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Elderly Simon Ewing is found murdered in his flat, it is assumed to be a robbery gone wrong. But he was left unattended only a few minutes so how did an outsider know when to strike? And why take only one ring from a treasure trove? A fictional whodunnit based on a real murder case.

It won't be much longer now. Keep your head and hold your tongue."In Shadows Before, events from the past are the catalyst for murder. In hope of a fresh start after being acquitted of the murder of his sister-in-law, Matthew Weir has moved his family to Spanwater, a remote manor in the Cotswolds. But his heiress wife Catherine is traumatised by her sister's death and Matthew's trial, and has retreated into childhood memories, believing she is...

A classic English crime novel originally published in 1934. A murder in the village of Great Hake baffles the local police, as everyone appears to have perfect alibis.... This book is the first of four featuring journalist (and amateur sleuth) Charles Venables.

When a local tramp named Peter is found dead, it appears to be natural causes. But the discovery of a foreign newspaper clipping and a bejeweled comb raises suspicions. Before long, bookseller Theodore Terhune receives a series of anonymous short stories, each headed "Ten Trails to Tyburn" which are clues to unraveling Peter's death.

Archy Mitfold had always loved a mystery, but he never expected to take the lead role in a thriller. Yet there was no doubt that someone was trying to kill him.

Cornelia Lackland ruled her house with an iron fist and a firm grasp on the pocketbook. When she dies mysteriously on the night before she was due to change her will, Chief Inspector Dan Pardoe of Scotland Yard must be called to investigate an ever growing list of suspects.

It is 1937 and Lord Carpenter, head of the largest newspaper group in the world is bent on war with Russia. He is so powerful that only his death can prevent this from happening. When Carpenter is murdered, it is up to journalist Charles Venables to solve the case.

Theodore Terhune is drawn into an old murder case after he stumbles on the fresh corpse of Frank Smallwood, a man thought to have been slain twenty years previously. There had been a trial and conviction, the defendant had served time and was then killed in the war. So what exactly happened to Frank Smallwood?

Bookseller Theodore Terhune travels to Yorkshire to buy the private library of a wealthy man who has drowned in a lake on his property. His family is suspicious, but everyone seems to have an ironclad alibi. Terhune slowly unpicks a devious plot.

A 1930s classic crime novel set in London featuring the amateur detective Richard Venables. A set of unusual characters residing at a residential hotel are under suspicion when the proprietress is murdered.

Emma Betony comes to the aid of a former pupil, Grace Aram, who is running a struggling boarding school for girls. Grace needs someone she can trust to expose the culprit behind a series of troubling events.

The 4th story of amateur detective journalist Charles Venables, set in an eastern Balkan country Iconia. Charles is sent to investigate murder and intrigue in the court of the strong-willed and bad-tempered Queen Hanna.

Bookseller and amateur sleuth Theodore Terhune uncovers the strange history of a local house for its mysterious new owner, when a tragedy occurs. Is it an accident or murder? A Golden Age classic detective novel from 1942.

Bookseller Theodore Terhune becomes involved in a series of adventures that indicate a crime about to happen, with each event providing an additional clue to a historical crime involving two local families.

It was not until the fifth death that Miss Tidy made up her mind to go to the police. It was not a sense of civic duty that compelled her but the arrival of two letters that made it clear her life was in danger. Soon there is another death and Inspector Raikes of Scotland Yard is on the scene.

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