When Rawlings trips over the body of a young girl in Vaux Hall Pleasure Gardens, he becomes prime suspect. Managing to clear his own name, Rawlings is asked to investigate the crime, and following a trail of lustful liaisons and illicit intrigue, he discovers dark secrets in the girl's past.

Death in the Dark Walk

Lake, Deryn

Literature & Fiction

Hodder&Stoughton

This third John Rawlings mystery involves the murder of Sir William Hartfield, whose body is pulled from the Thames on the eve of his wedding. Suspecting foul play, Rawlings investigates the family and discovers not only did each member stand to gain, but each had a good motive for the murder.

Death at The Devil's Tavern: A John Rawlings Mystery (A John Rawlings Mystery)

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Hodder & Stoughton General Division

Summoned to attend a patient in a house near the lonely Romney Marsh, Rawlings does not suspect that he is walking into a web of conspiracy, intrigue and mystery. Until he discovers a body near a deserted church, bearing a coded document. Rawlings reports the case to London's famous blind magistrate John Fielding who identifies the victim as a French spy master. So Rawlings returns to the marshes to investigate who, amongst the colourful local characters, could be harbouring politically explosive secrets...

Death on the Romney Marsh

A Georgian mystery. John Rawlings is celebrating in Vaux Hall Pleasure Gardens when he trips over the body of a beautiful girl. He just catches a glimpse of a man fleeing from the Dark Walk and notices he is wearing a blue coat. A piece of which is clasped tightly in the corpse's hand.

Death at the Beggar's Opera

F. A. Thorpe Publishers

"The Queen of the Georgian historical mystery" - THE TIMES "An effervescent tale...the author organises her large cast and colouful background with skill and gusto through a racily readable drama." - MAIL ON SUNDAY Devon, April 1759: Newlyweds John Rawlings and Emilia are spending their honeymoon touring the mysterious county of Devon. Arriving in Sidmouth, they watch a schooner being towed into harbour and immediately deduce that all is not well on board. The gruesome discovery of the body of a young girl, badly beaten and draped over the figurehead, draws the Apothecary into the investigation. He recognises the dead girl as Juliana van Guylder, daughter of a Dutch merchant residing in the port of Topsham. When the girl's brother, Richard, goes missing at the same time, John realises that he is deeply involved in something rather sinister... A John Rawlings mystery.

Death In The West Wind

Ulverscroft

A John Rawlings Georgian mystery - Apothecary John Rawlings has been summoned to Devon by his beautiful but unpredictable mistress. Leaving his daughter Rose in the good care of her grandfather, Rawlings sets off for Exeter. His fellow stagecoach passengers are a motley crew, and include a large and talkative German lady, a dance-master and a bare-knuckle fighter known as the Black Pyramid. Before the journeys end a man has been found brutally murdered, and Rawlings is once again drawn into a complex and dangerous intrigue.

Death and the Black Pyramid (John Rawlings, Apothecary, 13)

Severn House

From the author of the ‘John Rawlings’ mysteries - The sleepy, eccentric Sussex village of Lakehurst suddenly becomes a place of terror and night shadows. After dark, it is hardly safe to go out, to the consternation of the newly arrived Vicar, trendy young Nick Lawrence, and Inspector Dominic Tennant of the Sussex Police Force. For a serial killer is on the loose: one who leaves notes at the scene of his crimes signed ‘The Acting Light of the World’ . . .

Mills of God (Nick Lawrence Mysteries, 1)

An Apothecary John Rawlings Georgian mysteryApothecary John Rawlings has travelled to Devon to be by the side of his mistress, Elizabeth di Lorenzi, who is due to give birth to their child. Leaving his shop – and his new carbonated water business – in good hands, John is presented with a surprise on his arrival at Sidmouth Bay.While Elizabeth is recuperating, he learns that Lady Sidmouth’s daughter, Miranda, is to marry the Earl of St Austell, who is fifty-four years her senior. The Earl has a cruel reputation and John feels that no good will come of this unlikely match.As the wedding day approaches, John feels increasingly uneasy, and he is especially mindful of a vision his daughter, Rose, had about an evil old woman who may do him harm. Before too long John’s fears are confirmed, and he soon finds himself at the centre of a murderous plot that must be unravelled …

Death at the Wedding Feast (A John Rawlings Mystery)

British & Irish

A John Rawlings Georgian mystery - Apothecary John Rawlings has been summoned to Devon by his beautiful but unpredictable mistress. Leaving his daughter Rose in the good care of her grandfather, Rawlings sets off for Exeter. His fellow stagecoach passengers are a motley crew, and include a large and talkative German lady, a dance-master and a bare-knuckle fighter known as the Black Pyramid. Before the journeys end a man has been found brutally murdered, and Rawlings is once again drawn into a complex and dangerous intrigue.

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Death in the Dark Walk

Death at The Devil's Tavern: A John Rawlings Mystery (A John Rawlings Mystery)

Death on the Romney Marsh

Death in the Dark Walk

Death at the Beggar's Opera

Death In The West Wind

Death and the Black Pyramid (John Rawlings, Apothecary, 13)

Mills of God (Nick Lawrence Mysteries, 1)

Death at the Wedding Feast (A John Rawlings Mystery)

Death and the Black Pyramid (John Rawlings, Apothecary, 13)