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Darkness lurks in sunny Italy after a woman dies at a creative writing retreat and her teacher must investigate: "Amusing . . . Readers will have fun." --Publishers Weekly Named a "Book of the Year" by Mail on Sunday and Literary Review Francis Meadowes is soaking up the late summer sun in Italy, running a creative writing course at the beautiful Villa Giulia, deep in the remote Umbrian countryside. His students include snooty, irritating Popp...

A wealthy man is shocked to discover that he's dead--and worse yet, he must find out who it was that killed him . . . Adam Albury, a successful architect, finds himself at a funeral in his local church. Scanning the aisles and seeing his family and friends dressed somberly in black, he's shocked to learn the service is for him. Adam, now no more than a hovering spirit, is even more astonished to hear his death was ruled a suicide. The ghostly ...

A literary festival turns lethal, in this sharp-witted series debut: "A marvellous set of unsavoury suspects . . . good, nasty fun with a ring of truth." --The Mail on Sunday, Thriller of the Week Bryce Peabody is ready to give a scandalous talk at the annual literary festival in the pretty English town of Mold-on-Wold. Scathing in his reviews and unseemly in his affairs, Bryce is known to have many enemies. So when he's discovered dead in his...

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Francis Meadowes is lecturing on crime writing aboard the Golden Adventurer as it cruises down the West African coast. His fellow passengers are an eclectic group. But is any one of them capable of murder? When one of the guests is found dead in bed and a second disappears overboard, Francis is drawn into a baffling murder investigation.

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Mai passarsi sulla faccia il tovagliolo caldo offerto prima di un pasto in Giappone. Vietatissimo poi soffiarcisi il naso. Durante un brindisi in Cina, poi, è meglio non dire "cin cin". A meno di non voler indicare il "pisellino" del padrone di casa, e mettere tutti in grande imbarazzo. In compenso, a fine cena, le bacchette possono essere tranquillamente utilizzate come stuzzicadenti. A un invito a cena in Argentina o a Singapore, è consiglia...

At the start of the Mold-on-Wold literary festival, eminent critic Bryce Peabody is found dead in his hotel bed. Natural causes - or something more sinister, involving one of the writers he has insulted in print? Or is there a more personal reason? Bryce's private life has never been simple, and at least two of his exes are also up in Mold on this summer weekend. Unable to help himself, crime writer Francis Meadowes soon finds himself being dr...

As travel becomes easier, understanding the way things are done in other societies becomes more crucial. This updated version of GOING DUTCH IN BEIJING aims to help its readers avoid minor international incidents by offering a light-hearted but informative look at everything from first greetings to last rites, covering key minefields of misunderstanding along the way. If you want to know what not to say, what not to wear and what not to do whe...