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Philip Dryden Series

7 primary works • 8 total works
Philip Dryden, a newspaper reporter in Ely, the Fens, England:

Book 1

The Water Clock
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3.53 · 1102 Ratings · 108 Reviews · published 2002 · 19 editions
In the bleak, snowbound landscape of the Cambridge…

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    Book 2

    The Fire Baby
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    3.69     · 576 Ratings · 45 Reviews · published 2004 · 21 editions
    In the stifling heat wave of June 1976, an America…

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    Book 3

    The Moon Tunnel
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    3.84     · 462 Ratings · 37 Reviews · published 2005 · 12 editions
    Crawling on elbows and knees, a man slowly inches …

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    The Coldest Blood
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    3.81     · 356 Ratings · 36 Reviews · published 2006 · 16 editions
    A man lies hidden in an abandoned boat. Stifling h…

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    Book 5

    The Skeleton Man
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    3.70     · 294 Ratings · 40 Reviews · published 2007 · 12 editions
    For seventeen years, the Cambridgeshire hamlet of …

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    Book 6

    Nightrise
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    3.84     · 255 Ratings · 35 Reviews · published 2012 · 12 editions
    Journalist Philip Dryden is shocked to be informed…

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    Book 7

    The Funeral Owl
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    3.85     · 259 Ratings · 39 Reviews · published 2013 · 9 editions
    When a reader contacts local newspaper The Crow to…

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    Book 1-5

    The Cambridgeshire Fens Mysteries: Books 1-5
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    4.07     · 142 Ratings · 3 Reviews · 1 edition
    Books 1-5 in the Philip Dryden series from CWA Dag…

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