Death Has Deep Roots

Death Has Deep Roots

Author: Michael Gilbert

Publisher: House of Stratus

Published: 2012-09-30

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 075513219X

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Victoria Lamartine is on trial for the murder of her lover. There are only five suspects including Lamartine. But evidence that doesn’t fit the police theory of the crime has been ignored, whilst all of the damming evidence is presented in isolation. There also appears to be links to gold smuggling. There is also a final twist and conclusion.


Death In Captivity

Death In Captivity

Author: Michael Gilbert

Publisher: House of Stratus

Published: 2012-09-30

Total Pages: 222

ISBN-13: 0755132203

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A suspected informer is found dead in a collapsed escape tunnel in a prisoner-of-war camp in Italy. So as to protect the tunnel the prisoners decide to move the body. But then the fascist captors declare the death to be murder and determine to execute the officer they suspect. It therefore becomes a race against time to find the true culprit.


The Empty House

The Empty House

Author: Michael Gilbert

Publisher: House of Stratus

Published: 2012-09-30

Total Pages: 187

ISBN-13: 0755132238

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Dr. Alexander Wolfe seemingly plunges over a cliff in his car. His body is never recovered and it emerges his life was recently insured for a considerable sum. An insurance loss adjuster is sent to investigate. There is romance, possible gang involvement in arson, and a potential job offer in store. Is Wolfe really dead?


Stay Of Execution

Stay Of Execution

Author: Michael Gilbert

Publisher: House of Stratus

Published: 2012-09-30

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 0755132440

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Michael Gilbert was never afraid to attack unnecessary bureaucracy, and did not cover up the seedier side of the law, or fail to show justice does not always prevail. The general themes can be found in this volume. ‘Back on the Shelf’, in which less than scrupulous lawyers get away with it, is regarded as a classic.


The Black Seraphim

The Black Seraphim

Author: Michael Gilbert

Publisher: House of Stratus

Published: 2012-09-30

Total Pages: 190

ISBN-13: 0755132149

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James Scotland, a young pathologist, decides on a quiet holiday in Melchester, but amid the cathedral town's quiet medieval atmosphere, he finds a hornet's nest of church politics, town and country rivalries, and murder. With modern forensic pathology he unravels the unvarnished truth, but not before unexpected romance intervenes.


The Ninety Second Tiger

The Ninety Second Tiger

Author: Michael Gilbert

Publisher: House of Stratus

Published: 2012-09-30

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 0755132351

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Hugo Greest has a TV adventure series. Unexpectedly he is approached by the Foreign Office. It seems that a Sheik is in the middle of a small war needs a military advisor and wants Hugo for the job. Of course, the international arms trade is involved, and of course there is much more to the post than at first apparent ...


The Crack In The Teacup

The Crack In The Teacup

Author: Michael Gilbert

Publisher: House of Stratus

Published: 2012-09-30

Total Pages: 278

ISBN-13: 0755132181

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Barhaven, on the south coast, is a fairly sleepy place and it seems incredulous that it could be where local councillors manage to line their own pockets. Enter a young lawyer, who finds himself at the centre of a major campaign against racketeering. The public and the press become involved and it ends with a twist that is totally unexpected.


The Queen Against Karl Mullen

The Queen Against Karl Mullen

Author: Michael Gilbert

Publisher: House of Stratus

Published: 2012-09-30

Total Pages: 215

ISBN-13: 0755132394

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Karl Mullen is a brutal South African secret policeman in Great Britain to seek the extradition of a black activist. There is an accusation of shoplifting and the witness to this crime ends up dead. The lawyers games and stances begin ... This is a novel about courtroom drama and the seedier underbelly of the law. Justice, however, must prevail.


Over And Out

Over And Out

Author: Michael Gilbert

Publisher: House of Stratus

Published: 2012-09-30

Total Pages: 261

ISBN-13: 075513236X

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The slaughter of World War I in the trenches continues unabated. Luke Pagan finds himself in the Intelligence Corps, investigating an illegal organisation controlled by a Belgian, which is encouraging British soldiers to desert and move across to the German side. Pagan enters dangerous territory and faces disaster.