Too Late! Too Late! The Maiden Cried
Too Late! Too Late! The Maiden Cried

Author: Joan Fleming

Publisher: Orion

Published: 2013-07-14

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 1471902404

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When Nokomis Pennyform arrives on the doorstep of Major Thomas Nateby-Dyce's cottage in the early spring of 1841, the comparative peace and serenity of the Major's family life is abruptly shattered. For Nokomis, with her Red Indian blood, her dark and brooding manner, her screeching voice and dubious past, is nothing less than a destructive force. But Nateby himself has a murky past, and with the arrival of Nokomis it starts to rise to the surface once again. It seems that only disaster and tragedy lie ahead unless she can be crushed.

Maiden's Prayer
Maiden's Prayer

Author: Joan Fleming

Publisher: Orion

Published: 2012-09-06

Total Pages: 183

ISBN-13: 1471902064

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To Miss Maiden the mysterious Mr Aladdin, with his Persian origins, his charm and his flavour of the exotic East, appeared like the answer to a prayer. It was perhaps odd that anybody should be called Mr Aladdin, but it was even odder that Miss Maiden did not enquire more deeply into Mr Aladdin's past. Had she done so, she almost certainly would not have allowed him to help her in the management of her business affairs, and she might have avoided her macabre fate.

To Make an Underworld
To Make an Underworld

Author: Joan Fleming

Publisher: Orion

Published: 2013-07-14

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 1471902420

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When Robert Escrick, the former chairman of the family firm, decides to disappear because the company is being taken over, he retires early, changes his name and sets off for Cornwall, accompanied by his dog Banjo. His wife won't notice he's gone, and he's had a house built for him in preparation. But there is a young woman waiting for him there, locked in a bathroom and claiming to have been raped, and the locals take her part against the newcomer. Then she is found murdered, and reality starts closing in on the retreat Robert has escaped to ...

How to Live Dangerously
How to Live Dangerously

Author: Joan Fleming

Publisher: Orion

Published: 2013-07-14

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 1471902382

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A splendid war record in Naval intelligence and a disastrous marriage left Martin Pendle Hill alone, leading an uneventful life in a pleasant Oxford upper maisonette. He had a good friend and a black Labrador as a companion. But when both these die, Pendle Hill accidently falls and breaks his thigh in his distress. The accident sparks a change of heart and after sixty-five years he decides he is going to live dangerously. Without permission from his stern landlady in the flat downstairs he fills his life with bright young people by taking in lodgers. Meanwhile, his landlady has embarked upon a plan for her old age, which has within it the seeds of disaster. 'Done with indefinable, inimitable warmth that characterises Fleming; this one's a joy' San Francisco Chronicle

He Ought to be Shot
He Ought to be Shot

Author: Joan Fleming

Publisher: Orion

Published: 2012-09-06

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 1471902005

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'Well, that's a nasty thing to have on your breakfast-tray, I'm sure,' Mrs Cloud said. 'What do you want with that?' 'My husband gave it to me long ago. He taught me to use it; I've just been trying my hand. I'm a good shot still.' 'Well I never! Where have you been shooting may I ask?' 'Down at the bottom of the garden.' 'Fancy.' Mrs Cloud clicked her tongue in the same way that she clicked it when she was shocked by something she saw at the cinema. 'Well, I never. What next, I wonder.' 'So do I,' Margaret said grimly.

No Bones About It
No Bones About It

Author: Joan Fleming

Publisher: Orion

Published: 2013-07-14

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 1471902242

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The Borgan family have always been pressed for money. But when wealth descends on them in the form of presents of banknotes from octogenarian Grandad, dreams come true for each member of the family. But where did Grandad get the money from? And what use do the beneficiaries actually make of it? 'Trust Mrs Fleming to pull something new out of the bag' Guardian 'The plotting is most ingenious and the characters are delightfully varied' Observer

The Chill and the Kill
The Chill and the Kill

Author: Joan Fleming

Publisher: Orion

Published: 2013-07-14

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 147190217X

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When a young girl is struck by a car she begins to have prescient visions of death and clairvoyant knowledge. One of those visions is of a murder. The murder victim is a local woman suspected of having had several affairs despite the intense scrutiny by private detectives employed by her often traveling husband. The chief suspect is a young man with a chequered reputation. He has recently returned under unexplained circumstances from an assignment in South America, where he became involved with a married woman who mysteriously committed suicide ... 'The farthest out mystery of the year' Sunday Times

Nothing is the Number When You Die
Nothing is the Number When You Die

Author: Joan Fleming

Publisher: Murder Room

Published: 2013-07-22

Total Pages: 186

ISBN-13: 1471902196

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Nuri Bey saw something floating towards him on the current. It appeared to be something in a boat, some cross-shaped object. He approached more closely as it bobbed and bowed with the tide. What he thought he saw was too fantastic to be believed: the mast of the small water-logged fishing boat formed the upright of a cross - and on it hung a naked man. A traditional Turkish method of dealing with an enemy ... 'Pleasingly offbeat' Observer 'Wit and humour - a real piece of Turkish delight' BBC

The Man Who Looked Back
The Man Who Looked Back

Author: Joan Fleming

Publisher: Orion

Published: 2012-09-06

Total Pages: 229

ISBN-13: 1471901920

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Roy Unithorne despised his wife ... Roy knew he was destined for a better life. It was Amy. Ugly Amy who kept him back. She must be disposed of finally and for ever; he set about making plans for the disposal slowly and systematically, making allowances, as he thought, for X - the Unknown Factor. And there was Mrs Shiplake. She was also beginning to interfere with his plans. She too must be got rid of. After all - two murders were as easy as one.

You Won't Let Me Finnish
You Won't Let Me Finnish

Author: Joan Fleming

Publisher: Orion

Published: 2013-07-14

Total Pages: 193

ISBN-13: 1471902366

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When Hector, which proves to be his name, comes to Helsinki, Finland, he's lost an ear and his memory. He turns up at the door of the embassy with a satchel full of money. The Ambassador, his secretary, a girl called Dolly Darling and an old man called Uncle Vanya try to put him together again, and in doing so find themselves in the centre of a strange adventure. 'Rich and strange, swimming with odd characters, alive with curious adventures' The Times