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Francis Durbridge
A man schemes to murder his wealthy wife for the love of another woman the sister, an actress friend or the au pair? Victim and victimized become intertwined in this…
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Murder and mystery abound in this ingenious play with more than its fair share of blind alleys. A greedy husband plots to kill his wife and make it look like…
Max Telligan, a popular novelist, has returned to his London apartment from a business trip to Munich to find his evening newspaper containing a report of his violent death. He…
What do a Koala bear, a devious chef, and an emerald necklace have in common? Carl Houston, Sussex hotelier, nearly loses his life finding out in this thriller of international…
Ross is a successful, happily married cardiac consultant - until his wife Fay announces she has fallen in love with the notorious womanizer Julian Kane. Later, Ross’s assistant discovers two…
Howard, a well-known book publisher, is concerned for his wife, Joanna, who has become unusually distressed and nervous. When Howard arrives home one day to find that Joanna has shot…
Stacey Harrison is a charming, intelligent, successful career woman who unfortunately gets involved in divorce, but several murders as well.
Robert and Stella learn that their son has been kidnapped - not for ransom, but to force them to allow one of the kidnappers to remain in their house. Two…
Many people dislike Larry Campbell but none feel more embittered than David Ryder. Ryder pursues his vendetta by nefariously obtaining a key to Campbell’s flat to kill him. Deceit, suspicion…
When two young women are found murdered within a week of each other, Scotland Yard enlist the help of sleuthing crime writer Paul Temple to unravel the mystery. Working in…
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In the dead of night, a watchman is brutally attacked and with his dying breath cries out, The Green Finger! It is the latest in a series of robberies to…
Actress Norma Rice is found dead on a train, and the letters REX are scrawled in red chalk on her compartment window. It is the third death to occur in…
Paul and Steve are called upon to crack a case involving Carl Milbourne, the brother-in-law of wealthy financier Maurice Lonsdale. After the news that Carl has perished in a fatal…
An aeroplane crash sends billows of fire down the cliffs of Dulworth Bay and two boys from a public school go missing, what connects these two events? Paul Temple is…
When Paul Temple is asked to do a simple favour for his wife Steve, he has no idea of the brutal repercussions about to follow.
The detective novel ‘The Front Page Men’ is a resounding success, but its author Andrea Fortune keeps herself hidden from the public. When a series of robberies are committed, a…
As detective Paul Temple turns his hand to playwright, his leading lady Iris Archer pulls out shortly before the play is due to open and declares that she is heading…
Sir Graham Forbes of Scotland Yard often calls upon Paul Temple to help with his latest unfathomable case…
Historian Alfred Kelby decides to publish the diaries of Margaret Spender, Lord Delamore’s secretary and secret lover. But these diaries go beyond historical records, they are pure scandal.
Francis Durbridge was the twentieth century's foremost writer of thrillers for radio and television creating, among many others, amateur sleuths Paul Temple and Tim Frrazer. But there was another side…
In Soho geht ein gefahrlicher Moerder um, der Barmadchen mit einem Messer toetet. Scotland Yard steht vor einem Ratsel. Zur gleichen Zeit befindet sich der wohlhabende Immobilienmakler Makler Mike Hilton…
Paul Temple muss her!
(Send for Paul Temple)
Ein Kriminalstuck von Francis Durbridge
Scotland Yard steht vor einem Ratsel. Eine gefahrliche Verbrecherbande verunsichert London einerseits durch Kindesentfuhrungen und Loesegelderpressungen und…
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Paul Temple und die Affaire Gregory -
Geheimnisvolle und hoechst mysterioese Umstande haben den Ex-Inspektor Richard Grant und seine Frau Margret dazu veranlasst, vorubergehend…
Susan Kelford, die vierjahrige Tochter des reichen Sir Cedric Kelford, dem Prasidenten der Londoner Central Bank, wird entfuhrt. Das Madchen war gerade in einem Londoner Park, als eine kleine gelbe…
Francis durbridge was arguably the most popular writer of mystery thrillers for BBC radio and television from the 1930s to the 1970s, after which he enjoyed a successful career as…
Mr and Mrs Paul Temple Having missed a train from Italy to Switzerland, the Temples take the next one with ex-FBI agent Harry McRoy and several suspicious characters. After McRoy…
A plane crash on Dulworth Bay and the disappearance of two schoolboys are linked when Temple pursues the shadowy Curzon, whose name is inscribed on a cricket bat owned by…
La Boutique is the chic London dress shop owned by Eve. ex-wife of internationally acclaimed songwriter Lewis Bristol. Lewis returns from Los Angeles to London with important information for his…
Surgeon Mark Fenton is drawn into a murder case when a man is the victim of a hit-and-run, and this appears to be connected to a woman who is involved…
When Scotland Yard send for Paul Temple to help them apprehend the daring group of jewel robbers known as The Front Page Men he enlists the help of glamorous journalist…
Besides the many crime thriller serials Francis Durbridge wrote for radio and television, he also wrote many single plays for radio. This first volume produces the original scripts of three…
Philip Chance, a writer researching the biography of a dead test pilot, finds a colleague murdered. His own life is threatened when he suspects that not everything is as it…
In this first case for Paul Temple he meets journalist Steve Trent, who has changed her name from Louise Harvey in order to pursue a gang of jewel. The murder…
Anthony Sherwood. although described as a gentleman crook with the nickname The Prince of Rogues, is really a later day Robin Hood. His charitable occupation is to rob the rich…
When Tim Frazer pursues his ex-partner Harry Denston, who has left him with a bankrupt business, the trail takes him to the fishing village of Henton and leads to his…
What was schoolmaster David Henderson doing on the houseboat before the body of Paul Rocello was found? Det. Insp. Ford knows Henderson well, as his son is one of Henderson’s…
Suspected of murder. metallurgical chemist Geoffrey Ryder has to explain how he came to be occupying a London flat following his chance encounter with the leaseholder in Paris - and…
The Foreign Correspondent brother of actress Linda West has vanished overseas, and the only news she receives is that he has made an important discovery. On behalf of British Intelligence…
Dr Belasco is Scotland Yard’s top target and the Temples go incognito to meet Belasco’s right-hand man Ross Hunter on the Harwich boat train but circumstances overtake them and Temple…
Tim Forester is commissioned to paint a portrait from a photograph of Alison Ford who was killed with his brother in a car crash in Italy. Then a model wearing…
Estate agent Mike Hilton meets a girl in a Chelsea pub, but soon her murder makes it vital to find the only person who can give him an alibi. As…
