Expecting nothing more than a quiet holiday in the sleepy seaside town of Gallmouth, England, Andrew Basnett is first surprised to meet his nephew, Peter Dilly, quite by chance, and then both pleased and annoyed to find himself drawn into the activities of the town's first arts festival. It's pleasant to be invited for dinner at the home of successful novelist Simon Amory, but not so pleasant when Amory's sister-in-law is found shot to death in Amory's summer house, and Basnett's nephew is both the last person to have seen her alive and the first to see her dead. When a second woman of Amory's acquaintance is also found dead, the rather prickly writer would seem to be a prime suspect but Basnett has other ideas.No one is better than E. X. Ferrars, undisputed past mistress of the domestic British mystery, at uncovering the personal torments that lie beneath the surface of tranquil small-town life, and one is better at unraveling the complex relationships and motivations that so often lead to unexpected violence.

A Choice of Evils

E. X. Ferrars

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

HarperCollins Publishers Canada

Dr. Charles Gair was found hanged, but that is not what killed him. This was the first of the bizarre surprises awaiting those who penetrated the home of the head of the Martindale research establishment on a Sunday morning to see what was amiss. Even more startling was the discovery of a second body, perfectly mummified...

Hanged man's House

Elizabeth Ferrars

Mystery

Penguin??Books

Alive and dead

Doubleday/Crime Club

Dust jacket design by Mike McIver. A man is poisoned at Grey Gables.

The Cup and the Lip

In at the Kill

Stated first U.S. edition. Review copy with publisher's slip laid-in. A near fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Dust soiling to the upper page block.

A skilful mystery from this ever-popular mistress of the genre "You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs." It was the fact that Alec Methven had apparently done so that first makes the police suspicious on the island of Madeira. Despite all indications to the contrary, he had not eaten his last meal in solitude, and someone is desperate to conceal that fact. Friends, neighbours with motives and an inexplicable second killing only complicate matters for Peter Corey as he keeps asking awkward questions.

Witness before the fact

Published for the Crime Club b

Retired botany professor Andrew Basnett returns to Knotlington, where he finds the controversy over the murder of artist Carl Judd still rages, and takes on a challenge to finally expose the truth

A Murder Too Many

DOUBLEDAY

A Hobby of Murder

Chivers North Amer

Thy Brother Death

Chivers Audio Books

When seven friends gather to welcome retired professor Andrew Basnett to their village in the English country-side, conviviality soon turns to crime as guests suddenly start dying -- and Basnett finds himself seeking a clever killer who's sure to strike again.

Hobby of Murder

Literature & Fiction

Magna Large Print Books

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