Sorted on book title (not in series order)
One of Ngaio Marsh’s most popular novels, this time featuring one of her best creations – Lucy Lockett, the crime-solving cat.
When the exuberant president of Ng’ombwana proposes to dispense with the usual security arrangements on an official visit to London, his old school mate...Read more
A deaf woman learns something she shouldn’t, and she asks Miss Silver for protection
Paulina Paine was buried under her house during the Blitz. She spent twenty-four hours trapped underneath the rubble, where the silence was absolute as the grave, and only after...Read more
Nobody liked the drunken, violent William Lush. And now, after beating his wife to death, he has disappeared. Or has he been killed, too?
Time, for once, is against DETECTIVE-INSPECTOR NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, with the river rising as he sets to work to locate Lush...alive or dead....Read more
‘Contrary to what you think, I’m carrying out this investigation as best I can. But let’s do this: if I get stuck, if I find I can’t go forward or back, then I’ll let you know, and you can step in. And offer me a way out. You’ve gained a bit of detective work through me, haven’t you? What...Read more
Late November, 1980. Student Nick Hartley returns from a lecture to find his house full of police officers. As he discovers that his ex-girlfriend has been found murdered in a nearby park, and her new boyfriend is missing, he realises two things in quick succession: he is...Read more
Private investigator Cliff Hardy is no financial genius, but in this collection of hard-boiled detective stories he pursues white-collar criminals with the same doggedness he applies to his more downmarket villains. A conveniently placed telephone book advertisement leads Hardy to begin...Read more
A murder trial takes a diabolical turn when the wife of the accused takes a stand...
A woman's sixth—and a loaded revolver—signal premonitions of doom...
A stranded motorist seeks refuge in a remote mansion, and is greeted with a dire warning...
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