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Multiples of Murder: Three Cases for Philip Bryce
Three more 1940s cases for Detective Chief Inspector Philip Bryce.
The first two are set in 1949, and follow on from The Bedroom Window Murder, The Courthouse Murder, and The Felixstowe Murder.
The third is a ‘prequel’, going back to 1946, when Bryce – having returned to the police after army service – was a still a Detective Inspector, based in Whitechapel rather than Scotland Yard.
1. DEATH IN AN OFFICE KITCHEN
In the office kitchen of a London advertising agency, a man falls to the floor, dead. Natural causes are presumed – until evidence emerges showing this cannot be the case. Chief Inspector Bryce is assigned to expose the murderer.
2. DEATH IN THE PUBLIC BATHS
A body is found in the public bathhouse in St Marylebone. Bryce is tasked with discovering the identity of the victim, and his assailant. With Sergeant Haig’s help, the DCI sorts the facts from the lies.
3. DEATH ON A LONDON BUS
On the upper deck of an experimental London bus, a man is found dead. All of the passengers claim they saw and heard nothing. Inspector Bryce, together with colleagues from Leman Street police station, solves one of his earlier cases.
The first two are set in 1949, and follow on from The Bedroom Window Murder, The Courthouse Murder, and The Felixstowe Murder.
The third is a ‘prequel’, going back to 1946, when Bryce – having returned to the police after army service – was a still a Detective Inspector, based in Whitechapel rather than Scotland Yard.
1. DEATH IN AN OFFICE KITCHEN
In the office kitchen of a London advertising agency, a man falls to the floor, dead. Natural causes are presumed – until evidence emerges showing this cannot be the case. Chief Inspector Bryce is assigned to expose the murderer.
2. DEATH IN THE PUBLIC BATHS
A body is found in the public bathhouse in St Marylebone. Bryce is tasked with discovering the identity of the victim, and his assailant. With Sergeant Haig’s help, the DCI sorts the facts from the lies.
3. DEATH ON A LONDON BUS
On the upper deck of an experimental London bus, a man is found dead. All of the passengers claim they saw and heard nothing. Inspector Bryce, together with colleagues from Leman Street police station, solves one of his earlier cases.
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Published October 1, 2023
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March 18, 2024
This is quite a good read. Three stories of equality good story line.
December 26, 2023
One of the three cases covered in this volume is from 1946, when Philip Bryce was a Detective Inspector in London. A man is found stabbed to death in the top section of a double-decker bus.
The other cases are from 1949, when Bryce was a Scotland Yard DCI, assisted by DS Haig. In one, a man dies in the coffee room of an advertising agency. In the other, a man is found shot to death in a public swimming pool. Bryce displays careful attention to detail in his investigation of all three cases.
The other cases are from 1949, when Bryce was a Scotland Yard DCI, assisted by DS Haig. In one, a man dies in the coffee room of an advertising agency. In the other, a man is found shot to death in a public swimming pool. Bryce displays careful attention to detail in his investigation of all three cases.
January 21, 2024
Great
Three really good short stories involving the detective Philip Bryce. Two are set in (his) modern days of 1949, the third is a 'flashback' to 1946 when he was an Inspector. Good enjoyable reading.
Three really good short stories involving the detective Philip Bryce. Two are set in (his) modern days of 1949, the third is a 'flashback' to 1946 when he was an Inspector. Good enjoyable reading.
July 26, 2024
1. Death in an Office Kitchen - 30th August 1949 - While making coffee for his co-workers John Kemp is killed.
2. Death in the Public Baths - 1st September 1949 - Jack Carlo, Superintendent of the Baths discovers the body of 36 year old ex-con James Green, shot, in one of the pools.
3. Death on a London Bus - 18th June 1946 - Sergeant Harold Parkes is travelling on a bus between Romford and Aldgate when a body is discovered on the upper level. That of jeweller Gerry Gates.
Entertaining short stories.
2. Death in the Public Baths - 1st September 1949 - Jack Carlo, Superintendent of the Baths discovers the body of 36 year old ex-con James Green, shot, in one of the pools.
3. Death on a London Bus - 18th June 1946 - Sergeant Harold Parkes is travelling on a bus between Romford and Aldgate when a body is discovered on the upper level. That of jeweller Gerry Gates.
Entertaining short stories.
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