services of the itinerant sweep, Pete Ray. Pete is always able to find work in the Scottish highlands, until one day when Police Constable Hamish Macbeth notices blood dripping onto the floor of a villager's fireplace, and a dead body stuffed inside the chimney.
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Winter Parva, a Cotswolds village, has decided to throw a celebratory hog roast to mark the beginning of the winter holiday festivities and Agatha Raisin has arrived with friend and rival in the sleuthing business, Toni, to enjoy the merriment. But as the spit pig is carried towards the bed of fiery charcoal Agatha, things aren't as they seem...
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Agatha Raisin and Kissing Christmas Goodbye
M C Beaton
- Robinson publishing
- 28 Février 2008
- 9781845295332
During the dark, grey days of early December Agatha is obsessed by only two things - Christmas, and her ex, James Lacey. Even the murder of Mrs Tamworthy, poisoned with hemlock at the local manor house, does little to distract Agatha from organizing her perfect yuletide celebrations. Agatha sets out to solve the case with the help of her recruit.
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The Mammoth Book of Best British Mysteries
Maxim Jakubowski
- Robinson publishing
- 3 Avril 2008
- 9781845297114
Presents over 20 short stories of murder mystery, selected from the British crime fiction.
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The bodies are found in towns and cities around Puget Sound. The young women who are the victims had nothing in common - except the agony of their final moments. But somebody carefully chose them to stalk, capture, and torture... a depraved killer whose cunning is matched only by the depth of his bloodlust. But the dying has only just begun.
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