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Author
Series
Publisher
Europa Editions
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
A Dark Redemption introduces DI Jack Carrigan and DS Geneva Miller as they investigate the brutal rape and murder of a young Ugandan student. Plunged into an underworld of illegal immigrant communities, they discover that the murdered girl's studies at a London college may have threatened to reveal things that some people will go to any lengths to keep secret.
22) Murder in thrall
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
First-year detective Kathleen Doyle and Chief Inspector Michael Sinclair, Lord Acton, are a most unlikely pair. An Irish redhead of humble beginnings and modest means, Doyle is the antithesis of Acton, the British lord who has established himself as a brilliant but enigmatic figure with a knack for solving London's most high profile homicides. But Acton senses something exceptional beneath Doyle's awkward naivete and taps her to help him with his...
23) The reckoning
Author
Series
Maeve Kerrigan novels volume 2
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
To the public, he's a hero : a brutal killer who targets sex offenders. To most of London's police force, he's the suspect in a gruesome, time-consuming case to be avoided. But to Detective Constable Maeve Kerrigan, he's a murderer -- no matter the sins of his victims -- and catching him is her job. Assigned to the case with the division's unreadable new DI, Josh Derwent, young and inexperienced Maeve is determined to prove she has what it takes to...
Author
Series
Publisher
Artemis Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Detective Sergeant Kathleen Doyle realizes that several apparently unrelated murders are actually "containment" murders--murders to contain an ominous scandal that could reach into the highest levels at the CID. In the process of tracking down the killers, however, she comes to the unsettling realization that Chief Inspector Acton has committed a containment murder or two of his own.
Author
Series
Harry Vicary novels volume 3
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
A note that is discovered hidden in a wall cavity of a London hotel leads Detective Inspector Harry Vicary and his team to a burial site containing the charred bones of two men. Their investigation quickly leads them into a dark and brutal world, but who were the dead men and how did they meet their fate? To solve the case Vicary must uncover what happened at a notorious gangland garden party {u2013} a party from which two men never returned.
Author
Series
Harry Vicary novels volume 2
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
When the snow thaws on London{u2019}s Hampstead Heath after a harsh winter, a ghoulish discovery is made that marks the start of a very dangerous case for Detective Inspector Harry Vicary and his team. A body of a man is found on top of a shallow grave containing the battered remains of a young woman. He appears to have frozen to death {u2013} but what is his connection to the remains below? Vicary{u2019}s investigation leads him deep into London{u2019}s...
Author
Publisher
Emily Bestler Books/Atria
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Gaby Mortimer is the woman who has it all. But everything changes when she finds a body on the common near her home. She's shaken and haunted by the image of the lifeless young woman, and frightened that the killer, still at large, could strike again. Before long, the police have a lead. The evidence points to a very clear suspect. One Gaby never saw coming . . . Full of twists and turns, this is a dark and suspenseful psychological thriller that...
Author
Series
Publisher
Artemis Press
Pub. Date
[2019].
Language
English
Description
"Doyle was back at Scotland Yard after taking maternity leave, and the powers-that-be had decided they'd ease her way by assigning her to assist DS Isabella Munoz, which was a fate only slightly worse than death. ...[T]he first assignment out of the box was a possible suicide at the housing projects, something that happened with such regularity that it was a wonder the responding officer had even thought it worthy of a detective's notice."--Provided...
Author
Series
Publisher
Bourbon Street Books
Pub. Date
c2013.
Language
English
Description
Late night on a notorious high-rise estate in the borough of Hackney. A woman on the street never makes it home after a long night of drinking. A white van is being driven erratically. The driver is pulled over by the police and questioned. A suspect ... an arrest ... a confession. Case closed?
31) Die of shame
Author
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Every Monday evening, six people gather in a smart North London house to talk about addiction. There they share their deepest secrets: stories of lies, regret, and above all, shame. Then one of them is killed - and it's clear one of the circle was responsible. Detective Inspector Nicola Tanner quickly finds her investigation hampered by the strict confidentiality that binds these people and their therapist together. So what could be shameful enough...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Though American by birth, Frances Wynn, the now-widowed Countess of Harleigh, has adapted admirably to the quirks and traditions of the British aristocracy. On August twelfth each year, otherwise known as the Glorious Twelfth, most members of the upper class retire to their country estates for grouse-shooting season. Frances has little interest in hunting-for birds or a second husband-and is expecting to spend a quiet few months in London with her...
Author
Series
Publisher
Artemis Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Detective Sergeant Kathleen Doyle has been called-in to assist with a few unsound-mind murders, lately--murders committed by a person who appears to be mentally unhinged. This type of murder is always a concern for Scotland Yard, since it raises the possibility that there's a serial killer on the loose. And it doesn't help matters that the weather is so very cold and miserable--small wonder, that these killers have gone off the deep end; Doyle was...
Author
Series
Arrowood novels (Mick Finlay) volume 3
Publisher
HQ
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"South London, 1896. William Arrowood, Victorian London's less salubrious private detective, is paid a visit by Captain Moon, the owner of a pleasure steamer moored on the Thames. He complains that someone has been damaging his boat, putting his business in jeopardy. Arrowood and his trusty sidekick Barnett suspect professional jealousy, but when a shocking discovery is pulled from the river, it seems like even fouler play is afoot. It's up to Arrowood...
36) Quick curtain
Author
Publisher
Poision Pen Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
The play - a slender plot revolves around the shooting of the leading man. But when the show opens at the Grosvenor Theatre to a packed house, Brandon Baker is killed by a real bullet. When another member of the company is found dead, initial appearances suggest a straightforward case of murder followed by suicide. But there is, of course, more to it than that. The audience includes Inspector Wilson of Scotland Yard and his son, an enthusiastic young...
37) The murder man
Author
Series
Max Wolfe novels volume 1
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Meet London police detective Max Wolfe. Insomniac. Dog lover. Coffee addict. Boxer. Single parent. And every murderer's worst nightmare. There's a serial killer on the loose. He cuts throats. And he is good at it. Twenty years ago seven students became best friends at their exclusive private school, Potter's Field, founded five hundred years ago by King Henry VIII. Suddenly they have started dying in the most violent way imaginable... Detective Max...
Author
Series
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
November, 1956. Lord Elsmere, an old friend of Donald Langham's literary agent, Charles Elder, is in a pickle - his favourite painting, a Gainsborough, has been stolen from under his nose. What's more, there's no evidence of a break-in. The family heirloom was recently re-insured for a hefty price, and Elsmere is struggling financially. Could he have staged the theft, or was it taken by one of the guests? Old Major Rutherford, evasive beauty Rebecca...
Author
Series
Max Wolfe novels volume 2
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Max Wolfe is back-the two-fisted homicide detective with a small daughter and dog waiting for him at home and a crazed serial killer waiting for him somewhere out in the pitiless London streets. On New Year's Day, a wealthy family is found slaughtered inside their exclusive gated community, their youngest child stolen away. The murder weapon-a gun used to stun cattle before they are butchered-leads Max to a dusty corner of Scotland Yard's Black Museum...
40) Killer librarian
Author
Series
Karen Nash mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Pocket Books
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Champion of the mystery section in a Minnesota library, Karen Nash is embarking on a dream trip to London. But she is clueless why the love of her mid-life, Dave, would dump her hours before take-off, until she spies him at the airport with a young honey! She decides the best revenge is to get on that plane anyway and entertain schemes for Dave's untimely demise. After touching ground in the hallowed homeland of Christie, Sayers, and Peters, she checks...
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