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Bruce Beckham
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John Updike, Patricia Highsmith, John Fowles, Ruth Rendell, Colin Dext
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Detective Inspector Skelgill (Inspector Skelgill Investigates, #1-4)
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Murder in Adland (DI Skelgill Investigates, #1)
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2012
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Murder on the Lake (DI Skelgill Investigates, #4)
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2015
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Murder in the Woods (DI Skelgill Investigates, #8)
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2017
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Murder In School (DI Skelgill Investigates, #2)
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2014
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Murder on the Edge (DI Skelgill Investigates, #3)
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2014
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The DI Skelgill Series #5-7
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Murder at the Flood (Inspector Skelgill Investigates, #9)
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Murder by Magic (DI Skelgill Investigates, #5)
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Murder at the Wake (DI Skelgill Investigates, #7)
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Oh là là
The Lonely House: A Hercules Popeau Mystery by Marie Belloc LowndesMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
For me, this is an extraordinary book – but not necessarily for the standard reason that it is a very good book. (It is a very good book, and worthy of the sister of Hilaire Belloc.)
The Lonely House was published in 1920, and introduces the elderly French sleuth Hercules Popeau, and his younger sidekick, Read more of this blog post »
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added a status update: FREE TODAY in the Kindle Store until Wed 4 Nov 2026 - #3 in the DI Skelgill series, MURDER ON THE EDGE:
USA https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00N62WUSE UK https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00N62WUSE CANADA https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00N62WUSE AUSTRALIA https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B00N62WUSE To download a free copy, just click where it says "$0.00 to buy" - please tell a friend and thanks for your interest. Happy Halloween! |
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For me, this is an extraordinary book – but not necessarily for the standard reason that it is a very good book. (It is a very good book, and worthy of the sister of Hilaire Belloc.) The Lonely House was published in 1920, and introduces the elderly F ...more |
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Trent’s Last Case was written by English novelist E.C. Bentley and published in 1913, featuring the young journalist and would-be amateur detective, Philip Trent. I read that it was highly rated by G. K. Chesterton, Dorothy L. Sayers and Agatha Christ ...more |
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“a philosophy borrowed from the long-suffering Scots, that there is no such thing as bad weather, only the wrong clothes. ”
― Murder in the Mind
― Murder in the Mind
“I began to appreciate that the job of an amateur sleuth was not quite so straightforward as they make out in the whodunits.”
― Murder Mystery Collection
― Murder Mystery Collection
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English Mysteries...:
October 2014
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| Cozy Mystery Corner : 2000 Plus Challenge - Report Progress Here | 226 | 197 | Jun 04, 2016 04:16AM | |
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Bookworm Bitches:
2016: Classics Scavenger Hunt
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Cozy Mysteries :
Title and Author game, Round 3
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13653 | 564 | Apr 03, 2017 09:53AM | |
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C-3PO - COMPLETE!
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604 | 64 | May 28, 2017 01:55PM | |
| A Million More Pages: Pacific Ocean Challenge - Ring of Fire | 50 | 144 | Jun 02, 2017 11:18PM | |
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Game Night:
DONE - Team 19: Time Sleuths - W
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| A Million More Pages: Sea Creatures | 52 | 93 | Jul 02, 2017 10:03AM |
“this: a Republican is a man who made his money; a Liberal is a man who inherited his; a Democrat is a barefooted Liberal in a cross-country race; a Conservative is a Republican who has learned to read and write.)”
― The Reivers
― The Reivers
“I don’t very much believe in blood,” said Samuel. “I think when a man finds good or bad in his children he is seeing only what he planted in them after they cleared the womb.” “You can’t make a race horse of a pig.” “No,” said Samuel, “but you can make a very fast pig.”
― East of Eden
― East of Eden
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