Hand of Fate (Perennial Mystery Library)

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

UNDERWOOD, Michael

Mystery

Harpercollins

Rich old gentleman Vernon Gray, has succeeded in involving young solictor Rosa Epton in his legal affairs. She is instructed to make him a will and has become an unwilling agent in finding him anew housekeeper. But not long after he has made his will Vernon vanishes, along with his current housekeeper, leaving behind puzzles and clues which will baffle the police - and Rosa too.

The Uninvited Corpse

St Martins Pr

British lawyer-detective Rosa Epton sets out to solve the brutal murder of Celica Kilby, a judge with many enemies

The Injudicious Judge

Literature & Fiction

Lawyer-sleuth Rosa Epton stumbles upon a bizarre and complex puzzle while investigating the hit-and-run death of a schoolboy and the seemingly unrelated murder of a former client

Dual Enigma

Lawyer Rosa Epton takes on the case of Stephen Lumley, accused of taking part in a robbery at his uncle's shop, but the case is soon complicated by mysterious new leads, kidnapping, and murder

A Compelling Case: A Rosa Epton Mystery

After receiving little assistance from solicitor Malcolm Palfrey on a malicious damage case, defense attorney Rosa Epton is furious when Malcolm fails to appear in court, but then she learns of her co-attorney's apparent suicide

Rosa's Dilemma

Rosa Epton wonders why the client she unsuccessfully defended and saw jailed turns up free in Amsterdam, but things become more curious when he is found dead later at the foot of a prison wall

A Dangerous Business

Fifty years after the disappearance of a young boy ended in a closed case, a series of murders prompts London Solicitor Rosa Epton to reopen the case. By the author of A Dangerous Business.

The Seeds of Murder

St.Martin's Press

Guilty Conscience is the final novel in the long-running series featuring London solicitor Rosa Epton. A well-to-do middle-aged woman, Evelyn Henshaw, comes to Rosa's office and demands that, in the event of her disappearance, her husband be investigated for murder. Rosa is more than a little doubtful. Hesitant to take on this new client, she is drawn in when Mr. Henshaw one day arrives at her office, claiming his wife has disappeared. And when the young lodger living in the couple's home turns up dead, Rosa must unearth the skeletons of the couple's troubled marriage and fit together the pieces of a complicated puzzle. Readers who have enjoyed Michael Underwood's smooth writing and intricate storytelling will regret the end of this master's career, even as they savor his final mystery.

Guilty Conscience

First Edition. Slight foxing to end pages, paste down and page edges. Plastic protective cover to DJ

A Clear Case of Suicide

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