Professor Belville-Smith had bored university audiences in England with the same lecture for fifty years.  Now he was crossing Australia, doing precisely the same.  Never before had the reaction been so extreme, however, for, shortly after an undistinguished appearance at Drummondale University, the doddering old professor is found brutally murdered.  Police Inspector Royle probes the possible motives of the motley crew of academics at Drummondale, and an hilarious, highly satirical portrait of life down under emerges.

Death of an old goat

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

ROBERT BARNARD

Mystery

Collins [for] the Crime Club

Fifteen-year-old Katy Bourne and sixteen-year-old Alan Coughlan are missing. Though they are students at the same school, they hardly know each other, so it's strange that they should disappear together. Katy's mother, self-centered and unloving, doesn't mind if her daughter never comes home. Alan's solid working-class parents are pained and puzzled by their son's departure.  There's not much the police can do about runaway teenagers, but Detective Constable Charlie Peace goes through the motions. He interviews the families, he visits the school. Alan had friends and had aspired to a good education. Katy had nothing, least of all self-esteem.  The two teens could be anywhere, even living dangerously on the streets of Leeds, so it's with relief that Charlie discovers them in a hostel for homeless young people. But are they safe? And who is Ben Marchant, the man who runs the shelter?  Whoever he is, he seems to be doing well. Young people beg or work as street musicians during the day, then eat and sleep at the hostel at night. They can remain there two weeks and then must leave for two weeks before beginning the cycle again. Only Katy and Alan stay longer. Only they have a special, mysterious understanding with Ben.  But all is not well at the shelter. Neighbors complain about strange goings-on. Residents too often display feelings of jealousy and suspicion. A young woman flees from a violent family member, perhaps bringing danger with her. Emotions run high, ranging from love and gratitude to fear and hate.  One person may even hate enough to murder. One person's hate may destroy this place that some regard as a haven of peace and safety and others fear as something more complex and diabolical.  No Place of Safety combines brilliant social commentary with a mesmerizing mystery plot that will once again enthrall Robert Barnard's legion of fans. Recognized as one of the best of all contemporary crime writers, Barnard is in top form.

No Place of Safety

Collins Crime

<p>A Talent to An Appreciation of Agatha Christie Includes the definitive bibliography and filmography</p>

A TALENT TO DECEIVE : An Appreciation of Agatha Christie

Literature & Fiction

History & Criticism

Fontana

"Robert Barnard plots a mystery as well as any other writer alive." TIME MAGAZINE Two days in May seem to be a high point in Colin Pinnock's life: a stunning election victory, a new government, and a junior office for himself.  But among the congratulations is one hostile message, "Who do you think you are?"  As Colin investigates he is led back in time to an old political scandal: a murder case which led to a politician's downfall and disappearance.  Events in the present, however, start tangling with those of the past, and he finds himself the object of a series of incidents that at first seem designed to bring down his career with ridicule, but later actually threaten his life.

Touched by the Dead

HarperCollins Publishers, Ltd

Unruly Son

Arrow Books, Ltd.

Death on the High C's

Death of an Old Goat

<p>Scotland Yard Superintendent Perry Trethowan is enjoying a vacation evening at a cozy Yorkshire pub when an old woman shows him an original, unpublished Bronte manuscript. Trethowan agrees to engage in a little literary detective work, but he doesn't realize that for a criminal the manuscript is motive for theft, torture--and murder.</p>

CASE/MISSING BRONTE

Action & Adventure

Dell

Out of the Blackout

GORGI

Posthumous Papers

Corgi

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