One Dollar Death

Literature & Fiction

Richard Barth

Genre Fiction

Gollancz Crime

When understudy Joyce O'Roarke is called on to replace the show's leading lady, the most demanding part of her role is to convince the police that she didn't commit murder to get the part

Murder On Cue

Jane Dentinger

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

When Winifred Gaw is discovered murdered in Emily Dickinson's bedroom, Horace Kelly decides to investigate the baffling crime

Emily Dickinson Is Dead

Langton, Jane.

<p>When English art historian Jonathan Argyll is caught breaking into a church in Rome, he has an astonishing story to tell. He claims that the church contains a genuine Raphael, hidden under another painting. Further investigation reveals that the painting has disappeared...to reappear later in the hands of top English art dealer, Edward Byrnes. Soon Byrnes is able to unveil the Raphael to the world. But how had he discovered the hidden masterpiece? There is also the curious matter of the forger whose safety deposit box contains some highly suspicious sketches. Then a hideous act of vandalism is perpetrated. Murder follows and General Bottando of Italy's Art Theft Squad faces the biggest challenge of his career. "You don't have to know much about art to enjoy Iain Pears' Italian mysteries. Like a good teacher, he shares his passion unobtrusively and flavours his lessons with wit." VAL McDERMIND.</p>

The Raphael Affair

Iain PEARS

[MP3CD Audiobook format in vinyl case][Read by Geoffrey Howard] Witty Italian art-history crime series featuring English dealer Jonathan Argyll, from the author of the best-selling literary masterpiece, 'An Instance of the Fingerpost'. Paris can do strange things to a man's mind! like making him agree to an apparently harmless favour of escorting a picture to Rome. 'The Death of Socrates' is a particularly nondescript piece, so art dealer Jonathan Argyll can sympathize when its recipient refuses to accept delivery. But in an unusual twist, the same man is found dead a few hours later. Surely the painting wasn't that bad? Now caught up in a murder investigation, Jonathan recalls an attempt to steal the artwork while he was at the train station. Could this be the killer? The bodies start piling up and Jonathan must uncover the dark wartime secret at the heart of the mystery -- before someone puts him out of the picture for good.With customary wit and panache, Jonathan (and girlfriend Flavia) embark on a breathless chase to capture a killer who has been refining his own particular art for many years.

The Last Judgement