New Crime & Mystery Fiction Titles From
Constable Robinson
07 July-Sept
New Crime & Mystery Fiction Titles From
Constable Robinson
JULY-SEPT 07
Barbara Cleverly
Folly Du Jour (Joe Sandilands Murder Mystery)
Published September 2007 by Constable Robinson at £18.99
ISBN: 1845295285
This book is the seventh in the Joe Sandilands murder mystery series. It is set in Folies Bergere, Paris, December 1926. Joe hurries to the assistance of an old friend who has been arrested for murder. In a cell of the Quai des Orfevres he meets with Sir George Jardine, still in the evening dress stained with the blood of the dead man. The only other witness, a blonde who was sharing the victim's box, has vanished. Assistance for Joe comes from an entirely unexpected quarter - Francine, a young usherette, clawing her way into the world of the Paris Music Hall. It is she who becomes Joe's guide through this treacherous place where Joe is sure the killer is lurking.
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David Dickinson
Death of an Old Master
Pbk published August 2007 by Constable Robinson at £6.99
ISBN: 1845290143
England 1899, and the Salisbury Galleries in London announce the biggest exhibition of Old Master paintings every seen in Europe. Excitement is intense, but before the exhibition opens, one of Britain's leading art experts, Christopher Montague, is found dead in his study. When Lord Francis Powerscourt is called in to investigate he finds every book, notepad and scrap of paper has been removed from the scene of the crime. Montague had been working on something that would have rocked the art world. Did the article that claimed a number of the 'Old Masters' had been painted recently by a single hand have anything to do with his death? Powerscourt embarks on an odyssey through a treacherous world of art dealers and picture restorers in pursuit of a master forger. He travels to Sicily where the trail grows cold, but, after the thrills and dangers of that lawless island, it is in a remote corner of the English countryside where the truth is finally revealed.
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David Dickinson
Death of a Chancellor
Pbk published July 2007 by Constable Robinson at £6.99
ISBN: 1845295390
England, 1901, and the cathedral in the town of Compton in the west of England is preparing to celebrate a very special anniversary, one thousand years of Christian worship. But a few weeks before the main ceremonies at Easter, the chancellor, a high official of the cathedral, dies in mysterious circumstances. No one, except the doctor and the undertaker, is allowed to view the corpse. It soon transpires that the Chancellor was one of the richest men in England and his sister suspects foul play - so that discreet and well bred investigator Lord Francis Powerscourt is asked to look into the case. As Powerscourt paces the ancient cloisters and listens to evensong from the choir stalls, he begins to suspect that a terrible secret lies hidden in the cathedral, and that it might have something to do with the anniversary. Then there is a truly dreadful incident - the dead body of one of the choristers is discovered, turning and turning on the great spit in the Vicars Hall kitchen. Both Powerscourt and his wife Lady Lucy are to be at risk of their lives before he uncovers the astonishing secret of Compton Minster and unmasks a brutal killer. With narrative skill and a real understanding of the period, David Dickinson takes us once again into a past that is in many ways more exciting and more dangerous than our own time.
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Stephen Jones
The Mammoth Book of Monsters
Pbk published July 2007 by Constable Robinson at £7.99
ISBN: 1845295943
This title includes monsterrific stories by top names in horror writing. Vampires, Werewolves, Zombies, Ghouls... these and many other Creatures of the Night are featured in this bumper collection of stories by such authors as Clive Barker, Harlan Ellison, Ramsey Campbell, Brian Lumley, Tanith Lee, Michael Marshall Smith, Kim Newman, Joe R. Lansdale, Lisa Tuttle, R. Chetwynd-Hayes, Basil Copper and many others. Here you'll discover creatures both unnatural and man-made, as the walking dead rise from their graves, immortal bloodsuckers seek human nourishment, deformed monstrosities pursue their victims across the countryside, and the ugliest of nightmares is revealed to have a soul. Drawn from the pages of legend and literature, these stories feature Things that slither, stagger, swoop, stomp and scamper. So bolt the doors, lock the windows and shiver in the shadows, because no-one is safe when the Monsters are loose.
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Roy Lewis
Dragon Head
Published July 2007 by Constable at £18.99
ISBN: 1845294831
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Rafe McGregor
Planning officer and amateur archaeologist Arnold Landon is not the kind of guy to go up against a trained assassin. But a surprising offer from a Chinese businessman has led him into a corrupt, centuries-old criminal clan called the Syndicate of the Ghost Shadow commanded by the Dragon Head, and placed two female colleagues in deadly danger. It climaxes on a rain-swept Northumbrian coast…. 17th in series.
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Catriona McPherson
The Burry Man’s Day
Pbk published August 2007 by Constable Robinson at £6.99
ISBN: 1845295927
Summer 1923, and as the village of Queensferry prepares for the annual Ferry Fair and the walk of the Burry Man, feelings are running high. With his pagan greenery, his lucky pennies and the nips of whisky he is treated to wherever he goes, the Burry Man has much to offend stricter souls like the minister or temperance pamphleteer. And then at the Fair, in full view of everyone - including Dandy Gilver, invited to hand out the prizes - he falls down dead. If he has been poisoned then the list of suspects includes anyone with a bottle of whisky in the house, and, here at Queensferry, that means just about everyone.
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Gwen Moffat
Gone Feral
Published August 2007 by Constable Robinson at £17.99
ISBN: 1845295439
The Boathouse, in scenic Cumbria, is inherited by Sophie Daynes, who cherishes it for its family associations. Her bore of a husband, in his forties and obsessed by his mistress, covets it for its cash value. Husband, wife and lover, all have their champions - while up in the woods a man lives in a caravan whom gossip maintains is a villain from Manchester forced to lie low. Gossip, greed and passion is exacerbated in high summer when the pleasure steamer churns up more than mud from the lake floor and a terrible package is revealed, changing the lives of all connected with the boathouse.
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Michael Pearce
A Dead Man in Tangier
Published September 2007 by Constable Robinson at £18.99
ISBN: 1845295307
Why is Seymour of Scotland Yard summoned to somewhere so exotic as North Africa? Isn't the death of a Frenchman there something for the local police? Well, yes and no. The local police are answerable to the International Committee, of which the chairman is the British Consul. So naturally the ensuing investigation has to be above board. And so Seymour is bought in as he has had experience of this sort of thing before. And if he fails - well he is expendable, after all...
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Elizabeth Peters
Trojan Gold (Vicky Bliss Murder Mystery)
Pbk published August 2007 by Constable Robinson at £6.99
ISBN: 1845295323
More from Vicky Bliss - the new heroine from the creator of the bestselling "Amelia Peabody" series. A picture is worth a thousand words - but the photograph art historian Vicky Bliss has just received gives rise to a thousand questions instead. A quick glance at the blood-stained envelope is all the proof she needs that something is horribly wrong. The photo itself is familiar: a woman adorned in the gold of Troy. Yet this isn't the famous photograph of Frau Schliemann - this photo is contemporary. And the gold, as Vicky and her fellow academics know - disappeared at the end of World War II. And now this circle of experts is gathered for a festive Bavarian Christmas - including a very determined killer...
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Elizabeth Peters
Silhouette in Scarlet (Vicky Bliss Murder Mystery)
Pbk published August 2007 by Constable Robinson at £6.99
ISBN: 1845295315
One red rose, a one-way ticket to Stockholm, and a cryptic message in Latin intrigue Vicky Bliss - as they were precisely intended to do. Vicky recognises the handiwork of her former lover, jewel thief John Smythe, and she takes the bait, eagerly following Smythe's lead in the hope of finding a lost treasure. But the trail begins at a priceless fifth century chalice which will place Vicky at the mercy of a gang of ruthless criminals who have their eyes on an even more valuable prize. And the hunt threatens to turn deadly on a remote island, where a captive Vicky must dig deep at an excavation into the distant past...
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R T. Raichev
The Death of Corinne (Country House Crime)
Published August 2007 by Constable Robinson at £18.99
ISBN: 1845295250
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Judith Rhodes
When death threats start arriving in the post, legendary French diva Corinne seeks refuge at her godmother's country estate. But there's little peace to be had with dominating theatrical agent Maitre Maginot, private detective Jonson and budding amateur sleuths Antonia Darcy and Major Payne making up the house party... And if that weren't enough, why has a bereaved American millionairess turned up to meet Corinne so soon after her son's suicide?
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Arthur Veno
The Mammoth Book of Bikers
Pbk published September 2007 by Constable Robinson at £7.99
ISBN: 1845295382
Outlaw bikers consider themselves 'the last free people in society', unconstrained by the regulations that rule ordinary citizens. And they guard their privacy jealously. Drawing on 17 years of studying and participating in biker culture, Arthur Veno has compiled the ultimate collection of original biker writing.Here are insider accounts of landmark incidents in bike folklore, plus reprints of classic writing from biker-originated magazines, handouts, websites and books. Gangs featured include the Bandidos, Hells Angels, Henchmen MC, the Outlaws, the Mongols, Annihilators, the Diablos, Gypsy Jokers, the Rebels, the Straight Satans, and the Vagos. And with contributors such as Freewheelin' Frank (one-time secretary of Hells Angels), Edward Winterhalder (among the most powerful members of the Bandidos), and Sonny Barger (founder of the Hell's Angels).Also included are those rare accounts by outsiders that have managed successfully to 'look in' on the gangs: including Hunter S. Thompson in his 'Hell's Angels - A Strange and Terrible Modern Saga'; William Queen the undercover agent who infiltrated America's violent outlaw motorcycle gang the Mongols; and Daniel R. Wolf's account of rid
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