Seven men and a woman were in the first-class coach of a train from London to Brighton. They had travelled together each evening for months. That night one of them, Alexis Mortensen, editor of a scurrilous newspaper, died from strychnine poisoning. Strychnine acts inside fifteen minutes, but Mortensen had had nothing which could have contained the poison for an hour before his death. An unbelievably grotesque story from the past was to be uncovered before the case was solved.

Death Of A Frightened Editor (LIN) (Linford Mystery Library)

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Radford, E. & M.A.

Mystery

Linford Mystery

The Dilettantes Club was a gathering of five savants who dined once a fortnight in Soho, and debated any problem besetting mankind. One evening, into this distinguished company, there intruded a Professor of Logic and Philosophy, an odd little man. The Assistant Commissioner of Scotland Yard was one of the Dilettantes, and a baffling problem of criminal investigation was debated. The little Professor was able to point the finger at those who currently were eluding the police net. Until...

Death And The Professor (LIN)

"Jiminy! He's going to fish for him." A small Cornish fishing hotel, The Tremarden Arms, is renowned for its adjacent waters where guests fish for salmon and trout. The unpleasant Colonel Donoughmore is found drowned in a salmon pool in the hotel grounds. He was dressed for fishing and his rod was on the bank nearby. The local Police concluded it was an unfortunate accident but Doctor Manson finds two peculiar circumstances which convinced him that this was a skilfully contrived murder. There were fellow fishermen out on the river banks near to where the Colonel was found dead, two of whom had publicly uttered threats against him. Furthermore, several other hotel guests had strong financial motives for removing him. Murder Jigsaw was originally published in 1944. This new edition includes an introduction by crime fiction historian Nigel Moss. "Murder Jigsaw is a return to the type of detective story of which we have not had enough lately" Elizabeth Bowen "If these Radfords can keep writing thrillers of this class, they are going to take their rightful place very near the top" Liverpool Evening Express "This reader found Doctor Manson's methods of working quite absorbing" Queen

Murder Jigsaw: A Dr. Manson Mystery

Dean Street Press

Why should a holidaymaker, sitting to enjoy a game of village cricket, suddenly meet with death in the shape of a flying bullet? That most English of sporting pastimes: a cricket match between two rivalrous village teams. The game has just ended in a closely fought draw, and the village green is emptied of all spectators, bar one. A dead man is found sitting in a deck chair on the boundary line, clearly shot during the match. The man is a stranger, with no obvious clue to his identity or that of his killer. Nobody has seen or heard the shot fired. The local police are baffled, and call in Scotland Yard. Enter Dr. Manson, investigative detective par excellence, to solve a seemingly impossible crime. Murder Isn't Cricket was originally published in 1946. This new edition includes an introduction by crime fiction historian Nigel Moss. "A front-rank place among contemporary writers of crime fiction . . . There is no flagging in the technique of either the authors or of the Doctor" Western Morning News

Murder Isn't Cricket: A Dr. Manson Mystery

"I think you had better telephone for the police," he said. "This woman has been poisoned." Norma de Grey, the Principal in the Christmas pantomime Dick Whittington, was not popular with the rest of the Pavilion Theatre company. But was she hated enough to be killed by prussic acid, during the performance itself? Suspicion immediately falls on the Cat, her fellow actor in the fatal scene. Until it transpires that the Cat too has been poisoned - and his understudy has a solid alibi. But someone must have donned the disguise and appeared on stage incognito. Detective-Inspector Harry Manson, analytical detective par excellence, is on the case. Who Killed Dick Whittington? was originally published in 1947. This new edition includes an introduction by crime fiction historian Nigel Moss.

Who Killed Dick Whittington?: A Dr. Manson Mystery

Science Fiction & Fantasy