First Fix Your Alibi
First Fix Your Alibi

Author: Bill James

Publisher: Severn House Publishers Ltd

Published: 2016-04-01

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 1780107420

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"This is another entertaining, laugh-out-loud, mesmerizing, and completely original installment in an excellent series" Booklist Starred Review When a major drugs dealer seeks vengeance for the death of his family, policemen Harpur and Iles must do all they can to prevent a bloodbath Following the murder of his wife and son, tycoon drugs dealer Mansel Shale is determined to get vengeance – and he wants another drugs baron, Ralph Ember, to help him. Having heard of the movie Strangers on a Train, in which two men agree to undertake each other’s murders as a way of preventing detection, Shale suggests he and Ralph should have a similar arrangement – and Ralph is in no position to refuse. When he learns of the plan, Assistant Chief Constable Desmond Iles fears that if things go wrong, the hard-won peace he and Harpur have established in the city will be seriously threatened. The two top policemen find they have their work cut out to limit the damage and restore tranquillity.

The Principals
The Principals

Author: Bill James

Publisher: Severn House Publishers Ltd

Published: 2016-11-01

Total Pages: 186

ISBN-13: 1780108087

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“A droll, delightful, skillfully written piece of academic satire” Booklist Starred Review This sharply satirical novel concerns a battle royal between two academic institutions and their principals. England, 1987. It’s all-out war. Two universities in the same city each aim to destroy the other and take over one another’s buildings, students and – above all – bank balance. At a time of austerity in public life and huge government cuts, the situation has become desperate and the respective university principals are prepared to fight very dirty indeed. Dr Lawford Chute of the revered Sedge University wants to expand, expand, expand, while the government is telling him to cut, cut, cut. But Dr Victor Tane of Charter Mill employs more covert methods to ensure his institution comes out on top. Who will win these ferocious academic fights and be the model for the statue in the modern-day university grounds: the ultimate proof of posterity for which both principals are battling? This hilariously witty and highly topical satire on the comic absurdities and ruthless politics involved among Britain’s elite academic institutions will appeal to fans of Tom Sharpe’s Porterhouse Blue.

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Author: Bill James

Publisher: Severn House Publishers Ltd

Published: 2017-05-01

Total Pages: 195

ISBN-13: 1780108591

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Harpur & Iles to uncover a trail of illegal art trading and money laundering. “I found I had a flair for tag-along, street level stealth. It thrilled me. It killed me. Do you mind if I tell you how?” Thomas Wells Hart drifted into a dodgy career as a private investigator and grew clever at tailing suspects and all the other tricks of the game. Not quite clever enough, however. Coming across Hart’s shot-up body, Detective Chief Superintendent Colin Harpur and Assistant Chief Constable Des Iles have to work out their own explanation as to how he came to be executed behind the wheel of a Ford Focus in a quiet suburban street. The trail will lead them through illegal art trading, big-bucks money laundering – and more murder. As ever, Iles suspects Harpur is hiding essential facts from him. As ever, Harpur is hiding essential facts from his boss. Will the mismatched pair manage to close the case?

A Case for Mr. Paul Savoy
A Case for Mr. Paul Savoy

Author: Jackson Gregory

Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing

Published: 2019-11-01

Total Pages: 379

ISBN-13: 1789129095

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A Case for Mr. Paul Savoy, first published in 1933, is a classic ‘golden-age’ murder mystery and introduces private detective Paul Savoy, who would appear in several additional novels by author Jackson Gregory. Gregory (1882-1943) penned more than 40 western and detective novels, several of which were made into Hollywood films.

A Chain of Evidence
A Chain of Evidence

Author: Carolyn Wells

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2019-12-03

Total Pages: 197

ISBN-13:

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In Carolyn Wells' 'A Chain of Evidence', a wealthy and unpleasant man is found dead in his locked apartment, with his niece and housekeeper as the only possible suspects. Enter Otis Landon, a young attorney who becomes obsessed with proving the innocence of the gentle and distressed niece, Janet Pembroke. As he follows a chain of evidence that includes a monogrammed handkerchief, ticket stubs, and a railroad schedule, Landon must race against time to clear Janet's name.

I Come First
I Come First

Author: Mark H. Nicholas

Publisher: Mark H Nicholas

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 0982688806

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I Come First offers author M.H Nicholas's hard-learned lessons in business, reminding business people that they must watch out for themselves first and that they must learn to recognize self-interest in their day to day work.

Singing in the Shrouds
Singing in the Shrouds

Author: Ngaio Marsh

Publisher: Felony & Mayhem Press

Published: 2014-11-15

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 163194018X

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It’s foul play on a freighter: “Enthralling . . .keeps the reader on tenterhooks until the dramatic finale.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) The good ship Cape Farewell is steaming out to sea, with a passenger-list and crew fairly littered with the shifty, the twitchy, the peculiar, and the up-to-no-good. Arguably the up-to-no-goodest is a strangler with a romantic streak: He likes to leave his ladies with a flower and a charming little song. The latest of the ladies is currently lying on a fogbound London dock, mute witness to the fact that Inspector Alleyn—long on the strangler’s trail—has so far failed to catch his man. A wintertime sailing on a low-rent cargo ship is not Alleyn’s idea of a terrific time, but he nevertheless boards the Cape at Portsmouth, determined that no one else is going to get strangled on his watch . . .. “This is the Classic Puzzle at its purest . . .embellished by literate dialogue and attractive characterization.” —The New York Times

Hitmen I have Known
Hitmen I have Known

Author: Bill James

Publisher: Severn House Publishers Ltd

Published: 2019-03-01

Total Pages: 185

ISBN-13: 1448302021

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Assistant Chief Constable Iles finds himself suspected of murder in the fast-paced 35th installment of the popular Harpur and Iles police procedural series. Tensions in the community are mounting following the gruesome deaths of two men, both of whom were accused yet acquitted of the murder of an undercover police officer. It looks like vigilante justice, but who is responsible? Alarmingly, suspicion falls on Assistant Chief Constable Iles. Matters escalate when a TV show investigating the murders is aired, further implicating Iles. Iles seems at ease with the accusations, as are his superiors in the police force. But others are not feeling so secure. Local crime bosses Ralph Ember and Mansel Shale fear reprisals against Iles will result in their own businesses suffering. And so they begin to plan how to remove potential troublemakers from their path . . .

"A" is for Alibi

Author: Sue Grafton

Publisher: Holt Paperbacks

Published: 2010-04-01

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 1429901349

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READ THE SENSATIONAL BLOCKBUSTER THAT STARTED IT ALL! Take it from the top in #1 New York Times bestselling author Sue Grafton's knockout thriller that introduced detective Kinsey Millhone—and a hot new attitude—to crime fiction... A IS FOR AVENGER A tough-talking former cop, private investigator Kinsey Millhone has set up a modest detective agency in a quiet corner of Santa Teresa, California. A twice-divorced loner with few personal possessions and fewer personal attachments, she's got a soft spot for underdogs and lost causes. A IS FOR ACCUSED That's why she draws desperate clients like Nikki Fife. Eight years ago, she was convicted of killing her philandering husband. Now she's out on parole and needs Kinsey's help to find the real killer. But after all this time, clearing Nikki's bad name won't be easy. A IS FOR ALIBI If there's one thing that makes Kinsey Millhone feel alive, it's playing on the edge. When her investigation turns up a second corpse, more suspects, and a new reason to kill, Kinsey discovers that the edge is closer—and sharper—than she imagined. "A" Is for Alibi "B" Is for Burglar "C" Is for Corpse "D" Is for Deadbeat "E" Is for Evidence "F" Is for Fugitive "G" Is for Gumshoe "H" Is for Homicide "I" Is for Innocent "J" Is for Judgment "K" Is for Killer "L" is for Lawless "M" Is for Malice "N" Is for Noose "O" Is for Outlaw "P" Is for Peril "Q" Is for Quarry "R" Is for Ricochet "S" Is for Silence "T" Is for Trespass "U" Is for Undertow "V" Is for Vengeance "W" Is for Wasted "X"