When ex-policeman Birdie Linnet leads a motley group to a small Caribbean island for a Tooth and Claw Adventure Holiday, the recreational game of survival quickly turns deadly

A Whiff of Sulphur

Linscott,Gillian

Literature & Fiction

St Martins Pr

Crippled explorer Peter Pentland turns sleuth to investigate the murder of a disgraced fellow explorer--killed by a rare African poison--who had threatened the reputations of rival adventurers Col. Hardy Stretton and Philip Bright, in a mystery set in Victorian England

Murder, I Presume (A Victorian Mystery)

St.Martin's Press

The presumed suicide of a high-class prostitute in turn-of-the-century Biarritz shakes up the upper-class world when the deceased woman, Topaz Brown, leaves her fortune to England's suffragette movement

Sister Beneath the Sheet (Nell Bray Mystery

Nell Bray has dedicated herself to the woman's suffrage movement; it's her amateur sleuthing, though, that seems to be attracting the most attention. First, Nell unearthed the truth behind the mysterious death of one of France's most notorious courtesans, and now comes a plea from her old friend Jenny Chesney. World War I is at its height, and Jenny is hard at work at Nantgarrew military hospital, where Freudian analysis is a specialty. Her efforts are complicated by Mrs. Monica Minter, who is determined to express her disapproval of Freud's theories through petty acts of sabotage. But would Mrs. Minter resort to a pot-shot at one of the patients? It seems unlikely, but someone did. Nell holds no truck with either Dr. Freud or Mrs. Minter. Neither does she approve of war, but attempted murder is another matter. So she heads for Nantgarrew - where she finds that mysterious behavior is a way of life. Mrs. Minter swoops down like lightning, bent on her schemes. One soldier keeps a handy box of grenades and revolvers under his bed. Another is determined to reach Moscow by bicycle. And the doctors in charge are far less interested in these odd goings-on than in their patients' dreams - be they of sausages or sex. Nell's bafflement turns to horror when the would-be assassin's aim finally turns true. Nantgarrew - devoted to healing - becomes the site of a murder, and Nell Bray, indomitable and irrepressible, is determined to solve it.

Hanging on the Wire

Although she has spent two terms in Holloway Prison for her suffragette activities, it is amateur sleuthing that's gaining Nell Bray a reputation. She has already solved two murders, and tales of her success are spreading throughout London - and reaching the ears of none other than George Bernard Shaw. The formidable playwright approaches Nell with a case: His leading lady is in danger, and Shaw wants to ensure she makes it safely to curtain time. For the new play, Cindrella Revisited, Shaw has reworked the classic into a scathing attack on English marital law. The plot bears more than a passing resemblance to the life of its star, Bella Flanagan: Like her character, Bella is trapped in a loveless marriage to a man interested only in her money. It seems that her husband, Lord Penwardine, is no more willing to allow his wife to tread the stage than to give her her freedom. Threats and sabotage have followed the actress throughout rehearsals. With Nell's help the play does finally open - but hardly without a hitch. Penwardine's cronies are out in full force, heckling, rioting, doing just about anything to get the production stopped. But would a hateful husband resort to murder? Someone does, and it's up to Nell Bray, indomitable and irrepressible, to find out who.

Stage Fright

"An easy day for a lady" is a phrase well known to Nell Bray, a suffragette with a knack for landing in the middle of murder mysteries. The saying, notorious among mountain climbers, denotes something so effortless it's not worth doing. Where Nell is concerned, things are rarely that simple - and her unexpected visit to the French Alps proves no exception. An outraged Nell heads to Chamonix after Britain's House of Commons smothers a bill that would at last have given women the vote. She's hoping that a climbing holiday will clear her head - and calm the temper that once landed the suffragette in prison for throwing a brick through the window of No. 10 Downing Street. But rest and relaxation are not to be hers: On her second day at Mont Blanc, Nell spots a French rescue team chipping a body out of the ice. "If a man dies up there and his body is not recovered, it must come down the glacier in the course of time," a guide tells her. "It may take thirty years, even forty, but down he must come sooner or later." "Come down" he has. The corpse is identified as belonging to Englishman Arthur Mordiford, who disappeared three decades earlier, and the bilingual Nell is recruited as an interpreter for his British family. But when Mordiford's death begins to look as if it might not have been accidental, more than Nell's language skills are called into play, as the irrepressible sleuth cannot resist yet another case.

An Easy Day for a Lady (Nell Bray Mystery)

st.martins press

Detective heroine Nell Bray once again finds herself in the midst of a mystery as she and her fellow suffragettes organize a procession. The movement has decided to take advantage of the cheery atmosphere surrounding George V's coronation to promote their cause with a peaceful five-mile-long march culminating in a rally at the Royal Albert Hall. All goes well until Nell spots an unusual float at the tail end of the procession. As she and her hapless friend Simon Frater move in to investigate, a fire breaks out on the float, confusion follows, and a shot is heard. When the crowd clears, Simon is left holding the gun and examining the body of the victim as the real suspects escape.

Crown Witness (Nell Bray Mystery

A convicted killer's attorney asks suffragist Nell Bray to investigate the case, but it looks bleak for the convicted man, until Nell discovers that the victim of the murder had a terrible secret

Dead Man's Sweetheart

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

No nonsense, intrepid London suffragette Nell Bray is reluctantly blackmailed into participating in a dangerous plot to keep stolen plans held by a Greek exotic dancer from falling into German hands, in a mystery set against the backdrop of turn-of-the-century London

Dance on Blood (Nell Bray Mystery)

December 1918. The vote has been won at long last, the Great War is over and suffragette Nell Bray is standing for election. Everything seems to be falling into place for the dedicated activist. Yet, with a month to go to the first general election, Nell is still without party backing, writing desperately to friends and contacts to drum up support for her cause. Further, the former Conservative candidate has been blown up by a firework while celebrating the Armistice, his widow is certain that he's sending her messages about his killer through a haunted piano, and at least one person in the constituency has a murderous hatred of all politicians. To add to Nell's troubles, two men from her checkered past are home from the war. Nell finds herself in the middle of a baffling case, with the odds most definitely against her--both for election victory and survival. The suffragette turned amateur sleuth must then show a dedication to the truth as strong as her loyalty to women's rights to solve the mystery and come out on top.

Absent Friends

Minotaur Books

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