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Bryant & May: peculiar London (Bryant & May mysteries #18.5)
Par Christopher Fowler. 2022
Thinking of a jaunt to England? Let Arthur Bryant and John May, London's oldest police detectives, show you the oddities…
behind the city's facades in this tongue-in-cheek travel guide. The detectives are joined by their boss, Raymond Land, and some of their most disreputable friends, each an argumentative and unreliable expert in their own dodgy field. Each character gives us a short tour of odd buildings, odder characters, lost venues, forgotten disasters, confusing routes, dubious gossip, illicit pleasures, and hidden pubs. They make all sorts of connections and show us why it's almost impossible to separate fact from fiction in London. Adult
Nuptial Sacrifice (The falconer Files Ser.)
Par Andrea Frazer. 2017
After many trials and tribulations, eternal bachelor Detective Inspector Harry Falconer has finally decided to get hitched. His bride -…
the delectable Dr Honey Dubois! With his trusty sergeant Carmichael as best man, Falconer is in remarkably good spirits as the big day closes in. OK, so the normally lugubrious Carmichael is having trouble getting his words out, and there's the unenlightened Mrs Falconer senior to deal with. But surely nothing serious can go wrong? With impeccable timing, it does - will bride and groom last long enough to cut the cake, or will it all be over before it even begins?The final instalment in the much-loved Falconer Files series by acclaimed author Andrea Frazer.
The second in the series featuring a madcap pair of amateur sleuths and a delightful outpouring of upper-class English eccentricities…
- with the odd murder thrown in!Praise for Andrea Frazer's twisty and compelling crime novels:***** 'Humorous, light mystery story; part of a series. Quirky characters; a funny-mysterious read!' Reader Review***** 'Excellent 'cosy' crime novel. Just right for a rainy afternoon' Reader Review***** 'I loved this book. The characters are hilarious... They are truly a joy to read. I immerse myself in the read - and just have a GOOD time!!!!' Reader Review***** 'I loved this book. I love the whole series. The characters are wonderful. It is so well written I had such a hard time putting the book down' Reader Review***** 'A fun mystery with wonderful characters... I would recommend to all mystery lovers' Reader Review_________Lady Amanda Golightly, eccentric resident of a sprawling faux castle in the town of Belchester, has recently taken it upon herself to act as a veritable super-sleuth, aided by her friend Hugo Cholmondley-Crichton Crump.In this Chronicle she faces a family crisis while planning a new business venture for Belchester Towers: guided tours. To celebrate (and road-test) her new venture, Lady Amanda invites a horde of old chums to a trial run at Christmas time, complete with tasty nibbles. However, things don't go to plan - a dead guest is discovered found slumped on the library table, having been dispatched in a variety of unusual ways!Lady Amanda and Hugo are off again, but can they beat the morose Inspector Moody to the unmasking of the culprit?
Pascal Passion (The falconer Files Ser. #4)
Par Andrea Frazer. 2012
Shepford Stacey is an unassuming little village, its greatest asset being its small but excellent Church of England Primary School.…
This delightfully old-fashioned establishment of only two classes, one of infants, the other of juniors, has been run by the same pair of ladies for decades. It is in the year that the headmistress, Audrey Finch-Matthews, is to retire, that the smooth running of this long-established educational establishment is interrupted by murder. When Detective Inspector Harry Falconer and Detective Sergeant Davey Carmichael of the Market Darley Police arrive to investigate, they discover a host of motives, both past and present, and grudges that reach right back through the years. As the Easter weekend grinds inexorably on its way, Death stalks the village again, and it suddenly becomes imperative that the murderer is caught before there are more fatalities. Falconer soon realises that this is not the work of an opportunistic psychopath passing through, but of someone within the small community itself, taking lives at will, and there is no indication that the slaughter will stop here.
Inkier than the Sword (The Falconer Files #3)
Par Andrea Frazer. 2012
In the quiet village of Steynham St Michael there is an anonymous letter writer at work, jabbing and stabbing at…
the past's Achilles' heels of many of the upright citizens living there.After one resident is driven to extreme measures to escape exposure, another is driven to murder. In the village cards club, which meets once a week, tongues begin to wag, not only about the identities of the murderer and the poison pen letter-writer, but also about who exactly has received a letter. There are also changes afoot at Market Darley Police Headquarters, as the national economy dictates that it accepts the straitened circumstances planned for it, and complies with recommendations for change. And before any of this even happens, Harry Falconer drifts up from unconsciousness to find himself in complete darkness and barely able to move, the only sound being that of someone moaning in pain.
'A sharp and absolutely hilarious spoof of the country house murder mystery... The whodunnit is a fun one... Such a…
fantastic read. I laughed out loud reading this many times, never more so than at the very end of the epilogue. Terrific stuff' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ It's the 1930s and a mysterious illness is spreading over Scotland. But the noble and ancient family of Inverkillen, residents of Loch Down Abbey, are much more concerned with dwindling toilet roll supplies and who will look after the children now that Nanny has regretfully (and most inconveniently) departed this life. Then Lord Inverkillen, Earl and head of the family, is found dead in mysterious circumstances. The inspector declares it an accident but Mrs MacBain, the head housekeeper, isn't so convinced. As no one is allowed in or out because of the illness, the residents of the house - both upstairs and downstairs - are the only suspects. With the Earl's own family too busy doing what can only be described as nothing, she decides to do some digging - in between chores, of course - and in doing so uncovers a whole host of long-hidden secrets, lies and betrayals that will alter the dynamics of the household for ever. Perfect for fans of Downton Abbey, Agatha Christie and Richard Osman's The Thursday Murder Club, Loch Down Abbey is a playful, humorous mystery that will keep you glued to the page! Readers love Loch Down Abbey!'Think Downtown Abbey and upstairs and downstairs then think Poirot... an entertaining read that gripped me right to the end' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Brilliant fun! Set in beautiful Scotland in the 1930s... The wit and humour are laugh out loud delightful' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'This was such a fun read!... Like a mashup of Gosford Park, Downton Abbey, a mystery... I loved it... Super fun and enjoyable read' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Transports us to 1930s, on a Scottish estate... an extremely enjoyable and humorous fantastic read... I enjoyed the Downton Abbey feeling to it... A great, fun read' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Loved this book! Crazy family, intriguing mystery and lovely Scottish setting' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'A fun, gripping read full of wit, humour, and strong characters... I highly recommend you give Loch Down Abbey a read... you won't regret it!' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'What an absolute joy this book is! I loved it so much!' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'What a delight of a book! Full of humour, well drawn characters and a family with issues. Not forgetting a mysterious death' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Christmas Mourning: A compelling crime novel full of festive adventure (The Falconer Files #8)
Par Andrea Frazer. 2012
CHRISTMAS MOURNING is the eighth instalment of Andrea Frazer's Falconer Files, a detective series chock-full of picture-postcard villages, dastardly deeds,…
and a delightful slice of humour.Praise for Andrea Frazer's twisty and compelling crime novels:***** 'The best laugh I have had for a long time. Great story very well written' Reader Review***** 'I loved the book. A good British mystery. Characters are great. All mystery lovers would enjoy this' Reader Review***** 'I have read all of the Falconer Files and they are all excellent. Well written with lovable and quirky characters' Reader Review***** 'Andrea Frazer's Falconer files are outstanding long may she continue to write them they are like a breath of fresh air' Reader Review***** 'Once again, another gripping story in a perfect village... a lot of twists and turns and wonderful descriptions so that one feels actually "there" amongst it all' Reader Review***** 'Discovered this series of books and can't get enough of them. Characters very appealing and loads of humour. Just what I like best' Reader Review_________The UK is experiencing its worst winter for years.Catastrophic news for DI Harry Falconer, as he has rashly promised to spend Christmas with his sergeant, Carmichael, and Carmichael's rambunctious family, in Castle Farthing - only to find himself snowed in and in and spending a lot longer at chez Carmichael than is desirable...Without power or telephones, and Castle Farthing cut off from the outside world until further notice, Christmas Day greets them... with a murder in St Cuthbert's Church, where the locum vicar has discovered, to his horror, one of Castle Farthing's residents nailed to a gigantic cross.Falconer and Carmichael are left to dig their way out of Carmichael's cottage to investigate the terrible crime, with none of the technology and support normally available to them.As if this is not enough to cope with, Carmichael has agreed to look after a huge Great Dane over the festivities, Kerry Carmichael is just about to give birth - and death is still stalking the snowed-in community, intent on claiming at least one more victim...
Choral Mayhem
Par Andrea Frazer. 2012
Who would believe that choral singing could prove such a deadly pastime? Virginia and Richard Grainger, new members of the…
Standchester Choral Society, are looking forward, nervously, to their first public performance with the choir, in a production of Berlioz's 'Romeo and Juliet'.As the performance opens, though, tragedy strikes in the form of a very public death. While coping with the repercussions of this, Virginia also has to tussle with the personal problems of her next-door neighbour, Caroline.As plans to re-schedule the concert are being made, another death occurs, and Virginia begins to realise that her own life may be in danger, as she feels the tangled web of deceit and malice tighten around her …
Inkier than the Sword (The falconer Files Ser. #3)
Par Andrea Frazer. 2012
In the quiet village of Steynham St Michael there is an anonymous letter writer at work, jabbing and stabbing at…
the past's Achilles' heels of many of the upright citizens living there.After one resident is driven to extreme measures to escape exposure, another is driven to murder. In the village cards club, which meets once a week, tongues begin to wag, not only about the identities of the murderer and the poison pen letter-writer, but also about who exactly has received a letter. There are also changes afoot at Market Darley Police Headquarters, as the national economy dictates that it accepts the straitened circumstances planned for it, and complies with recommendations for change. And before any of this even happens, Harry Falconer drifts up from unconsciousness to find himself in complete darkness and barely able to move, the only sound being that of someone moaning in pain.
The Curious Case of The Black Swan Song (Holmes And Garden Ser. #1)
Par Andrea Frazer. 2012
Sherman Holmes has reached a crossroads in his life, having inherited a large fortune from a hitherto unknown relative.John Garden…
also has a decision to make that will have a far-reaching effect on his future.The two happen to book into the same hotel, The Black Swan, on the same weekend,to mull over the changes to their lives that both of them are thinking of making.Meeting purely by chance, foundations for a friendship are laid based on their mutual love of Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories. When a murder occurs in the hotel, though, it isn’t long before their bond strengthens, as they decide to form an alliance and unmask the murderer. They soon find that Death is following them like a faithful dog and, as the case gets more tangled, they make the decision to cement their alliance formally and set up as private investigators.This first book in the series is a romp through a small English town, featuring a pompous would-be Holmes of Baker Street and his own, cross-dressing, ‘Watson’. Mercurially tempered Colin, Holmes’ cat, also makes his first appearance …
Battered to Death: Brief Case (Briefcases Ser. #3)
Par Andrea Frazer. 2012
The third of a series of short stories covering the elapsed time between the books in The Falconer Files series.This…
story covers events that occur between the books 'Pascal Passion' and 'Murder at the Manse'.DI Falconer and DS Carmichael are both enjoying a well-earned rest day, when they are summoned to a most distressing incident that has occurred at a chip shop on the parade of shops in Upper Darley.It was obviously murder, but was it something to do with the robust behaviour of some of the more aggressive customers from the night before or was it closer to home?
Strangeways to Oldham: Belchester Chronicle (The belchester Chronicles Ser. #1)
Par Andrea Frazer. 2012
From the author of the Falconer Files, a series featuring a pair of amateur sleuths and a delightful outpouring of…
English upper-class eccentricities – with the odd murder thrown in. Lady Amanda Golightly of Belchester Towers is a person in complete contrast to the stereotypical image of one of her breeding. She is short, portly, and embarrassingly forthright. If she wasn’t calling a spade a shovel, it was only because she was calling it 'trumps'!On a visit to a local nursing home where an old business partner of her father's is residing, she unexpectedly discovers a long-lost friend, Hugo Cholmondley-Crichton-Crump – and stumbles upon murder as well.Installing Hugo in the more civilised and comfortable surroundings of Belchester Towers, the pair turn to sleuthing after Lady Amanda reports her appalling discovery to the local police inspector and is incensed when he treats her as a silly old biddy with an over-active imagination. Her outrage prompts her to teach the impertinent young whipper-snapper a lesson, and she and Hugo (Zimmer frame in tow) embark upon their first investigation, only for murder to become a distressingly frequent occurrence …
Music to Die For (The falconer Files Ser. #6)
Par Andrea Frazer. 2012
The last three Musical Directors of 'The Dalziels' had left them high and dry by moving to France. Their next…
one was to make the 'ultimate move' by getting himself murdered! The village band in Swinbury Abbot has jogged along quite happily for nigh on a decade. Band practices are free and easy affairs, the music never commencing until after a rather lavish meal with wine, followed by more wine, and then maybe running through a piece or two, just for form's sake. Until the vicar turns up with a new musical director, who plays quite a different tune? For the newcomer's ideas of what a band?s routine should consist of are completely at odds with the musicians? current practices. His clashes with the various band members cause enormous resentment, and, in one of them, a hatred strong enough to provoke murder! Into this welter of negative emotions, Detective Inspector Falconer and Detective Sergeant Carmichael of the Market Darley CID arrive, determined to get to the bottom of things and bring the killer to justice, while simultaneously dealing with their own domestic problems. But the musical mayhem???and the murderousness??? doesn't stop there?
Driven to it: Brief Case (Briefcases Ser. #5)
Par Andrea Frazer. 2012
The fifth of a series of short stories covering the elapsed time between the books in the Falconer Files series.Abigail…
Wentworth is looking forward to her reunion lunch with Alison Fairweather. They are old schoolfriends who met twice a year, usually for Alison to dish the dirt on the others they had known when they were younger – and for Abigail to gloat over their ‘inferior’ circumstances, in comparison to her own respectable existence.During one such lunch, though, Abigail recognizes a face from the past – and from that moment onward, her life skids completely out of control …
Death in High Circles (The falconer Files Ser. #10)
Par Andrea Frazer. 2012
There is mischief afoot in the village of Fallow Fold. Persons unknown have been on a spree of vandalism, scratching…
cars, smashing colourful pots of flowers in full bloom, breaking greenhouse windows???and defiling a front door with a racist word, written in spray paint. The police are called, and given the unavailability of more junior personnel DI Harry Falconer and DS ?Davey? Carmichael arrive to investigate, but there are no obvious suspects.?Then a resident is attacked as he keeps a nocturnal vigil, hoping to catch whoever is responsible for the vandalism. Soon, there is a surfeit of uncharacteristic behaviour from those who live there, and Falconer begins to suspect that there is more to come.?When?the man who runs the local bridge circle disappears, there is a palpable whiff of evil in the air???which leads to a murderous attack on one of the police officers. This is a time when DI Falconer is forced to search his soul to discover what, and who, is really important in his life, and what really matters in it.Death in High Circles is the tenth full-length instalment in the Falconer Files, detective novels featuring dastardly deeds done in picture-postcard villages???and a delightful slice of humour.
Shadows and Sins
Par Andrea Frazer. 2016
The thirteenth in the best-selling Falconer Files by Andrea Frazer.The body of a woman has been discovered in Castle Farthing…
Woods, and it appears that although she had been dead for years, nobody had ever reported her missing.DI Harry Falconer of the Market Darley police is perplexed – and not only in his working life. He has recently resumed his relationship with psychologist Dr Honey Dubois – but while visiting a local village in the course of his investigations, unsettling memories of a former love are revived.Then the bodies start to come thick and fast …As Falconer’s sidekick DS Carmichael is coping with the early birth of his twins, the DI is forced to form a closer bond with his new constable, as they try to solve a nightmare conundrum.For Falconer is forced to confront the fact that someone has been committing these murders under the radar and under his very nose: he is forced to acknowledge that, in the midst of beautiful countryside and quaint market towns, there is a serial killer on the loose.
Strict and Peculiar (The falconer Files Ser. #7)
Par Andrea Frazer. 2012
In the village of Steynham St Michael, the old Strict and Particular Chapel is, at last, undergoing renovation, to the…
delight of the local inhabitants, who believe it will prove useful as a tourist attraction for the village. The renovations, however, have been dogged by the sightings of mysterious hooded figures, and tributes of flowers, left here and there on the site. The newly painted interior is then found defaced by a mysterious message in red paint, and this last prompts a call to the police. DI Falconer and DS Carmichael of the Market Darley CID make an initial visit, and believe that the unexplained events at the Chapel may be the work of a small cult, believed to originate from the college in Market Darley. When a new DC, on secondment, arrives, Falconer immediately sends him undercover as a student, spending his own time trying to lay his hands on a local drug dealer. Then, a body is found on the stone altar table in the Chapel, and events begin to spiral out of control.
CHRISTMAS MOURNING is the eighth instalment of Andrea Frazer's Falconer Files, a detective series chock-full of picture-postcard villages, dastardly deeds,…
and a delightful slice of humour.Praise for Andrea Frazer's twisty and compelling crime novels:***** 'The best laugh I have had for a long time. Great story very well written' Reader Review***** 'I loved the book. A good British mystery. Characters are great. All mystery lovers would enjoy this' Reader Review***** 'I have read all of the Falconer Files and they are all excellent. Well written with lovable and quirky characters' Reader Review***** 'Andrea Frazer's Falconer files are outstanding long may she continue to write them they are like a breath of fresh air' Reader Review***** 'Once again, another gripping story in a perfect village... a lot of twists and turns and wonderful descriptions so that one feels actually "there" amongst it all' Reader Review***** 'Discovered this series of books and can't get enough of them. Characters very appealing and loads of humour. Just what I like best' Reader Review_________The UK is experiencing its worst winter for years.Catastrophic news for DI Harry Falconer, as he has rashly promised to spend Christmas with his sergeant, Carmichael, and Carmichael's rambunctious family, in Castle Farthing - only to find himself snowed in and in and spending a lot longer at chez Carmichael than is desirable...Without power or telephones, and Castle Farthing cut off from the outside world until further notice, Christmas Day greets them... with a murder in St Cuthbert's Church, where the locum vicar has discovered, to his horror, one of Castle Farthing's residents nailed to a gigantic cross.Falconer and Carmichael are left to dig their way out of Carmichael's cottage to investigate the terrible crime, with none of the technology and support normally available to them.As if this is not enough to cope with, Carmichael has agreed to look after a huge Great Dane over the festivities, Kerry Carmichael is just about to give birth - and death is still stalking the snowed-in community, intent on claiming at least one more victim...
Caribbean Sunset with a Yellow Parrot: Belchester Chronicle (The Belchester Chronicles #5)
Par Andrea Frazer. 2014
Lady Amanda Golightly’s dutiful butler Beauchamp is getting married and she provides him and his bride with a wonderful present…
– a honeymoon in the Caribbean. There’s just one snag – Lady Amanda and her friend Hugo are going too! One of Lady A’s old friends is hosting a school reunion, and so the Belchester party joins some of the other old girls in crossing for the reunion by sea – on a ship very accurately named the Seven Seas Floating Party Town.On embarkation, life is typically uneventful: the tropical island paradise is rife with murder, smuggling, blackmail, and much, much, more. With Lady Amanda’s unerring nose for nefarious deeds, she, Hugo, and the besotted newlywed Beauchamps are off detecting once more – aided by plenty of coconut rum – and the local hot sauce.
Grave Stones (The falconer Files Ser. #9)
Par Andrea Frazer. 2012
Grave Stones is the ninth instalment of Andrea Frazer?s Falconer Files, a detective series chock-full of picture-postcard villages, dastardly deeds,…
and a delightful slice of humour.The residents of Shepford St Bernard are to have a party in the church hall, in response to a request to boost congregation numbers???only their new vicar is a woman, and a young one to boot, which is not to everyone's liking??The morning after the party, the extent of the brooding resentment felt in the small community is revealed when an elderly woman is found dead outside her house, the contents of her safe having disappeared along with her attacker.?When Detective Inspector Harry Falconer, Detective Sergeant Carmichael, and Detective Constable Roberts arrive on the scene, they learn that the late Lettice Keighley-Armstrong?s safe had recently held a large quantity of very valuable pieces of jewellery??As the investigation progresses, with efforts made to find out just who might have been tempted enough to commit such a crime, the violence escalates???making it urgent that the offender is quickly apprehended??