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Download or read book Hardcastle's Spy written by Graham Ison and published by Murder Room. This book was released on 2015-10-14 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introducing the pipe-smoking DI Ernest Hardcastle, bluff straight-talker, canny investigator and no respecter of privilege.1916. In a London shocked by reports of the first days of the Somme, a woman is found murdered in Shoreditch. At first it's thought she was a common streetwalker, but then she's identified as someone MI5 have had under observation and who has an address book containing the names of some of the high and mighty names in the land. Hardcastle is brought in to take charge of the case, but his forthright and common sense approach does not sit comfortably with the help - and hindrance - of the MI5.
Book Synopsis Hardcastle's Collector by : Graham Ison
Download or read book Hardcastle's Collector written by Graham Ison and published by Severn House Publishers Ltd. This book was released on 2016-02-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Detective Inspector Hardcastle ruffles feathers in a sleepy Hampshire village, when he investigates the murder of a local girl August 1917. The head of the CID at Scotland Yard sends Divisional Detective Inspector Ernest Hardcastle and Detective Sergeant Charles Marriott of the Whitehall Division of the Metropolitan Police to a small Hampshire village, to investigate the murder of a local girl. For once, Hardcastle has plenty of suspects. Was the murderer one of Daisy Salter’s many suitors? Was it the shifty individual who left the local pub and disappeared the moment he saw Hardcastle? Or could it have been Daisy’s own father? In an entirely different world from London, Hardcastle is forced to adapt to the slower pace of country life, and he soon finds he is ruffling feathers as he carries out his investigations in his own inimitable fashion.
Book Synopsis Hardcastle's Quartet by : Graham Ison
Download or read book Hardcastle's Quartet written by Graham Ison and published by Severn House Publishers Ltd. This book was released on 2014-11-01 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Accident . . . or murder? Detective Inspector Hardcastle’s seemingly simple investigation turns more complicated, in his latest case June 1918. A patrolling constable discovers the body of Georgina Cheney, wife of a naval commander, in the basement area of a house in Westminster. At first it is thought to be suicide or even a tragic accident. But as Divisional Detective Inspector Ernest Hardcastle of the A or Whitehall Division of the Metropolitan Police begins to investigate – ably assisted by Detective Sergeant Charles Marriott – they soon discover a different story. It is clear that the woman was murdered, and revelations about the victim’s previous life in Malta arouse Hardcastle’s interest. But things are destined to get even more complicated for Hardcastle, when he is assigned two further murder cases by Detective Chief Inspector Frederick Wensley, head of the CID at New Scotland Yard. Could they be connected? This may be a puzzle too tricky even for Hardcastle to solve . . .
Book Synopsis Hardcastle's Mandarin by : Graham Ison
Download or read book Hardcastle's Mandarin written by Graham Ison and published by Murder Room. This book was released on 2015-10-14 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is June 1917. DDI Ernest Hardcastle, head of the CID for the Whitehall division of the Metropolitan Police, is called to investigate the murder of a very senior civil servant, Sir Nigel Strang. Given that Sir Nigel was the permanent secretary at the Ministry of Munitions, Hardcastle wonders whether the German Intelligence Service might be responsible. Then another murder, of a man on a bus near Scotland Yard, leads Hardcastle to a woman working at Woolwich Arsenal who is suspected of passing information to the enemy. But is there a connection? Hardcastle, aided by Detective Sergeant Charles Marriott, must find out . . .
Book Synopsis Hardcastle's Armistice by : Graham Ison
Download or read book Hardcastle's Armistice written by Graham Ison and published by Murder Room. This book was released on 2015-10-14 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On Armistice Day 1918 DI Ernest Hardcastle of the Whitehall Division of the Metropolitan Police finds himself in familiar territory when he investigates the murder of a prostitute whose body is found beneath Brighton's Palace Pier. Is it a casual robbery or are there more sinister motives for her death? A beach photographer and an army officer involved in the 1917 mining of the Messines Ridge both feature high on Hardcastle's list of suspects. And, in a parallel enquiry, a Westminster alderman makes an allegation of blackmail. Is there a connection?
Book Synopsis Hardcastle's Actress by : Graham Ison
Download or read book Hardcastle's Actress written by Graham Ison and published by Murder Room. This book was released on 2015-10-14 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The strangled body of actress Victoria Hart is found in Windsor Great Park in the early hours of Christmas Day. Hardcastle and Marriott are sent from Scotland Yard to investigate - much to the irritation of their respective wives. The trail leads to the Beaux Belles revue at the Windsor Empire, where a scantily clad Victoria Hart persuaded young men to enlist with the promise of a kiss. It seems the alluring actress had many admirers - some not quite as gentlemanly as others - and when the recruiting sergeant is also found dead, a link to the army can no longer be ignored . . .
Book Synopsis Hardcastle's Traitors by : Graham Ison
Download or read book Hardcastle's Traitors written by Graham Ison and published by Severn House Publishers Ltd. This book was released on 2013-11-01 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is New Year’s Eve 1915 and the Hardcastle family are welcoming 1916 at their home in Kennington, London. But an hour into the New Year, Hardcastle is called to a murder in a jeweller’s shop in Vauxhall. In a first for the A Division senior detective, the killers apparently made their escape in a motor car. As Hardcastle’s enquiry progresses, what he believed to be a fairly straightforward investigation turns into one with ramifications extending from Chelsea via Sussex and Surrey to France, close to the fighting on the Western Front. And as is so often the case in wartime, the army becomes involved and so, to Hardcastle’s dismay, does Scotland Yard’s Special Branch . . .
Book Synopsis Hardcastle's Conspiracy by : Graham Ison
Download or read book Hardcastle's Conspiracy written by Graham Ison and published by Murder Room. This book was released on 2015-10-14 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the eve of the Great War in 1914, a body is found in the lake at St James' Park. What initially appears to be a robbery becomes more complex when it is discovered that the victim is a servant oat one of London's prestigious gentleman's clubs. Hardcastle's enquiries reveal that the clubs members - and some of its staff - are not all they purport to be. Discovering thieves, adulterers and a blackmailer along the way, and despite attempts to prevent him uncovering the truth, the persistent DI Hardcastle eventually makes an arrest.
Book Synopsis Hardcastle's Frustration by : Graham Ison
Download or read book Hardcastle's Frustration written by Graham Ison and published by Severn House/ORIM. This book was released on 2012-12-15 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the last days of World War I, Det. Inspector Ernest Hardcastle is encumbered with a complicated murder investigation. March, 1918. The Great War is grinding slowly to its bloody finale. Divisional Det. Inspector Ernest Hardcastle, head of the Whitehall Division of the Metropolitan Police, is called to a body recovered from the Thames. Mavis Parker, the victim’s attractive widow, proves to be a good-time girl, and to complicate matters, all the suspects seem to be known to each other, including a South African who purports to be an actor. But when Special Branch intervenes, things really get complicated . . . “Meticulously researched historical details, period ambience, authentic British working-class dialogue, a splendid plot, gentle humor, and two clever detectives add up to an outstanding historical procedural.” —Booklist “Hardcastle comes across as someone who will solve the crime, no matter what he has to say or do to accomplish his job. Great historical mystery!” —Historical Novel Society
Book Synopsis Hardcastle's Obsession by : Graham Ison
Download or read book Hardcastle's Obsession written by Graham Ison and published by Severn House Publishers Ltd. This book was released on 2011-09-01 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The new mystery featuring Detective Inspector Hardcastle in this popular First World War series - September 1916. A Zeppelin with a deadly payload is aimed at Victoria station, but when the bombs miss their mark and instead destroy a nearby house in Washbourne Street, mystery ensues for DI Hardcastle. The body of a woman is discovered, who was not only unknown to the tenants of the building but also appears to have died before the bombs were even dropped...
Book Synopsis Hardcastle's Soldiers by : Graham Ison
Download or read book Hardcastle's Soldiers written by Graham Ison and published by Severn House Publishers Ltd. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: July, 1917. DI Ernest Hardcastle and his assistant, DS Charles Marriott, investigate the murder of a cashier operating in London's Victoria Station. An army officer claims to have seen the murderer running away, and an army cap left behind appears to identify the criminal. Hardcastle believes that it will be a simple matter to go to Aldershot and arrest him, but things are never as easy as they seem. Soon Hardcastle and Marriott find themselves investigating a frustrating and seemingly unsolvable case. Has Hardcastle finally met his match? . . .
Download or read book Jack in the Box written by Graham Ison and published by Murder Room. This book was released on 2015-10-14 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DCI Harry Brock is called to Ham Common early on a Sunday morning. But when he arrives at the murder scene, he learns that this killing is far from straightforward: the victim has been stabbed to death, locked in a wooden box and set alight. This very public demonstration of murder leads Brock and his assistant, DS Dave Poole, to suspect gang links - and they are led on a journey through London's underworld.
Book Synopsis Breach of Privilege by : Graham Ison
Download or read book Breach of Privilege written by Graham Ison and published by Murder Room. This book was released on 2015-10-14 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When MP Hugh Blakemore is shot dead in the Fulham Road, DCI Harry Brock and DS Dave Poole are assigned to the case. Months previously, Blakemore killed an inmate when visiting a prison, and although Blakemore was exonerated, Brock is convinced this is a revenge killing. In an investigation with more ups and downs than fairground ride - and more lies than a villain's alibi - the MP's widow, her ex-husband and their daughter all play starring roles, along with a motley crew of actresses, American gangsters and criminals. And, along with murder, blackmail and corruption are in the air . . .
Download or read book Drumfire written by Graham Ison and published by Murder Room. This book was released on 2015-10-14 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One Saturday night, a masked gunman walks into a jazz club and murders the drummer with a sawn-off shotgun. Shortly afterwards, Detective Chief Inspector Brock and Detective Sergeant Poole find themselves taking an interest in the guests at a party in Surrey's stockbroker belt - a party where naked girls were thrown into the swimming pool by the villains who were with them. This leads them back to a five-year-old robbery and a series of interviews with a number of armed robbers. Then numerous extra-marital affairs come to light and a bullion van is attacked . . .
Download or read book Working Girl written by Graham Ison and published by Murder Room. This book was released on 2015-10-14 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fast-moving, intricate and compelling contemporary mystery, starting with the brutal murder of a prostitute in London's West End, and uncovering a politician with feet of clay, a bent ex-policeman and a baggage handling scam at Heathrow airport. Brock and Poole might seem mismatched in age and temperament, but their verbal sparring hides a genuine mutual respect.
Download or read book Lost or Found written by Graham Ison and published by Murder Room. This book was released on 2015-10-14 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wedding ring, a missing woman, a bizarre disappearance... Brock and Poole have one of their most unusual cases to unravel 'Devilishly engaging characters and authentic details of police operations' Booklist When Eunice Bailey takes her wedding ring to a London jeweller to have it enlarged, she is very keen for it to be done quickly. She is a reliable and favoured customer and when the jeweller is unable to get in touch with her to collect the ring, he contacts the police. Detective Chief Inspector Brock and Detective Sergeant Poole are assigned to the case, and what begins as a fairly simple missing person enquiry develops into a mystery that has ramifications stretching as far as Bermuda . . .
Download or read book Whispering Grass written by Graham Ison and published by Murder Room. This book was released on 2015-10-14 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Convicted armed robber Jimmy 'Spotter' Gould is shot dead within seconds of emerging from London's Stone Mill Prison at the end of an eight-year sentence, and Brock and DS Poole are faced with yet anther baffling crime. s enquiries continue, an embezzling solicitor's clerk, a dodgy undertaker and a dubious motor trader all enter the frame.
