Amelia Brinton appears to have accidently fallen to her death in Greece. Her friend also meets her death having been pushed down stairs in the British Museum. Dr. Patrick Grant connects the two events and his investigations lead him to a quiet backwater village in Hampshire where yet more mysteries unfold.
Imagine a murder victim hated because of arrogance and cruelty towards her children, whose lives she dominated. But it is the housekeeper who is found dead. Had a mistake been made and the wrong woman killed? Dr. Patrick Grant uses his powers of logic and deduction, but can only solve the mystery by incriminating an innocent person.
Following retirement, Marigold returns to her home village. She is then gradually drawn into the lives of some young boys. Tensions mount and in an intricate plot danger looms, with Marigold’s own life being placed on the line. The characters in this novel hold secrets and intents which Margaret Yorke reveals with her usual skill.
In this collection of crime stories, readers will be delighted to find Dr. Patrick Grant making a welcome re-appearance. Also included are stories about a long held grudge and a wrongdoing with unforeseen later consequences, and others, all on a par with Margaret Yorke’s much admired full length works.
‘The Times' referred to this as a superior psychothriller. Mick Harvey has been released from prison. He enjoys frightening people – for a thrill. He encounters Laura and Marion, who report him for dangerous driving. Mick determines upon revenge, but a seemingly simple plot ends up keeping the reader on tenterhooks right to the end.
We meet George Fortescue and Ronald Trimm. The former appears gentle and ordinary, whilst Trimm is successful, but deprived because of his frigid, controlling, wife. Pornographic magazines fill the void until he encounters a willing widow. Two rapes and murders occur, but it is Fortescue who receives the attention of the police.
Adams was sent to prison. Following his release he hides behind a new persona. He then meets Desmond Baxter, whom he recognises as the judge who sentenced him. But Baxter is not his real name. Why is he also hiding his identity? After many twists and turns Margaret Yorke presents the reader with a wholly unexpected outcome.
The Austrian Alpine ski resort of Greutz is the scene of rivalry between an English party and some new arrivals. Dr. Patrick Grant's particular powers of logic and reasoning are needed, however, when a member of the party is discovered murdered. Why should a seemingly insignificant individual become a victim?
In the provocative style of her novels "Serious Intent" and "Almost the Truth", acclaimed British novelist Margaret Yorke tells a haunting tale of dangerous obsessions and false accusations. "Once again, Yorke offers an engaging combination of psychological intensity and murderous intent".--"Library Journal".
Lorna couldn't stop spying on Cecil Titmuss, with his happy family, loving spouse, and respectable position in the community--everything she wanted. When she found out about his wife's new lover, she knew that she had to do something to protect the security Cecil deserved.
Another murder mystery from the prolific Margaret Yorke, acclaimed author of such titles as 'Cost of Silence', 'Crime in Question', 'Dead in the Morning' and 'Evidence to Destroy'.
A small time crook in a stolen car rear-ends a woman driver and finds himself in a nightmare that leads him eventually to be accused of a murder he didn't commit.
Dr. Patrick Grant does not believe Felix Lomax died accidentally. The unfortunate Lomax was thought to be lecturing on a cruise liner, but is found washed ashore on a lonely beach in Crete. Grant's investigations eventually lead to the tombs of Mycenae, where he ends up risking his own life in an effort to determine the truth.
Alan Parker cannot face telling his wife he has lost his job. Each day he goes off to ‘work’. Other than this deception he is honest and loyal, but all changes when he happens across a child after an accident and then meets her mother. A double life follows. The child goes missing and the police are involved ... with yet more twists to follow.
Sam Irwin, actor, is found dead in the River Thames. It appears to be suicide. But why should he have taken his own life? In arriving at a conclusion, Dr. Patrick Grant manages to link the death of a dog, a further suicide, and a series of art robberies. That, however, is only the prelude. Grant himself is threatened.
Louise Vaughan disappeared one night on the way home from choir practice, and although no body was ever found, Detective Marsh still believes, years later, that the investigation is worth the time and effort.
Something murderous is about to happen in Middle Bardolph. The sunny village seems as neat and proper as the orderly life of Mrs Newton, the grey-haired widow in an impeccably kept house. Yet a trifle more scrutiny will soon reveal a darker picture of this picture-postcard existence . . . one where acts of greed and obsession are about to turn Mrs Newton's prim life upside-down. Unknown to Mrs Newton, an ex-convict and some unsavoury associates are as near as next door, her recently jilted grown daughter is going murderously mad with grief, and her middle-aged son is so desperate for his inheritance he just may try to collect it prematurely. Any of the above could endanger an elderly lady's life, but there is something more. A most sinister secret belongs to Mrs Newton herself - and the truth will come out with perhaps deadly results . . .
With her customary skill, Margaret Yorke weaves an enthralling web of suspense and tension out of seemingly ordinary and unrelated events. Denis is living on the edge of society: neglected and unwanted, he scrapes by on his earnings as an odd-jobber. His is the sort of desperation that will tip into lawlessness at the drop of a monkey-wrench. A chance encounter with Len, inmate of the local open prison, enables Denis to prove himself as the accessory to a cunningly contrived crime . . . which ends in murder and has Denis running for his life.
Jerry has been running scams with his friend Pete for years, but all that changes when he meets widow Charlotte Frost. He quickly befriends her and is hired to renovate her garden. It isn’t long before Jerry comes to realize that Charlotte has a colored past of her own, and on a night no one will ever forget, Charlotte disappears.
NO MEDALS FOR THE MAJOR Major Johnson's army career was comfortably undistinguished and he expected his retirement to be on the same even tenor, but in the quiet community of Wiveldown the paths of a disparate group of people cross his own with devastating consequences.SERIOUS INTENT The new occupant of The Willows does not realise that she has purchased a murder weapon along with her new home, nor is she aware that by moving in she has seriously upset the plans of a convicted killer. And that is not the only undercurrent of violence which is threatening to burst through the tranquil surface of the quiet commuter village . . .A QUESTION OF BELIEFAlthough acquitted of a charge of rape, Philip Winter loses his job and is shunned by his family. When he disappears everyone assumes he has killed himself. But instead he has joined the drifting ranks of the anonymous homeless and, with appalling inevitability, is drawn into the violent machinations of an obsessed woman.
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