Murder on the Brighton Express

Author: C.J. Archer
Publisher: C.J. Archer
ISBN: 1922554960
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 273

Book Description
Gossip, scandal and murder collide on the express train to London. Did the journalist fall from the first-class carriage, or was she pushed? Cleo’s holiday with her family to the seaside resort town of Brighton is everything she hoped it would be…until she receives a blackmail note. The blackmailer demands Cleo help her or a story revealing Cleo’s investigating will appear in the newspaper. With her uncle warning her to keep her detecting activities private, Cleo agrees to meet the blackmailer when they return to London. But when the woman is seen getting on the train but not off, Cleo grows concerned. She enlists the help of the hotel staff to search for the body along the railway line. Finding it confirms her suspicions and leads her to discover that her blackmailer was a gossip columnist. What scandal had the victim uncovered that led to her death? And which fellow passenger had a secret worth killing for? With Harry Armitage’s assistance, Cleo attempts to track down the murderer. Meanwhile, pressure is mounting on the hotel staff to host a society wedding that will be featured in the social pages for all the right reasons.

Murder on the Brighton Express

Author: Edward Marston
Publisher: Allison & Busby
ISBN: 0749008725
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 237

Book Description
October 1854. As an autumnal evening draws to a close, crowds of passengers rush onto the soon to depart London to Brighton Express. A man watches from shadows nearby, grimly satisfied when the train pulls out of the station. Chaos, fatalities and unbelievable destruction are the scene soon after when the train derails on the last leg of its journey. What led to such devastation, and could it simply be a case of driver error? Detective Inspector Colbeck, dubbed the 'railway detective' thinks not. But digging deep to discover the target of the accident takes time, something Colbeck doesn't have as the killer prepares to strike again.

Murder on the Brighton Express

Author: Edward Marston
Publisher: Ulverscroft Audio (U.S.A.)
ISBN: 9780750529235
Category : Colbeck, Robert (Fictitious character)
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Murder at the Mayfair Hotel

Author: C.J. Archer
Publisher: C.J. Archer
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 317

Book Description
It was the most fashionable place to stay in London, until murder made a reservation. Solve the puzzle in this new cozy historical mystery from USA Today bestselling author of the Glass and Steele series. December 1899. After the death of her beloved grandmother, Cleopatra Fox moves into the luxury hotel owned by her estranged uncle in the hopes of putting hardship and loneliness behind her. But the poisoning of a guest on Christmas eve throws her new life, and the hotel, into chaos. Cleo quickly realizes no one can be trusted, not Scotland Yard and especially not the hotel’s charming assistant manager. With the New Year’s Eve ball approaching fast and the hotel’s reputation hanging by a thread, Cleo must find the killer before the ball, and the hotel itself, are ruined. But catching a murderer proves just as difficult as navigating the hotel’s hierarchy and the peculiarities of her family. Can Cleo find the killer before the new century begins? Or will someone get away with murder?

Mistletoe and Murder

Author: Robin Stevens
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1481489143
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 368

Book Description
“As entertaining as ever.” —The Horn Book Hazel and Daisy trade mistletoe for a murder investigation and set out to save the day (Christmas Day that is!) in this fabulously festive fifth novel of the Wells & Wong Mystery series. Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong are spending the Christmas holidays in snowy Cambridge. Hazel is looking forward to a calm vacation among the beautiful spires, cozy libraries, and inviting tea-rooms. But there is danger lurking in the dark stairwells of ancient Maudlin College and two days before Christmas, there is a terrible accident. At least, it appears to be an accident—until the Detective Society looks a little closer, and realizes a murder has taken place. Faced with several irritating grown-ups and fierce competition from a rival agency, they must use all their cunning and courage if they’re going to find the killer before Christmas dinner.

Murder on the Orient Express: The Graphic Novel (Poirot)

Author: Agatha Christie
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0008516022
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 287

Book Description
Experience Agatha Christie’s puzzling masterpiece as you've never seen it before with this official graphic novel adaptations!

Stamboul Train

Author: Graham Greene
Publisher: Harmondsworth, Middlesex : Penguin Books
ISBN:
Category : English
Languages : en
Pages : 220

Book Description

Now You See Them

Author: Elly Griffiths
Publisher: Magic Men Mysteries
ISBN: 1328971597
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 365

Book Description
The fifth book in the Magic Men series,Now You See Themis a wild mystery with detective Edgar Stephens and the magician Max Mephisto, as they investigate a string of presumed kidnappings in the swinging 1960s. The new decade is going well for Edgar Stephens and his good friend the magician Max Mephisto. Edgar is happily married, with children, and promoted to Superintendent. Max has found fame and stardom in America, though is now back in England for a funeral, and a prospective movie job. Edgar's new wife, though--former detective Emma--is restless and frustrated at home, knowing she was the best detective on the team. But when an investigation into a string of disappearing girls begins, Emma sees her chance to get back in the action. She begins her own hunt, determined to prove, once and for all that she's better than the boys. Though she's not the only one working toward that goal--there's a new woman on the force, and she's determined to make detective. When two more girls go missing, both with ties to the group, the stakes climb ever higher, and Max finds himself drawn into his own search. Who will find the girls first? And will they get there in time?

The Postscript Murders

Author: Elly Griffiths
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
ISBN: 0358418615
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 335

Book Description
"First published in Great Britain in 2020 by Quercus"--Copyright page.

Sherlock Holmes - Murder on the Brighton Line and Other Stories

Author: Mike Hogan
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN: 9781096772736
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 272

Book Description
Three stories of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson told in the traditional style.The first novella is set in the seaside resort of Brighton. Holmes has been called in to consult with the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Constabulary on a murderer who leaves female body parts outside buildings across the city.But Holmes and Watson find themselves at the heart of a different mystery. Who is the gentleman found dead in a first-class compartment of the London to Brighton express? The victim has a fortune in jewels and a fabulous painting in his luggage. Who killed him? Holmes tackles the Murder on the Brighton Line case despite the obduracy of the police sergeant in charge of the official investigation.In the second novella, the Amateur Mendicant Society is in turmoil as two deaths occur in their secret clubhouse. Are the deaths connected with a mysterious discovery in the basement?The short story finds Holmes and Watson at the Crystal Palace where Holmes has arranged a rendezvous with a mysterious, and murderous, lady. Holmes has but a few days before she must submit to a fate worse than death. Or is all as it seems?