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Detective Markham Mystery #9-16
The Detective Markham Mysteries Books 9-16
In this 8-book box set:
BOOK 9: CRIME IN THE BALLROOM
Shirley Bastin, the ultra-glam dance school owner, is found dead, drowned in a water butt, her dainty heels peeking out from the top. All the evidence suggests her death was a tragic accident. So why does Detective Markham think she was murdered?
BOOK 10: CRIME IN THE BOOK CLUB
Luck has run out for the literary golden boy of Calder Vale. He’s found battered to death in a vintage train carriage. The gated community — and exclusive book club — of Grasmere Park seems respectable, but what goes on beneath the surface?
BOOK 11: CRIME IN THE COLLEGE
Detective Markham has never forgotten bright, beautiful Catriona Rowlands. She was a third-year student with the world at her feet. Then she vanished without a trace. Now her skeleton has been unearthed. Who wanted her dead?
BOOK 12: CRIME IN THE KITCHEN
Jayne Padgett is a beloved teacher. So how does she end up dead, neatly posed at her kitchen counter? She was strangled and forced to drink bleach. And, stranger still, the killer tried to clear up the mess afterwards. Then another murder with the same m.o. — is someone cleaning up the town?
BOOK 13: CRIME IN THE SPA
Dr Nariman’s weight-loss show is like Marmite — people either love it or hate it. Now he’s found murdered in his own clinic. Someone has caved in the back of his head. Then his nurse is discovered dead at the bus stop. Her throat has been slit. Coincidence? Or a targeted attack?
BOOK 14: CRIME IN THE CRYPT
Dowdy receptionist Julia Porter checked in to London’s elegant Theresian Club — part-members’ club, part-religious centre — and now she’ll never leave. She is found strangled to death with her own tights in her room. The kicker? She welcomed her killer in like a friend.
BOOK 15: CRIME IN OXFORD
Detective Markham visits the Reynolds Museum in Oxford, hoping to take in a little culture. Instead, he finds a grisly crime scene. A battered body, posed in a glass case for all to see. The victim’s friends and peers might seem respectable. But one of them is hiding a killer secret
BOOK 16: CRIME IN CARTON HALL
Early one morning, the cleaner at Carton Hall makes a shocking find in the tapestry room. A dead body lying among the priceless artworks. The victim was the talk of Old Carton village, but now he’s met his match. Is it a jilted ex? A jealous lover? Or someone else connected with the hall?
BOOK 9: CRIME IN THE BALLROOM
Shirley Bastin, the ultra-glam dance school owner, is found dead, drowned in a water butt, her dainty heels peeking out from the top. All the evidence suggests her death was a tragic accident. So why does Detective Markham think she was murdered?
BOOK 10: CRIME IN THE BOOK CLUB
Luck has run out for the literary golden boy of Calder Vale. He’s found battered to death in a vintage train carriage. The gated community — and exclusive book club — of Grasmere Park seems respectable, but what goes on beneath the surface?
BOOK 11: CRIME IN THE COLLEGE
Detective Markham has never forgotten bright, beautiful Catriona Rowlands. She was a third-year student with the world at her feet. Then she vanished without a trace. Now her skeleton has been unearthed. Who wanted her dead?
BOOK 12: CRIME IN THE KITCHEN
Jayne Padgett is a beloved teacher. So how does she end up dead, neatly posed at her kitchen counter? She was strangled and forced to drink bleach. And, stranger still, the killer tried to clear up the mess afterwards. Then another murder with the same m.o. — is someone cleaning up the town?
BOOK 13: CRIME IN THE SPA
Dr Nariman’s weight-loss show is like Marmite — people either love it or hate it. Now he’s found murdered in his own clinic. Someone has caved in the back of his head. Then his nurse is discovered dead at the bus stop. Her throat has been slit. Coincidence? Or a targeted attack?
BOOK 14: CRIME IN THE CRYPT
Dowdy receptionist Julia Porter checked in to London’s elegant Theresian Club — part-members’ club, part-religious centre — and now she’ll never leave. She is found strangled to death with her own tights in her room. The kicker? She welcomed her killer in like a friend.
BOOK 15: CRIME IN OXFORD
Detective Markham visits the Reynolds Museum in Oxford, hoping to take in a little culture. Instead, he finds a grisly crime scene. A battered body, posed in a glass case for all to see. The victim’s friends and peers might seem respectable. But one of them is hiding a killer secret
BOOK 16: CRIME IN CARTON HALL
Early one morning, the cleaner at Carton Hall makes a shocking find in the tapestry room. A dead body lying among the priceless artworks. The victim was the talk of Old Carton village, but now he’s met his match. Is it a jilted ex? A jealous lover? Or someone else connected with the hall?
1948 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 23, 2023
About the author
Catherine Moloney
29 books56 followersI was born in Ikom, Nigeria (where my parents were missionaries) and come from a Liverpool medical family, but am not a doctor of medicine. . After graduating in Jurisprudence from Jesus College (University of Oxford), I was called to the Bar at Gray’s Inn. Despite qualifying as a barrister, my first love was English; this led to a PhD in English Literature at Birkbeck College (University of London).
In my academic career, I lectured and published widely on the subject of tuberculosis and nineteenth-century literature, but somehow managed to avoid contracting galloping hypochondria and turned my attention to crime fiction.
In my academic career, I lectured and published widely on the subject of tuberculosis and nineteenth-century literature, but somehow managed to avoid contracting galloping hypochondria and turned my attention to crime fiction.
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March 24, 2023
Getting real tired if Noakes
Noakes is getting too antagonistic. I find myself skipping his tirades which are becoming more apparent with each new book.
Noakes is getting too antagonistic. I find myself skipping his tirades which are becoming more apparent with each new book.
July 2, 2023
Take a dictionary to bed..........
if, like me, you read in bed. The stories, and the characters are good, but everything is overdone, especially the use of obscure words. Fortunately for me I have my trusty Kindle with a built in dictionary. I'm not sure if it's the author's intention to make me feel thick, to entertain, or to show off her vocabulary skills, but she managed to achieve two of those goals. However, I persevered and read the boxed set of nine books. Probably half of the text is dedicated to an over complicated description of the characters' association with each other. Blackmail also seems to be a far too common feature within the stories too, which was rather annoying. Anyway, five stars for effort.
if, like me, you read in bed. The stories, and the characters are good, but everything is overdone, especially the use of obscure words. Fortunately for me I have my trusty Kindle with a built in dictionary. I'm not sure if it's the author's intention to make me feel thick, to entertain, or to show off her vocabulary skills, but she managed to achieve two of those goals. However, I persevered and read the boxed set of nine books. Probably half of the text is dedicated to an over complicated description of the characters' association with each other. Blackmail also seems to be a far too common feature within the stories too, which was rather annoying. Anyway, five stars for effort.
April 8, 2024
Another enjoyable collection, though some are better than others. I know these books are fiction but honestly some to the things that are allowed to go on just wouldn't be in real life. George Noakes would have been eased out of the police long before Markham came on the scene and the fact that Markham only works with four people, one a Detective Inspector and two Detective Sergeants is something I don't think would be viable. Where are the Detective constables, where are the uniformed officers? And as for the team solving crimes in Oxford and London, well don't even get me started! That being said, if you can look past these highly unlikely occurrences, then the books are actually quite enjoyable.
August 7, 2023
BORING! I had gotten a little tired of the repetitive plot in the 1st 8 books and these just repeat the same plots and actions over again. The characters don't seem to learn from their past.
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