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Crime, Thriller & Mystery
When John Waterson and his young wife chose Netherplash Cantorum, Dorset, for their retirement years, they could not have predicted that this idyllic spot had one severe but unforeseeable drawback: among its inhabitants was... See More
Crime, Thriller & Mystery
A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERY Private detective and poet Nigel Strangeways is staying at Cabot University, an Ivy League university near Boston, while he undertakes some research. There he encounters the Ahlberg brothers... See More
Crime, Thriller & Mystery
A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERY When private detective Nigel Strangeways books tickets for a holiday in the Greek islands with renowned sculptor Claire Massinger, he has no idea that the trip will end in tragedy. From the moment... See More
Crime, Thriller & Mystery
A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERY Several days after private detective and poet Nigel Strangeways dines with Dr Piers Loudon and his family, the doctor vanishes, only for his legless corpse to be fished out of the river Thames. When... See More
Crime, Thriller & Mystery
A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERY The Second World War has just finished and amateur detective and poet Nigel Strangeways is working at the Ministry of Morale in London, in the Visual Propaganda Division.With war over, life seems to... See More
Crime, Thriller & Mystery
A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERY Staying with a friend in Oxfordshire, poet turned amateur detective Nigel Strangeways pays a visit to Robert Seaton, a distinguished British poet whom Nigel greatly admires but whose reputation has... See More
Crime, Thriller & Mystery
A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERY Private detective Nigel Strangeways receives a call for help from Wonderland, a new holiday camp that has recently opened only to be plagued by a series of cruel practical jokes conducted by someone... See More
Crime, Thriller & Mystery
Detective Nigel Strangeways, and his explorer wife Georgia have taken a cottage in the countryside. They are slowly beginning to adjust to a more relaxed way of life when Georgia finds a mysterious locket in their garden and... See More
Crime, Thriller & Mystery
A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERY Poet turned detective Nigel Strangeways is summoned to Easterham Manor in the depths of winter to investigate a series of strange events, which culminate in the apparent suicide of a wealthy young... See More
Crime, Thriller & Mystery
A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERY Wenham & Geraldine are a long-established and very well respected publishing firm, so when a printer's proof is sabotaged and libellous passages are mysteriously reinstated, they call in private... See More
Literary Fiction
FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE BEAST MUST DIE - NOW A BRITBOX SERIES Respected crime writer Frank Cairns plots the perfect murder - a murder that he himself will commit. Cairns intends to murder the hit-and-run driver who killed... See More
Crime, Thriller & Mystery
A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERY A small boy playing in the park is handed a crumpled piece of paper by a stranger, who then collapses and dies. The boy, realising that he himself is now in danger, flees from the park with the help... See More
Crime, Thriller & Mystery
FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE BEAST MUST DIE - NOW A BRITBOX SERIES Private detective and poet Nigel Strangeways is invited to address the Maiden Astbury literary society. The picturesque Dorset town is home to Bunnett's Brewery... See More
Classics
FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE BEAST MUST DIE - NOW A BRITBOX SERIES The annual Sports Day at respected public school Sudeley Hall ends in tragedy when the headmaster's obnoxious nephew is found strangled in a haystack. The boy was... See More
Crime, Thriller & Mystery
A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERY The government's security department have asked private detective Nigel Strangeways to keep a discreet eye on Professor Alfred Wagley, a research scientist who is spending the Christmas holidays in... See More
Crime, Thriller & Mystery
Hugo Chesterman is on trial for murdering a policeman. Why did he do it? Or could he be innocent? Daisy Bland is young, beautiful and naive, and her testimony threatens to send her husband to the gallows. For Daisy, it... See More
Crime, Thriller & Mystery
A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERY Someone is sending poison pen letters in the small village of Prior's Umborne, and they have already driven one of the inhabitants to suicide. Private detective Nigel Strangeways is commissioned... See More
Crime, Thriller & Mystery
FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE BEAST MUST DIE - NOW A BRITBOX SERIES Fergus O'Brien, a legendary World War One flying ace with several skeletons hidden in his closet, receives a series of mocking letters predicting that he will be... See More
Anthologies
This anthology of rare stories of crime and suspense brings together 18 tales from the Golden Age of Detective Fiction for the first time in book form, including uncollected stories by Ngaio Marsh and John Dickson Carr... See More
Crime, Thriller & Mystery
This anthology of rare stories of crime and suspense brings together 16 tales by masters of the Golden Age of Detective Fiction for the first time in book form, including a newly discovered Agatha Christie crime story that... See More
Literature & Fiction
In the West of Ireland in 1939 a young novelist rents a lonely cottage to write his new book in peace. Almost at once, and without great resistance, he is seduced by the wife of the local squire. Harriet's husband is an... See More
Crime, Thriller & Mystery
First published in 1958, A Penknife in My Heart tells the story of how two men - total strangers - establish the perfect alibis by arranging to switch victims. Ned Stowe will kill Stuart Hammer's wealthy uncle for which... See More
History
This volume contains the papers given at the Naval Dockyards Society Conference held at the National Maritime Museum on 25th April 2015. The conference looked at how Naval Dockyards responded to the pressures of global... See More
History
This volume of Transactions of the Naval Dockyards Society is the collection of papers submitted to our 2016 Conference held at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich. The conference commemorated the role of Royal Naval... See More
Crime, Thriller & Mystery
'If much of the action is set in a bookshop or a library, it is a bibliomystery, just as it is if a major character is a bookseller or a librarian.' - Otto Penzler A bookish puzzle threatens an eagerly awaited inheritance... See More
HistoryThis is a significant volume for the NDS. Our Editor Nicholas Blake proposed, and the February 2021 committee meeting agreed, that this volume should be a bumper double volume to celebrate the Naval Dockyards Society's... See More