This traditional whodunit has a golfing background and is written by the author of several critical works on English literature and also of "Golf Rules", a humorous guide to golf.

Murder at the Nineteenth (Collins Crime)

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Gregson, J.M.

Mystery

Collins Crime

When an estate agent is murdered Inspector Lambert and Sergeant Hook investigate a compact group of suspects consisting of his four employees, the wife of one of them, and a drunken derelict who knows a little too much.

For Sale - With Corpse

Collins Crime Club

When Walter Fletcher dies only two days after moving from his home in a remote valley, the close community makes it difficult for the police to investigate a probable murder

Accident by Design

Harpercollins

The potential duality of human character and its capacity for dissembling was a source of fascination to the Elizabethan dramatists. Where many of them used the Machiavellian picture to draw one fair-faced scheming villain after another, Shakespeare absorbed more deeply the problem of the tensions between the public and private face of man. Originally published in 1983, this book examines the ways in which this psychological insight is developed and modified as a source of dramatic power throughout Shakespeare's career. In the great sequence of history plays he examines the conflicting tensions of kingship and humanity, and the destructive potential of this dilemma is exploited to the full in the 'problem plays'. In the last plays power and virtue seem altogether divorced: Prospero can retire to an old age at peace only at the abdication of all his power. This theme is central to the art of many dramatists, but in the context of Renaissance political philosophy it takes on an added resonance for Shakespeare.

Public and Private Man in Shakespeare (Routledge Library Editions: Study of Shakespeare)

Literature & Fiction

Dramas & Plays

Routledge

Public and Private Man in Shakespeare

Barnes & Noble Imports

It is a will-known fact that most murder victims know their murderers -- usually very well. So when Verna Hume is found strangled in her own home the police immediately turn to her husband, and when it becomes apparent that the couple did not get on, they arrest him.
But one man is unconvinced. Detective Inspector Peach finds it hard to believe that the mild-mannered Martin Hume is capable of killing anyone, and sets out to prove it. With the investigation reopened, it soon becomes evident that Verna Hume had a talent for making people dislike her and was universally loathed, especially by her close family and friends. Now, Peach is faced with six suspects, all with motives, all with the opportunity and all with something to hide...

To Kill a Wife

Severn House

Missing, Presumed Dead

A body is found in Broughton Ash churchyard - male, middle-aged, well-dressed, but with no identification. Only one fact is certain - he was murdered. Superintendent John Lambert and Detective Sergeant Bert Hook are engaged in a battle of wills on the golf course when the call comes in, but murder takes precedence. Lambert and Hook set to the challenge of discovering the victim's identity - and his killer - with all their usual wit and intelligence. As their investigation closes around the murderer, a surprisingly large number of people start to feel uncomfortable!

Malice for Aforethought

When the body of a young woman is found on the Lady Chapel altar in Hereford Cathedral, it appears that serial killer The Sacristan has set the grandest stage yet for his unholy tableaux, and the newspapers waste no time in stoking up public fear and fury. But there are slight differences between this case and those of The Sacristan so, fearing that a copycat killer has taken up a grisly challenge, Lambert and Hook set about discovering all they can about the dead girl.
And there is much to discover, with many theories and many suspects: there is the well-known Member of Parliament who was paying for her sexual favours; the passionate young actor who had begged her to give up her destructive lifestyle to marry him; and her abusive step-father, who has recreated himself as the charismatic leader of a money-grabbing cult. And there is still the matter of The Sacristan.
Lambert and Hook have little time to solve one of the most puzzling cases of their career, before the media drown the police force in a wave of hysteria. . .

An Unsuitable Death (Lambert and Hook Mysteries)

The only thing that characterises the murders committed by the Lancashire Leopard is that he leaves no clues. He's killing young women, and it looks like he's gaining confidence. Detective Inspector Peach has hit a brick wall -- and it seems that the only chance of catching the Leopard is to let him strike again.

The Lancashire Leopard

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