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At the Central Criminal Court, an eager crowd awaits the trial of
Victoria Lamartine, an active participant in the Resistance during
the war. She is now employed at the Family Hotel in Soho, where
Major Eric Thoseby has been found murdered. The cause of death? A
stabbing reminiscent of techniques developed by the Maquisards.
While the crime is committed in England, its roots are buried in a
vividly depicted wartime France. Thoseby is believed to have
fathered Lamartine's child, and the prosecution insist that his
death is revenge for his abandonment of Lamartine and her arrest by
the Gestapo. A last-minute change in Lamartine's defence counsel
grants solicitor Nap Rumbold just eight days to prove her
innocence, with the highest of stakes should he fail. The
proceedings of the courtroom are interspersed with Rumbold's
perilous quest for evidence, which is aided by his old wartime
comrades.
Horniman, Birley and Craine is a highly respected legal firm with
clients reaching to the highest in the land. When a deed box in the
office is opened to reveal a corpse, the threat of scandal promises
to wreak havoc on the firm's reputation - especially as the murder
looks like an inside job. The partners and staff of the firm keep a
watchful and suspicious eye on their colleagues, as Inspector
Hazlerigg sets out to solve the mystery of who Mr Smallbone was -
and why he had to die. Written with style, pace and wit, this is a
masterpiece by one of the finest writers of traditional British
crime novels since the Second World War.
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Game Without Rules
Michael Gilbert
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Two secret agents living in the English countryside try - and fail
- to live a quiet life, in these hugely enjoyable crime stories
Behrens and Calder are two secret agents living in the English
countryside, desperately seeking a quiet life. But despite their
best efforts, they find themselves repeatedly obliged to wipe out a
host of brutal and ingenious traitors, Soviet spies and old Nazis.
A man is found dead in an escape tunnel in an Italian
prisoner-of-war camp. Did he die in an accidental collapse - or was
this murder? Captain Henry `Cuckoo' Goyles, master tunneller and
amateur detective, takes up the case. This classic locked-room
mystery with a closed circle of suspects is woven together with a
thrilling story of escape from the camp, as the Second World War
nears its endgame and the British prisoners prepare to flee into
the Italian countryside.
This book advances current literature on the role and place of
animals in sport and society. It explores different forms of
sporting spaces, examines how figures of animals have been used to
racialize the human athlete, and encourages the reader to think
critically about animal ethics, animals in space, time and place,
and the human-animal relationship. The chapters highlight
persistent dichotomies in the use of and collaboration with animals
for sport, and present strategies for moving forward in the study
of interspecies relations.
This comprehensive textbook applies economic analysis to public
law. The economic analysis of law has revolutionized legal
scholarship and teaching in the last half-century, but it has
focused mostly on private law, business law, and criminal law. This
book extends the analysis to fundamental topics in public law, such
as the separation of government powers, regulation by agencies,
constitutional rights, and elections. Every public law involves six
fundamental processes of government: bargaining, voting,
entrenching, delegating, adjudicating, and enforcing. The book
devotes two chapters to each process, beginning with the economic
theory and then applying the theory to a wide range of puzzles and
problems in law. Each chapter concentrates on cases and legal
doctrine, showing the relevance of economics to the work of lawyers
and judges. Featuring lucid, accessible writing and engaging
examples, the book addresses enduring topics in public law as well
as modern controversies, including gerrymandering, voter
identification laws, and qualified immunity for police.
This book advances current literature on the role and place of
animals in sport and society. It explores different forms of
sporting spaces, examines how figures of animals have been used to
racialize the human athlete, and encourages the reader to think
critically about animal ethics, animals in space, time and place,
and the human-animal relationship. The chapters highlight
persistent dichotomies in the use of and collaboration with animals
for sport, and present strategies for moving forward in the study
of interspecies relations.
This comprehensive textbook applies economic analysis to public
law. The economic analysis of law has revolutionized legal
scholarship and teaching in the last half-century, but it has
focused mostly on private law, business law, and criminal law. This
book extends the analysis to fundamental topics in public law, such
as the separation of government powers, regulation by agencies,
constitutional rights, and elections. Every public law involves six
fundamental processes of government: bargaining, voting,
entrenching, delegating, adjudicating, and enforcing. The book
devotes two chapters to each process, beginning with the economic
theory and then applying the theory to a wide range of puzzles and
problems in law. Each chapter concentrates on cases and legal
doctrine, showing the relevance of economics to the work of lawyers
and judges. Featuring lucid, accessible writing and engaging
examples, the book addresses enduring topics in public law as well
as modern controversies, including gerrymandering, voter
identification laws, and qualified immunity for police.
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