Murder Masquerade

Bellairs, George

Literature & Fiction

Leisure Books

Devious murder

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

J. Gifford

Downhill Ride of Leeman Popple

Imprint unknown

Murder Adrift (U)

Mystery

Ulverscroft

Falbright Jenny, the last ferry from Elmer's Creek to Falbright suddenly takes the bit between her teeth and ends up with her nosein the air on a sandbank. The pilot, missing from her bridge, is  later found under Falbright pier, stabbed in the back. Chief Inspector Littlejohn from Scotland Yard finds the case difficult right from the beginning, as the seedy gentry and their shifty tenants stick together and tell as many lies as possible.

Death Drops The Pilot (U) (Ulverscroft Large Print Series)

Fear Round About

Walker&Company

Brings a sleek suspense tale to American readers as Superintendent Littlejohn investigates the death of one of Europe's most adept burglars just before the thief planned to rob an American millionaire's London residence

Devious Murder

Walker Co

First published in 1972, this is a Chief Inspector Littlejohn mystery full of secrecy, duplicity and twisted loyalties. The Todds, governed by the widowed matriarch, Mrs Todd, are well-known in Fordinghurst. When Heck, the philandering youngest son, is found murdered on his boat, they do their best to hush up the scandal. With the local constabulary depleted through illness and strained by an epidemic of illegal immigration, Chief Superintendent Littlejohn of Scotland Yard and his new recruit, Hopkinson, are called in to investigate. Faced with a tangle of family jealousy, marital betrayal and racial prejudice, Littlejohn persists, leading to a slew of confessions.

Murder Adrift

Bloomsbury Reader

First published in 1948, Death on the Last Train is a Chief Inspector Littlejohn mystery full of false leads, dead ends and old-fashioned charm. Detective Inspector Littlejohn of Scotland Yard is travelling to an assignment, exhausted after an arduous journey of delayed connections, when he catches the last train. A murder occurs in his carriage, putting on hold any other plans he may have had. The local police, out of their depth, commandeer the detective to help them solve the case. Delving into unrequited love, betrayal, and poison pen letters, Littlejohn must pick apart a tangle of grudges. Many men and women seem primed with motives, but which of them has it in them to kill?

Death on the Last Train

First published in 1962, Death Before Breakfast is a Chief Inspector Littlejohn mystery full of intrigue, mysterious motives, and ingenious speculation. On her way to church early one morning, Mrs. Jump sees a dead body in the gutter in July Street. Frightened, she hurries on, but her conscience convinces her to return, only to find the body gone. Doubting herself, she nevertheless tells her boss, Inspector Littlejohn of Scotland Yard, who decides to investigate further. He soon discovers that July Street is full of unusual people. Everyone has a motive. Everyone is a suspect. From London to Paris and back, Littlejohn unravels the tangled web of connections between this curious cast of characters to expose the murderer.

Death Before Breakfast

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