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  • Murder by Burial

    by Stanley Casson ...
    Series series Black Heath Classic Crime
    In the peaceful English village of Kynchester, rivalry between two local archaeologists is reaching breaking point. Colonel Cackett has formed a body of local young men into the 'Roman Guard' - an organisation which reflects the Colonel's belief that a return to Roman values will raise Britain from the degeneration of permissive twentieth-century society. Canon Burbery finds the Colonel's ideas ... Read more

    $1.83 CAD

  • Revival: Ancient Cyprus (1937)

    Its Art and Archaeology

    by Stanley Casson ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    Mr. Casson's book is designed to show that the prehistoric and Hellenic sites in the island deserve much more notice than they have received. Mr. Casson emphasises the peculiarities of Cypriote art and usage; the Greeks evidently had reason to regard the Cypriote " character " or style as exceptional. Mr. Casson's illustrations of sculptures at Nicosia and in London show that his tempered praise ... Read more

    $101.68 CAD

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    Alec Maitland, recently returned from abroad and down on his luck in London, finds himself drawn into intrigue when an old acquaintance, Charles Biddulph — a high‑ranking government official — offers him a covert assignment. Tasked with investigating strange and unsettling occurrences threatening a British Crown colony in Africa, Maitland accepts—but soon discovers that the work is far more ... Read more

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  • The Tin Tree

    by James Quince ...
    Series series Black Heath Classic Crime
    At the height of the Great War, Lieut. Roger Budockshed and Gunner Rachelson are ensconced in a Tin Tree, somewhere on the Western Front - a ramshackle metal structure used for observation and camoflauge. A sudden bomb blast causes the two men to collide violently with each other and, although no-one is injured, Budockshed's curiosity is aroused by Rachelson's exclamation: "O God! Again!" Asked ... Read more

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  • The Manuscript Murder

    by Lewis George Robinson ...
    Series series Black Heath Classic Crime
    When Joseph Marks, the crime novelist, is a dinner guest at “The Chestnuts”, the conversation naturally turns to murder – in fiction and in fact. Sir Oscar Horton is amused to find his guests enumerating the many motives they might have for wishing him dead. But when Sir Oscar is found murdered, his guests' discussion takes on a very real significance for Pryme, the Chief Constable assigned to the ... Read more

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  • Death Come to Perigord

    A Francis McNab Mystery

    by John Alexander Ferguson ...
    Series series Black Heath Classic Crime
    Having temporarily taken over Dr. Wright's practice on the island of Guernsey, Dr. Dunn has in mind a few months of peace and relaxation, punctuated with light and undemanding medical duties away from the hustle and bustle of mainland life. But this is not to be. A routine call on a patient with heart trouble leads to a hunt for a man suspected of homicidal mania – and when a dead body is ... Read more

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  • Inspector Frost and Lady Brassingham

    by Herbert Maynard Smith ...
    Series series Black Heath Classic Crime
    Lady Brassingham's niece Lady Dorothy Poynings has gone missing from the school at Poynings Hall, where she is headmistress. Miss Dampier, the school's senior assistant, is doing her best to keep the matter quiet, but the pupils (and, more importantly, their parents) are begninning to suspect some scandal. Inspector Frost is called in to discover the young woman's whereabouts. As Lady Dorothy's ... Read more

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  • The Hotel Cremona Mystery

    A Kate Marsh Mystery

    by Gret Lane ...
    Series series Black Heath Classic Crime
    When their house has an altercation with a low-flying aeroplane, Kate and Tony Marsh are forced to move into the Hotel Cremona in leafy Hampstead. They are joined there by their friend John Barrin, late of Scotland Yard (whose flat has been earmarked for redevelopment), their dog Cocoa and their foul-mouthed parrot, Blaster Murphy.Ever the snoop, Kate soon become caught up in the intrigue of an ... Read more

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  • The House of Strange Guests

    An Ebenezer Buckle Mystery

    by Nicholas Brady ...
    Series series Black Heath Classic Crime
    When Mostyn of The Gables, Streatham Common is found dead in his bathtub, Inspector Hallows wastes no time in interviewing the unusual assortment of guests at the dead man's home. Soon, Hallows receives help from an unexpected quarter - eccentric cleric, gardener and amateur criminologist Ebenezer Buckle. Hallows is initially reluctant to trust the interfering parson, but he gradually learns to ... Read more

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  • Week-End Murder

    An Ebenezer Buckle Mystery

    by Nicholas Brady ...
    Series series Black Heath Classic Crime
    Bellingham Bay was originally planned as an "Eden on the Kentish Coast". But when financial mismanagement intervened, the newly-erected complex of cheap bungalows was snapped up by Mackay Saunders, a businessman who specialises in providing affordable getaways for couples looking for "something for the week-end". No wonder the place is known informally as "Immorality Corner".The Bay comes to the ... Read more

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  • Eight to Nine

    A Philp Tolefree Mystery

    by R.A.J. Walling ...
    Series series Black Heath Classic Crime
    Lord Greenwood is most perturbed when his son Bill Chance strikes up a relationship with the actress Millicent Vane. When the troubled peer commissions Philip Tolefree to provide him with proof that Miss Vane is a woman with a scandalous past, Tolefree worries that this savours too much of the sordid intrigue of the divorce court. But when a hunch leads Tolefree and his associate Farrar to pay a ... Read more

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  • Follow the Blue Car

    A Philip Tolefree Mystery

    by R.A.J. Walling ...
    Series series Black Heath Classic Crime
    “If you happen to be on the Paybury Road to-morrow afternoon, the 28th, between four and five... Look out for an unmistakably blue car—and keep your eye on it.”So runs the anonymous communication sent to Philip Tolefree, insurance broker and clandestine private detective. Setting off at the advertised time with his loyal friend Farrar, the pair engage in an exciting moonlit chase across the Downs ... Read more

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