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Carol Carnac, E. C. R. Lorac
A classic mystery reprinting for the first time since the 1950s copies of the original are extremely scarce. One of our reader favourites of the Crime Classics series returns, with…
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E C R Lorac
E. C. R. Lorac spins a twisting tale full of wry humor and red herrings, poking some fun at her contemporary reviewers, who long suspected the Lorac pseudonym to belong…
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First published in 1946 and set in the fell country of Lunesdale over the course of a rainy September, The Theft of the Iron Dogs is the very picture of…
Bruce Attleton dazzled London's literary scene with his first two novels-but his early promise did not bear fruit. His wife Sybilla is a glittering actress, unforgiving of Bruce's failure, and…
E. C. R. Lorac
The Second World War is drawing to a close. Nicholas Vaughan, released from the army after an accident, takes refuge in Little Thatch - a thatched cottage in the Devon…
Originally published in 1945 by Collins. Permanent Policeman was first published in MacKill’s Mystery Magazine, March 1953 –Title page verso.
[An] excellent fair-play mystery…this British Library Crime Classic more than deserves that status.–Publishers Weekly, STARRED Review
On a dismally foggy night in Hampstead, London, a curious party has gathered in…
An invitation to a treasure hunt open to thriller writers and lesser mortals confronts Scotland Yard’s Chief Inspector Macdonald with two baffling deaths.– Kirkus Reviews
Amidst the confusion of too…
"Effortlessly atmospheric [with] a killer likely to take most readers by surprise." -- Kirkus Reviews
Renowned for its authentic characters and settings based partly on the author's own experiences of…
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This intricate mystery from a classic writer is set in a superbly evoked London of the 1930s.
This atmospheric mystery set against the backdrop of 1945 blackout London sees Lorac’s CID man MacDonald pit his considerable wits against a host of characterful suspects. Also includes the Lorac…
"Post after post-mortem was originally published in 1936 by Collins, London"--Title page verso.
Everyone says that Sister Monica, warden of a children’s home in rural Devon, is a saint - but is she? When her body is found drowned in the mill race…
E. C. R Lorac
Originally published in 1946 by Collins –Title page verso.
Mystery crime fiction written in the Golden Age of Murder
Never make trouble in the village is an unspoken law, but it’s a binding law. You may know about your…
It is a dark and misty night–isn’t it always?–and bachelors Nicholas and Ian are driving to the ball at Fordings…
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