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  • Inspector Bedison Risks It

    by Thomas Cobb ...
    Series series Black Heath Classic Crime
    The Reverend Ashley Drew is suspicious of Mrs. Slocombe's new companion, Margaret Cresswell - for he has just recognised in Margaret the former wife of the notorious criminal Albert Plimmer, whose capture he helped bring about. As Vicar of Cornborough, Ashley has a duty to uphold the moral standing of his flock, and he gives Mrs. Plimmer an ultimatum - confess all to her new employers or he will ... Read more

    $1.83 CAD

  • Who Closed the Casement?

    An Inspector Bedison Mystery

    by Thomas Cobb ...
    Series series Black Heath Classic Crime
    Stephen Enderton, the deformed and disabled son of Sir Jeremy Enderton, is tragically killed when he is asphyxiated in a sealed room after passing out during an epileptic seizure. But why was the casement window of the room shut? And how did Stephen manage to turn on both gas taps on the room's stove as he fell? As a result of these doubts, the local police are pleased to receive the help of ... Read more

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  • Inspector Bedison and the Sunderland Case

    by Thomas Cobb ...
    Series series Black Heath Classic Crime
    Inspector Bedison is not exactly a welcome visitor at 8 Selborne Gardens, home of the financier Randolph Sunderland, when he arrives to investigate the man's involvement in a financial swindle worth thousands of pounds. Sunderland insists that he is as much a victim of his absconding partners as any of his duped investors. Bedison is unsure of the man's guilt, but is not surprised to be called ... Read more

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  • The Crime Without a Clue

    An Inspector Bedison Mystery

    by Thomas Cobb ...
    Series series Black Heath Editions
    When Basil Purcell is found dead during Lady Redington's garden party, no one in Lower Marling is particularly sorry. Even so, when evidence of foul play is discovered, it is Inspector Bedison's duty to bring the killer to justice. But with so many people possessing a motive and with no witnesses to the crime, his task seems almost insurmountable...Originally published in 1929, this vintage ... Read more

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  • The House by the Common

    by Thomas Cobb ...
    Series series Black Heath Classic Crime
    One summer night, Dr Everest of Tunbridge Wells is called to a house near his practice to tend to the dying Colonel Manningtree. But what he believes to be a routine case takes a turn for the sinister when the Colonel's daughter, Dora, visits him the following morning with a strange story. Claiming to have been disturbed by odd noises during the night, Dora is adamant that she heard her father's ... Read more

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  • The Little Clown

    by Thomas Cobb ...
    The story follows a young boy named Billy, who works as a shoe-shiner in a bustling city. Despite his poverty and hardship, Billy maintains a cheerful and optimistic outlook on life, finding joy in the simple pleasures of his daily routine.One day, while shining shoes in the town square, Billy encounters a small, raggedy clown who is performing for the crowd. The clown's performance is met with ... Read more

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  • Crime at Keeper's Cottage

    by Thomas Cobb ...
    Series series Black Heath Classic Crime
    In the village of Edgmore, the body of Connie Crane has been discovered at Keeper's Cottage - home of bohemian poet Gerald Mortimer. When the poet is arrested, his friend Amelia is convinced of his innocence and engages the solicitor Errol Martin to investigate the crime. But when news emerges that the dead girl was pregnant, it becomes clear that a tragic scandal has been taking place under the ... Read more

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  • The Sark Street Chapel Murder

    by Thomas Cobb ...
    Series series Black Heath Classic Crime
    Mrs. Prentice's extra-marital affairs are the talk of London - and her current fling with film actor Carrington Case has been particularly efficacious in setting society tongues wagging. So when Mrs. Prentice is found murdered outside Sark Street Chapel one snowy winter's night, a crime of passion is suspected and Prentice's loyal secretary, Godfrey Marston, turns detective in the hunt for the ... Read more

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  • Death on the Cliff

    by Thomas Cobb ...
    Series series Black Heath Classic Crime
    Susannah Roperson and her half-sister Margaret are distraught when, one stormy evening, Margaret's mother falls to her death from the cliff path near their home on the south coast of England. A second death soon follows, however, and although the inquest rules that both tragedies were accidental, Susannah is by no means certain that at least one of the 'accidents' was not, in fact, something ... Read more

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  • The Disappearance of Mr Derwent

    by Thomas Cobb ...
    Series series Black Heath Classic Crime
    On the night of his wife’s funeral, successful poet Mr Derwent leaves his house and disappears without a trace. Despite the assurances of Inspector Holt, Florence Derwent is convinced that her father has been murdered, and is determined to discover the truth, whatever it takes. Just what has become of Derwent? And could the mysterious woman in black, seen prowling the village at night, hold the ... Read more

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  • Wedderburn's Will

    A Detective Story

    by Thomas Cobb ...
    Series series Black Heath Classic Crime
    Dick Forsyth's parents died in a train crash when he was a young boy. On the same train was the wealthy Silas Wedderburn. Surviving the accident, Wedderburn adopted the unfortunate orphan as his own. Now, eleven years later, Wedderburn is on the brink of death and everyone in the little village of Castlebridge expects Dick to be made heir to the old man's fortune. But a startling revelation and a ... Read more

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  • Who Opened the Door?

    by Thomas Cobb ...
    Series series Black Heath Classic Crime
    A chance meeting with his old friend, Detective-Inspector Pardoe, gives Gilbert Bevan an opportunity to seek some much-needed professional help on a baffling mystery. His flatmate Lawrence Heath has disappeared after an altercation with the husband of a woman with whom he has become romantically involved. When the husband in question, Alexander Secretan, turns up dead at a deserted cottage, Pardoe ... Read more

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