New Crime & Mystery Fiction Titles From Allison Busby 04 Jan-March

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New Crime & Mystery Fiction Titles From Allison Busby JAN-MARCH 04

Jonathan Aycliffe A Garden Lost In Time Published January 2004 by Allison Busby at Ł17.99 ISBN: 0749006870

'Intelligent, literate and filled with fine research ... there are. echoes of Edgar Allen Poe in the poised and elegant bookishness of the prose '
The Scotsman
'A chilling story that gives the lie to any notion that supernatural horror is remotely therapeutic. Aycliffe has a fine touch'
The Independent
'Aycliffe 's spare, elegant style and theosophical interests meld perfectly in a Wheatleyesque tale that, like the smell of a damp church, slowly seeps into your bones '
Time Out

Cornwall, 1917. Fifteen-year-old Simon Lysaght is sent after the death of his father to live with his uncle Sir David Trevelyan at their estate house, Trevelyan Priors. His uncle is a formidable man and Simon feels ill at ease in this large and forbidding house. On his fn-st day he discovers there have been a number of family suicides and his cousin William, who is crippled and bed-ridden, warns him never to wander the corridors after dark. Exploring after a day of heavy snow, Simon discovers a track of fresh footprints in an enclosed garden, long abandoned and overgrown. Who do they belong to, and how did they get there? Simon can see no answer, until he encounters a girl of his own age, who tells him her name is Emily. Doubts remain in his mind. Soon Simon wil] discover that Trevelyan Priors and its inhabitants have much to hide...

Jonathan Aycliffe was born in Belfast in 1949. He studied English, Persian. Arabic and Islamic studies at the universities of Dublin, Edinburgh and Cambridge, and lectured at the universities of Fez in Morocco and Newcastle upon Tyne. The author of several successful full-length ghost stories, he lives in the north of England.

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Jo Bannister Reflections Pbk published March 2004 by Allison Busby at Ł6.99 ISBN: 0749006730

'A cleverly plotted story of revenge with an interesting twist' Susanna Yager, The Sunday Telegraph
'Superior police procedurals with a strong cast.' Matthew Coady, The Guardian
'Her work shows intelligence and humour'
The Spectator

In her work as a researcher, Brodie Farrell is used to finding things - her agency specialises in tracking down the weird and the wonderful for clients who have exhausted all the usual options. The mother of two young girls has been brutally stabbed to death after their father discovered the evidence of her latest affair with a young farm hand. Although missing, there is little doubt of his guilt. If Brodie can find their estranged aunt and persuade her to care for her nieces then the future of Juanita and Emerald will be more secure. But when the autopsy report throws up some unexpected results and an intruder breaks into the family home in the dead of night, Brodie realises that tracking a missing aunt is the least of her worries.

Previous Publications:
True Witness (Allison & Busby, 2002)"
Echoes of Lies (Allison & Busby, 2001, 2002)
Changlings (Macmillan, 2000; Pan, 2001)

The author of more than twenty acclaimed novels, Jo Bannister started her career as a journalist on a local weekly paper. Shortlisted for various prestigious awar.ds, she held the post of editor at The County Down Spectator for several years before leaving to pursue her writing full time. She lives in Northern Ireland.

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Clare Curzon A Meeting Of Minds Pbk published March 2004 by Allison Busby at Ł6.99 ISBN: 0749006889

On a cold November morning, Detective Superintendent Mike Yeadings and his team are called to pub car park in Henley-on-Thames where the body of a woman has been found. As they examine the body detective sergeant Rosemary Zycynski is horrified to realise that the dead woman is her next door neighbour, Sheila Winter.
Sheila was a business woman, the owner of a local garden centre and dedicated to her work. Quite, professional and unassuming, she live with her ageing mother and didn't appear to have much in her life outside her work. So, the discovery of her body naked wrapped only in a black fur coat is a shock to all who knew her. Could one of Zycynski's new neighbours at Ashboume House hold the key to the mystery?
An intriguing and thought-provoking mystery, A Meeting of Minds is the latest in the popular series featuring Mike Yeadings and the Thames Valley CID.

Clare Curzon began writing in the 1960s and has published over forty novels under a variety of pseudonyms. She studied French and Psychology at King's College, London, and much other work is concerned with the dynamics within closely-knit communities. A grandmother to seven, in her free time she enjoys travel and painting.

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Margaret Duffy Dead Trouble Published January 2004 by Allison Busby at Ł17.99 ISBN: 0749006234

'The many-layered plot delivers plenty of satisfying action' Publishers Weekly
'Duffy's speciality, the contrary nature's response to love is highlighted to good effect.' Kirkus Reviews
'A well-written, fast-paced novel with a range of sound, interesting characters." Sherlock Magazine
'Well plotted, a cracking pace and good characterisation. Another gem' Shots Magazine

Professor John Norton, a renowned forensic pathologist, is violently murdered at his home the evening after meeting with novelist Ingrid Eangley to discuss the finer points of forensic pathology. When his wife discovers his mutilated body the next morning, his study resembles a bloody slaughterhouse. It looks very much as though someone has performed a PM on the pathologist. Together with her friend DCI James Carrick, who is in charge of the investigation, and her husband Patrick, Ingrid sets about finding Norton's killer. An intriguing, well-paced and action-packed crime mystery, Dead Trouble will keep you guessing to the last page.
Previous Publications:
A Hanging Matter (Allison & Busby 2001)
A Fine Target (Piatkus Books 1998)
Music In The Blood (Piatkus Books 1997)

Margaret Duffy was born in Woodford, Essex and has worked for the Inland Revenue and the Ministry of Defence. She now lives in Devon in a one-time crossing-keepers cottage with her husband and two cats and divides her time between writing and garden design. Dead Trouble is the seventh novel to feature Patrick Gillard and Ingrid Langley.

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Edward Marston The Railway Detective Published February 2004 by Allison Busby at Ł17.99 ISBN: 0749006331
See Review by Martin Edwards - author of the highly acclaimed Harry Devlin Mysteries

___ London,1851. The London to Birmingham mail train is robbed and derailed, injuring the driver and others aboard. With the opening ofthe Great Expedition fast approaching, interest is mounting in the engineering triumphs of the railways, but not everyone feels like celebrating...Planned with military precision, this crime challenges the new Police Force to its limits and leads Inspector Robert Colbeck to discover a tangled web ofmurder, blackmail and destruction. The Railway Detective is an action packed dip into murky 1850s London. Full oftwists and memorable characters, this is a mystery that will surprise you at every turn.

'Brilliant..who needs more?' The Guardian
'Historical crime of the first order'

Previous Publications:
The Repentant Rake (Headline, 2001, 2002)
The Elephants of Norwich (Headline, 2000, 2001)
The Amorous Nightingale (Headline, 2000, 2001)

A former Chairman of the Crime Writer's Association, Edward Marston was born and brought up in South Wales and educated at Oxford University. Edward has worked as a full time writer, history lecturer and literary critic. He is the author of the Nicho.las Bracewell series, the Domesday Books as well as the Restoration series featuring Christopher Redmayne.

`Consummate story-telling, a love of period and astute characterisation and plotting are the hallmarks of all his books, and this is no exception... The past is brought to life with brilliant colours, combined with a perfect whodunit. Who needs more?' Guardian

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Priscilla Masters Endangering Innocents Pbk published February 2004 by Allison Busby at Ł6.99 ISBN: 0749006978
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Something is amiss at a small primary school m the village of Horton. A local man, Joshua Baldwin, has been sitting his car outside the school watching the children as they play. So DI Joanna Piercy is called out to investigate. She meets with the teachers and with Baldwin and eventually decides there is nothing to worry about.
She is terribly wrong. A few days later little Madeline Wiltshaw goes missing from her home in Horton. Joanna is distraught that she trusted her gut instinct so implicitly, that she was not more suspicious of Baldwin. And the corning weeks will be a testing time for Joanna, as she desperately tries to find young Madeline. But with foot and mouth disease ruling the surrounding countryside off-limits, Joanna's task is made doubly difficult…

Priscilla Masters was born in Halifax and is one of seven adopted children. The family moved to South Wales where she lived until she was sixteen when she went to Birmingham to work and then train as a nurse. She is married to a GP and now lives in Shropshire. She works part-time in Staffordshire as a practice nurse. She is the author of numerous crime novels, including the popular Joanna Piercy series.

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Catherine Shaw The Three-Body Problem Published January 2004 by Allison Busby at Ł17.99 ISBN: 0749006927
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An engaging, atmospheric and stimulating novel, The Three-Body Problem 'is a cleverly realised debut novel from an exciting new talent.
Cambridge University, 1888. The world of Miss Vanessa Duncan, a young schoolmistress, is shattered when a Fellow of Mathematics, Mr Akers, is found dead with a violent blow to the back of his head. Discussing the murder, she learns of a competition set by the King of Sweden on the 'n-body problem', an as yet unsolved puzzle seí by Sir Isaac Newton. It is thought that Akers had been working towards a solution to win the prestigious prize.
As the months pass and the murder is left unsolved, news breaks of the death of another mathematician, Mr Beddoes. Vanessa's new love, Arthur Weatherburn, becomes a prime suspect until yet another mathematician is murdered. Convinced of his innocence, Vanessa sets about trying to prove her case. As the evidence begins to stack up, it becomes a race against time to prove her theory.

Catherine Shaw is a pseudonym. A mathematician and academic, she is a graduate of Harvard in mathematics and literature and gained a PhD from the University of Paris. She currently lives in Paris with her husband and children.

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Peter Turnbull Reality Checkpoint Published February 2004 by Allison Busby at Ł17.99 ISBN: 074900603X

'Grips like the devils forceps' The Observer
'Starkly told and distinctly scary ' The Daily Telegraph
'Pulses with authenticity and atmosphere ' The Times
'A master' The Sunday Times

A hiker walking across the Fens fínds a skeleton buried in the ground. Police are informed of the discovery, and DI Sydney Household is assigned to the case. The body is identified as that of Edward de Beer, a student who went missing from his digs in the early 1970s. The lines between past and present become blurred for Cambridge CID, the "Cambridge Panther", when a man abducting girls from the streets holds them hostage for days at a time. Leads are few, and fears rise that he may kill. When another girl is taken the hunt is on...

Previous Publications:
All Roads Leadeth (Sevem House, 2003)

The Retum (Severn House, 2001)
Períls & Dangers (Sevem House, 2001)

Peter Turnbull is the author of eighteen previous novels and a number of works of short fiction. Peter is a full-time writer having previously worked as a social worker in Glasgow, before returning Yorkshire.

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