The House of Lords will never be the same again. Disinclined to watch her language or moderate her manners, Jack Troutbeck, assisted by her old friend Robert Amiss, plots vigorously with others to scupper an anti-hunting bill of which she violently disapproves. But she hadnt reckoned with the campaign of intimidation mounted by the animal activists and the attempt on the life of one of her allies, shortly followed by scenes of horrifying carnage amongst the peers...

Ten Lords A-Leaping

Ruth Dudley Edwards

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

HarperCollins, Publishers

Latest in Ruth Dudley Edwards's hilarious series of crime novels lampooning the British EstablishmentWhen the chairperson of the prestigious Knapper-Warburton Literary Prize dies in suspicious circumstances, Robert Amiss (the token sane member of the judging panel) wastes no time in summoning Baroness 'Jack' Troutbeck to step into the breach. Speculation that a killer may be targeting the judges worries the baroness not in the slightest -- it's the prospect of immersing herself in modern literature that fills her with dread. But noblesse must oblige, even when it means joining the ranks of the superciliati sitting in judgement of the literati. With the baroness at the helm, the judges resume the task of whittling away at the short-list. But the killer, too, has resumed and is whittling away at the judges one by one ...In deplorable taste and wickedly funny, this, the tenth in the Robert Amiss series, will consolidate the author's reputation for scurrilous humour.

Carnage on the Committee

HARPER/COLLINS

Lady Troutbeck, Mistress of St Martha's College, throws herself into the serious work of the House. When ten lords have simultaneous heart attacks, Troutbeck finds herself helping the police with their enquiries.

HarperCollins Publishers, Ltd

Publish and Be Murdered

Review\n\n\n‘Splendid fun and a complete delight to read… She is unique’\nJohn Welcome, Irish Independent\n\n‘The clever plot takes second place to the ebullience of the writing and spot-on inventiveness of the satire’\nMarcel Berlins, The Times\n\n‘Sprightly, saucy and ingenious’\nJohn Coleman, Sunday Times Product Description\n\n\nRuth Dudley Edwards wickedly funny series taking an irreverent look at the British Establishment continues with this burlesque in a bishopric.\n\nFor many years Westonbury Cathedral has been dominated by a clique of High Church gays, so when Norm Cooper, an austere, intolerant, happy-clappy evangelist, is appointed dean, the announcement is met with shock, outrage and fear.\n\nDavid Elworthy, the gentle and politically innocent new bishop, is distraught at the prospect of warfare between the factions; contentious issues include the camp lady chapel and the gay memorial under construction in the deanery garden. Desperate for help, Elworthy cries on the shoulder of his old friend the redoubtable Baroness Troutbeck, who forces her unofficial troubleshooter, Robert Amiss, to move into the bishops palace.\n\nAmiss, Troutbeck and the cat Plutarch address themselves in their various ways to the bishop’s problems, which very soon include a clerical corpse in the cathedral. Is it suicide? Or is it murder? And who is likely to be next?

Murder in a Cathedral

Mystery

Harold Macmillan: A life in pictures

History

Europe

MACMILLAN/LONDON

An Atlas of Irish History (University Paperbacks)

METHUEN

The English School of Murder

St.Martin's Press

<p>Life in a dismal bureaucratic cul-de-sac is not what the irreverent, high-flying Robert Amiss expects when the British civil service lends him for a year to the British Conservation Corporation. Morale in this all-male environment is not improved by the arrival of Melissa, a radical feminist lesbian separatist. It is only Amiss sense of humor and the joys of visiting his new love Rachel that keep him sane.</p>

The Saint Valentine's Day Murders

Quartet Qrime

Clubbed to Death

CHIVERS LARGE PRINT (CHIVERS, WINDSOR, PARAGON C

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