By
Reginald Hill
Lemuel Stanhope-Swift--sixth Viscount Bessacarr and semi-professional cad--has for ages been on the lam from British justice, holed up in a tropical paradise and slowly drinking himself to death with a succession of young lovelies whose names he doesn't bother to ...
By
Margery Allingham
The Tenth Book in the
Albert Campion Series
It's always a treat to learn something--something that's actually true--about Albert Campion, and this novels offers a particularly delicious bonbon in the form of an introduction to Campion's sister, ...
By
Sheila Radley
The first
Inspector Quantrill mystery
It’s a glorious spring morning in the village of Ashthorpe. Birds are singing, and sunlight is dancing on the river, where Mary Gedge’s dress drifts lazily in the shallows and flowers mingle in her hair. ...