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GUILT ON THE LILY an utterly gripping crime mystery thriller full of twists
Richard Patton has received a letter. The sender has been murdered…
The young woman’s death is distressing, to say the least. Marked by a series of pranks, her death is not taken seriously.
The death leaves behind a disturbing chain of events.
Patton’s past colleagues are involved. There is clearly something missing…something nobody wants to get out.
This mystery needs to be investigated, and Patton is the only one who seems to be interested in solving the case.
But his presence there is resented, old enmities are aroused, and what Patton uncovers inadvertently brings his wife Amelia into very real danger. Can he save Amelia or will the case come first?
Patton soon realises that only one event can free him from the web in which he is caught… and he fully intends to use it.
Guilt on the Lily is a riveting murder mystery that questions loyalty, friendship, and motive.
Praise for Roger
"Eclectic, underrated Ormerod can be relied upon to come up with the startling goods" -Sunday Times
"I am glad to announce that the detective novel is still alive and well in Mr Ormerod's skillful hands" -The Spectator
"Fast-moving, with well-orchestrated jiggery-pokery; not unlike an early Dick Francis in tone and method” - Times Literary Supplement
Roger Ormerod (1920-2005) was a prolific writer of ingenious and densely plotted crime novels - some 35 in all - which were published in the UK and the USA. He lived in Wolverhampton and amongst other things worked as a civil servant and as a Social Security inspector – backgrounds which he made full use of in his fiction, as he did with his hobbies of painting and photography.
The young woman’s death is distressing, to say the least. Marked by a series of pranks, her death is not taken seriously.
The death leaves behind a disturbing chain of events.
Patton’s past colleagues are involved. There is clearly something missing…something nobody wants to get out.
This mystery needs to be investigated, and Patton is the only one who seems to be interested in solving the case.
But his presence there is resented, old enmities are aroused, and what Patton uncovers inadvertently brings his wife Amelia into very real danger. Can he save Amelia or will the case come first?
Patton soon realises that only one event can free him from the web in which he is caught… and he fully intends to use it.
Guilt on the Lily is a riveting murder mystery that questions loyalty, friendship, and motive.
Praise for Roger
"Eclectic, underrated Ormerod can be relied upon to come up with the startling goods" -Sunday Times
"I am glad to announce that the detective novel is still alive and well in Mr Ormerod's skillful hands" -The Spectator
"Fast-moving, with well-orchestrated jiggery-pokery; not unlike an early Dick Francis in tone and method” - Times Literary Supplement
Roger Ormerod (1920-2005) was a prolific writer of ingenious and densely plotted crime novels - some 35 in all - which were published in the UK and the USA. He lived in Wolverhampton and amongst other things worked as a civil servant and as a Social Security inspector – backgrounds which he made full use of in his fiction, as he did with his hobbies of painting and photography.
235 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 1989
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Roger Ormerod
87 books9 followersRoger Ormerod was born in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire. He worked as a county court officer, an executive officer in the Department of Social Security, a postman, and a shop loader in an engineering factory.
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October 17, 2025
I actually enjoyed this story as it was slightly less taxing on the brain. Patton receives a letter from a lady asking for help. It then transpired that as the letter took so long to catch up with Patton, she was already dead. The investigation begins.
Problem being that this all happens in the patch that Patton was responsible for when a police officer. And when he had retired from there under a slight cloud, he had friends and enemies within the force.A
Still plenty of twists and turns as well as suspects but a good mystery thriller non the less
Problem being that this all happens in the patch that Patton was responsible for when a police officer. And when he had retired from there under a slight cloud, he had friends and enemies within the force.A
Still plenty of twists and turns as well as suspects but a good mystery thriller non the less
October 30, 2024
Retired detective Patton finally receives a letter (4 months after posted) requesting his help from a Linda Court. On investigation he finds she is dead. He starts to ask questions.
An enjoyable modern mystery
An enjoyable modern mystery
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