Flaxborough Chronicles Series

12 primary works • 13 total works
DI Walter Purbright investigates his fictional town of Flaxborough, East Anglia "a high-spirited town ... like Gomorrah", often with Sergeant Love. Miss Lucilla Edith Cavell Teatime, ladylike con artist who endearingly lapses into vulgarity appears in #2, many more except #4. Chronological order by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Wa... U.S title…

Book 1

Coffin, Scarcely Used
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3.68 · 1251 Ratings · 230 Reviews · published 1958 · 30 editions

In the respectable seaside town of Flaxborough,…

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    Book 2

    Bump in the Night
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    4.03     · 608 Ratings · 100 Reviews · published 1960 · 20 editions
    Tuesday nights have suddenly turned quite ridiculo…

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    Book 3

    Hopjoy Was Here
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    3.99     · 485 Ratings · 80 Reviews · published 1962 · 29 editions

    The gripping sight of four burly policeman manh…

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    Book 4

    Lonelyheart 4122
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    4.24     · 419 Ratings · 69 Reviews · published 1967 · 26 editions

    Whatever can have happened to Lil?

    Flaxborough…

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    Book 5

    Charity Ends at Home
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    4.04     · 379 Ratings · 59 Reviews · published 1968 · 1 edition

    “I am in great danger … I know that murder…

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    Book 6

    The Flaxborough Crab
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    4.10     · 284 Ratings · 44 Reviews · published 1969 · 19 editions

    An elderly sex-pest is at large in DI Purbright…

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    Book 7

    Broomsticks Over Flaxborough
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    3.97     · 255 Ratings · 43 Reviews · published 1972 · 11 editions

    As Miss Lucilla Teatime often remarks, there is…

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    Book 8

    The Naked Nuns
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    3.92     · 253 Ratings · 42 Reviews · published 1975 · 20 editions

    Flaxborough has its share of fat-cat businessme…

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    Book 9

    One Man's Meat
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    3.98     · 179 Ratings · 32 Reviews · published 1977 · 11 editions

    With old-world charm and a military air, Mortim…

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    Book 10

    Blue Murder
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    3.96     · 193 Ratings · 37 Reviews · published 1979 · 9 editions
    A peculiar pornographic movie has been wowing view…

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    Book 11

    Plaster Sinners
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    4.17     · 197 Ratings · 33 Reviews · published 1980 · 12 editions

    Sergeant Love is a sucker for a picturesque cou…

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    Book 12

    Whatever's Been Going on at Mumblesby?
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    4.00     · 270 Ratings · 44 Reviews · published 1982 · 13 editions

    In Flaxborough’s posh neighbouring village, Mum…

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    The Flaxborough Chronicle
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    4.42     · 12 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1969 · 3 editions
    Ex librar, usual stamps, rebound with the dust jac…

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