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Marlowe
(Paperback)
John Banville, Benjamin Black
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R425
Discovery Miles 4 250
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Ships in 18 - 22 working days
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THE CLOCK IS TICKING TO CATCH A SERIAL KILLER…
Detective Constable Angus MacVicar has just landed his dream job –
transferred out of uniform and assigned to Oldcastle’s biggest ongoing
murder investigation: Operation Telegram, hunting the 'Fortnight
Killer'.
Every two weeks another couple is targeted. One victim is left at the
scene, their corpse used as a twisted message board. The second body is
never seen again.
This should be the perfect chance for Angus to prove himself, but he’s
been lumbered with the forensic psychologist from hell. It’s been
twelve days since the Fortnight Killer last struck, and the
investigation’s running out of time.
Angus's shiny new job might just be the death of him…
This is the story of a murderer. A stolen child. Revenge.
This is the story of Ted, who lives with his young daughter Lauren and his cat Olivia in an ordinary house at the end of an ordinary street. All these things are true. And yet some of them are lies.
An unspeakable secret binds the family together, and when a new neighbour moves in next door, the truth may destroy them all. Because there's something buried in the dark forest at the end of Needless Street.
But it's not what you think...
From the multiple award-winning author of Little Eve and Rawblood, this extraordinary tale will thrill and move readers. A work of incredible imagination and heartbreaking beauty.
When a young girl is found murdered in a field, the scientific
examination of the exhibits is just a routine job for the staff of
Hoggatt's forensic science laboratory. But nothing could have
prepared them for the brutal death of one of their own. When the
senior biologist is found dead in his laboratory Commander
Dalgliesh is called to the bleak fens of East Anglia, where the
murderer is lying in wait to strike again.
The targeted murder of four officers is only the first in a series of attacks that leaves police scared, angry and, most disturbingly of all, vengeful.
As Tom Thorne and Nicola Tanner dig into the reasons for the violence, a deeper darkness begins to emerge: the possibility that these murders are payback. The price paid for an unspeakable betrayal.
To uncover the truth, Thorne will be forced to question everything he stands for. He can trust nobody, and the shocking secrets revealed by one terrible night will fracture his entire world.
Marc Schlosser, 'n huisdokter, begaan 'n mediese fout en as gevolg
daarvan sterf een van sy pasiente. Schlosser moet voor die Mediese
Raad verskyn om verantwoording te doen. Schlosser is nie te
bekommerd oor die Mediese Raad nie: Hy sal seker 'n paar maande
geskors word, wat nie te erg is nie. Wat die saak egter kompliseer,
is dat die pasient 'n baie bekende akteur, Ralph Meier, is, wat
miskien net te veel aandag gegee het aan Schlosser se pragtige
vrou, Caroline. Of hou die hele gedoente verband met wat by die
Meiers se vakansiehuis gebeur het toe die Schlosser-gesin daar op
besoek was? Soos in Die aandete is die hoofkarakter van die verhaal
ook die verteller wat net vertel wat hy wil he die leser moet weet
en so die leser aan die raai hou oor wat werklik gebeur het.
When a body is found at the castle ruins, can DCI Lesley Clarke uncover
the killer?
After being injured in a bomb attack in Birmingham, DCI Lesley Clarke
relocates to the peace of rural Dorset.
But things don’t stay calm for long. Before she’s even started her new
job, Lesley has to hit the ground running as she’s dragged into
investigating a murder at one of England’s most iconic landmarks, the
imposing Corfe Castle.
Can she navigate the politics of a smaller force and work with her new
partner DS Dennis Frampton, who doesn’t appreciate her. And most
importantly, can she solve the murder before the killer strikes again?
An unputdownable, character-driven mystery, perfect for fans of Elly
Griffiths and Ann Cleeves.
In this classic British mystery, a revised will, a troubled
upper-class marriage, and a crazed witness shake up a seemingly
solved murder case. Marion Grey is growing used to the idea that
her husband will never leave prison. After the horrors of a very
public trial she's almost able to find relief in her resignation.
But when new evidence suggests her husband may be innocent after
all, she hires a professional--Miss Maud Silver--to clear his name.
It begins with a chance encounter on a busy train, when a friend of
Marion's meets a half-mad woman who claims to know something of the
Grey case. With her is a man who disappeared during the trial--and
may have information that could set Marion's husband free. But who
is he, and where has he gone? To find out, demure
governess-turned-detective Miss Silver must track him down before
becoming a victim herself. In a series that's a delightful blend of
Downton Abbey and Agatha Christie, retired schoolteacher and sleuth
Miss Silver "has her place in detective fiction as surely as Lord
Peter Wimsey or Hercule Poirot" (Manchester Evening News).
Governess-turned-sleuth Miss Silver must follow a trail of
poison-pen letters to save an heiress from murder. Rachel Treherne
has always had a steady head on her shoulders; it's why her late
father named her the sole trustee of his considerable fortune. But
the decision galled a number of Rachel's relatives, including her
married older sister, her socialist nephew, and her father's
ambitious young cousin. Rachel fears she may be overreacting to the
anonymous letters she's received threatening her life, but then
someone tampers with the chocolates she bought herself. If her
cousin hadn't partaken first and noticed an unwholesome taste, who
knows what may have happened? Miss Silver suspects someone in
Rachel's inner circle has grown tired of being a poor relation, and
she travels incognito to the Treherne country home to unmask the
culprit--before it's too late--in this intriguing entry in the
beloved series featuring a contemporary of Agatha Christie's Miss
Marple. Lonesome Road is the 3rd book in the Miss Silver Mysteries,
but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
The "marvelous" British governess-turned-sleuth helps a new bride
who fears her husband intends to murder her (Daily Mail). Former
schoolteacher Miss Maud Silver is on her way back to London when,
with a violent shudder of the train, a young woman is thrust into
her compartment. She's beautiful, well dressed, newly married, and
wealthy--a lethal combination. In a state of shock, Lisle
Jerningham explains that she fled her home in a hurry after
overhearing a sinister conversation. Her new husband's first wife
died in an apparent accident, and the resultant infusion of cash
saved his family home. Now, he's broke again--and attempting to
engineer a second convenient mishap. Miss Silver is unsure whether
the drama is real or a figment of Lisle's imagination--but if this
frightened young lady is a target for murder, the killer will have
to deal with the governess-turned-sleuth first. Starring a mature
sleuth who "has her place in detective fiction as surely as Lord
Peter Wimsey or Hercule Poirot", In the Balance is a classic
British mystery (Manchester Evening News).
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