“Bracing wit, taut dialogue and a suspenseful plot that features several betrayals and some essential mayhem” (Publishers Weekly). Jerry Boyes used to be one of the most in-demand stuntmen in the business, until a car accident left him maimed and unable to work. So when a former actor for whom Jerry used to double turns up with a job offer he’s suited for, Boyes jumps at the chance. It’ll be three thousand for one week’s work: All Boyes has to do is hand over half a million in ransom money to the kidnappers of Howard Maxwell, a multimillionaire businessman, after helping the victim’s wife gather the money. But it’s not as easy as it sounds. Maxwell may have been rich in capital assets, but he has almost no cash. And as Boyes agrees to help the distraught wife, he cannot help feeling that things are not what they seem . . . “A traditionally plotted British mystery in a modern setting . . . The writing is expert, the characterizations are well realized, and Boyes himself is an interesting man with some deep inner problems to overcome.” —The New York Times Book Review
Written by Roger Ormerod. Surely there could be no possibility that Konrad Klein could be alive - no one could be expected to have left by the turret window and survive. With the door blocked and the window wide open, surely it had to be suicide? But Konrad was a leading illusionist and one-time escapologist, so there must be some doubt even though he was on the verge of a breakdown. Kilvennan Castle is shaken by deceptions and emotional conflicts before answere are found. Roger Ormerod worked for the civil service and his work included a long stint in the county courts. He is author of more than 30 novels of suspense.
Harry Hodnutt hates asking the police for help. He's just served a sentence for jewel theft, and was found not guilty of the murder of Angela Reed. But there's no denying that he got Angela involved in the robbery. Now the man who claims to have been married to Angela is threatening Harry's life. Police assistance comes in the unexpected form of Virginia Bent, daughter of the Assistant Chief Constable, who seems more like a liability. But Virginia has a personal interest in the case: Angela was her sister. Together they pursue leads that scare even Harry. But it's Virginia who produces the only possible solution.
Taking photographs at a wedding shouldn't have been dangerous. But when a bank raid takes place close to the church, more people are interested in the wedding photos than just the bridal party.
David Mallin is hired to find a missing wife, however, the case crumbles into tragedy with the woman's death but why did she die, and how could she come between David and his brand-new wife?.
Retired Detective Inspector Richard Patton returns from his walk to find an unexpected visitor. Ten years earlier, Connie Freeman had been wrongly imprisoned for murder, on a case Patton had investigated. Now she is out, and wants help to clear her name.
Retired Detective Inspector Richard Patton and his wife Amelia return to the world of crime when Patton is asked by his wife's old college friend to investigate a burglary that leads to a murder and threatens Patton's loyalty to Amelia's friend
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