Dolores Gordon-Smith
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'Art, my dear boy,' said Mr Askern, 'especially sacred art, needs tradition. Tradition is the bedrock of our art . . .' He broke off, staring at the woman in front of him. Her face seemed to lose all definition and her skin turned an unnatural shade of putty-coloured grey. 'Art,' she said, her voice scarcely more than a whisper. 'Art! Oh my God, art!' She swayed dangerously. Jack leapt forward, catching her as she fell. Jack Haldean expected Lythewell...
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In 1924, Charles Otterbourne's New Century company should have been the perfect partner for Professor Alan Carrington's radical new gramophone. But when murder is the result of their meeting at a London hotel, Jack Haldean takes up the case, in a desperate bid to save a man from the gallows.
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Jack Haldean murder mysteries volume 10
Jack Haldean mysteries volume 10
A Jack Haldean Murder Mystery
Jack Haldean mysteries volume 10
A Jack Haldean Murder Mystery
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"Jack Haldeans newly-wedded bliss is disrupted by a series of shocking revelations in this gripping historical mystery. When an old schoolfriend of Jacks wife Betty witnesses a disturbing vision in the garden of a smart suburban house, Jack is intrigued. Just what did Jenny Langton see beneath the cedar tree at Saunders Green that frightened her so much she fainted on the spot? Jacks subsequent enquiries stir up a hornets nest of repressed emotions...
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'A hundred thousand dragons lie, underneath an Arabian sky.' How do a few lines of poetry, a chance encounter in a London hotel, and a death in Sussex lead to a lost city of Arabia, and to the tombs of the Whispering Dead? Jack Haldean has evaded the truth for years, but now, enmeshed in the web of murder, theft and deception, he must find the answer and face up to the truth - a truth as deadly as any dragon.
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When a mutilated corpse is discovered in the sleepy village of Croxton Ferriers, Jack Haldean finds an odd clue at the scene of the crime : a black marble chess knight with crystal eyes. Is murder just a game? It could be -- to a killer who calls himself The Chessman.
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Jack Haldean murder mysteries volume 11
Jack Haldean mystery volume 11
Jack Haldean Murder Mystery
Jack Haldean mysteries volume 11
Jack Haldean mystery volume 11
Jack Haldean Murder Mystery
Jack Haldean mysteries volume 11
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"Enjoying a weekend in the country with his cousin Isabelle, Jack Haldean is intrigued to learn that the neighbouring estate of Birchen Bower has been bought by wealthy Canadian businessman Tom Jago. Determined to restore the place to its former glory, Jago has invited the local villagers to a fete to celebrate the grand re-opening of the 17th century family chapel. But the afternoon's entertainment is cut short by the discovery of a body, mauled...
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1915: Milly is a penniless five-year-old girl, in an orphanage in occupied Europe - with a price on her head of two thousand pounds. Why? Why is Milly worth a couple of thousand dollars to anyone? All Dr. Anthony Brooke, British secret agent, knows is that Milly is wanted by a ruthless enemy. To rescue her, Anthony must go into occupied Belgium, face deadly German guards and trick his way into a convent. But, even if he can save her, what possible...
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Praise for Dolores Gordon-Smith: “With vision and vigor, Gordon-Smith pulls off another Golden Age delight.”—Richmond Times-Dispatch “A classic postwar country-house mystery with a Christie-like denouement.”—Kirkus Reviews “Dorothy Sayers fans will be most rewarded.”—Publishers Weekly Freezing and hungry, George Lassiter breaks into a stranger’s house where he witnesses a murder. But when the police find no evidence, they—and...
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“Recaptures the vitality and insouciance of the Golden Age of writers.”—Robert Barnard It’s the height of summer, 1923. At a ball in Sussex, former Royal Flying Corps pilot Jack Haldean investigates an apparent suicide, but everything is thrown into chaos when a group of Russian revolutionaries becomes involved in the affair. In a case involving deception, greed, jealousy, kidnapping, torture, and more murder, Jack will face an agonizing choice....
12) Frankie's letter
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"'There's a spy in England. Frankie's letter. Read Frankie's letter.' These were the last words said by a dying man to Anthony Brooke in Kiel in Germany during the height of World War One. But who is Frankie? With his cover blown and the German army at his heels, English secret agent Anthony Brooke's search to discover the truth leads him to an innocent-seeming country house. Here, deep within the English countryside, as Anthony uncovers a web of...
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Jack Haldean murder mysteries volume 1
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It's 1922 and Jack Haldean, young crime writer and former Royal Flying Corps pilot, is enjoying the local fete on a beautiful summer's day in rural Sussex. But then Jack's fellow officer, Jeremy Boscombe, is found dead in the fortune teller's tent and later the same day Boscombe's shady friend, Reggie Morton, is murdered in the village pub. Jack's search for the truth will lead him back to the Battle of the Somme and an act of terrible betrayal.