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Somerset Murders

Author : Nicola Sly
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752484311
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (524 download)

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Download or read book Somerset Murders written by Nicola Sly and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2012-02-29 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Somerset Murders brings together numerous murderous tales that shocked not only the county but also made headlines throughout the country. They include the cases of Elizabeth and Betty Branch, a mother and daughter who beat a young servant girl to death in Hemington in 1740; 13-year-old Betty Trump, whose throat was cut while walking home at Buckland St Mary in 1823; factory worker Joan Turner, battered to death in Chard in 1829; George Watkins, killed in a bare knuckle fight outside the Running Horse pub in Yeovil in 1843; Constance Kent, who confessed in 1865 to killing her half-brother at Rode in 1860, nearly five years earlier; and elderly landlay, Mrs Emily Bowers, strangled in her bed in Middlezoy in 1947. Nicola Sly and John van der Kiste, co-authors of Cornish Murders in this series, have an encyclopedic knowledge of their subject. Their carefully researched, well-illustrated and enthralling text will appeal to anyone interested in the shady side of Somerset's history.

The Killings at Badger's Drift

Author : Caroline Graham
Publisher : Felony & Mayhem Press
ISBN 13 : 1631940104
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book The Killings at Badger's Drift written by Caroline Graham and published by Felony & Mayhem Press. This book was released on 2014-10-15 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A quaint English village is home to a murderer in the Macavity Award-wining mystery series debut that launched the British crime drama Midsomer Murders. Badger’s Drift is the ideal English village, complete with vicar, bumbling local doctor, and kindly spinster. But when the spinster dies suddenly, her best friend kicks up a fuss loud enough to attract the attention of Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby. And when Barnaby and his eager-beaver deputy start poking around, they uncover a swamp of ugly scandals and long-suppressed resentments seething below the picture-postcard prettiness. In the grand English tradition of the quietly intelligent copper, Barnaby has both an irresistibly dry sense of humor and a keen insight into what makes people tick. The Killings at Badger’s Drift marks Inspector Barnaby’s debut, and offers ample proof that Caroline Graham may indeed be “simply the best detective writer since Agatha Christie” (Sunday Times of London). “Murder most pleasing . . . a corking good mystery.” —Los Angeles Times

A Place of Safety

Author : Caroline Graham
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312977108
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (771 download)

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Download or read book A Place of Safety written by Caroline Graham and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2001-01-15 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The charming English village of Ferne Basset is turned upside down by the murder of local man who had recently witnessed the "suicide" of a young woman who was in trouble with the law.

West Country Murders

Author : Nicola Sly
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752484079
Total Pages : 399 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (524 download)

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Download or read book West Country Murders written by Nicola Sly and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2012-02-29 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hidden behind the picturesque facade of country lanes and rugged coastlines, quaint villages and busy market towns, the South West counties of Cornwall, Devon and Somerset have witnessed some of the most shocking murder cases in British history. West Country Murders brings together over 30 cases from the authors' previous collections here in one volume. They include stories of those who killed for greed, jealousy and lust, as well as those who committed murder in what a well-known judge once described as 'a gust of passion'. Some of the killers were undoubtedly insane at the time of their crimes; others were almost certainly innocent, yet paid the ultimate price for a murder they did not commit. Some remain unsolved to this day, despite the best efforts of the local constabularies. This book is sure to appeal to all those interested in the shady side of the West Country's history.

Death in Disguise

Author : Caroline Graham
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780380712960
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (129 download)

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Download or read book Death in Disguise written by Caroline Graham and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Lodge of the Golden Windhorse has provided the citizens of Compton Dando with splendid fodder for gossip, prompting speculation of arcane rituals and bizarre sexual practices. But with the murder of the commune's leaders, the rumor-mill goes into overdrive. It's the most exciting thing to happen in Compton Dando since three boys burned down the bus shelter. In trying to solve those murders, Chief Inspector Barnaby is less excited than exasperated. The residents of the Windhorse commune may have been seeking the simple life, but they're all concealing complicated pasts - or past lives. As in Death of a Hollow Man, Graham is at her most gleeful when skewering the eccentricities of a closed community, and no one survives unscathed. Wonderfully funny . . . good plotting, judiciously dropped clues, and a luminescent turn of phrase - Kirkus Lively, shrewdly plotted, and wickedly funny . . . evokes the golden age of the traditional detective story - Orlando Sentinel

Midsomer Murders Location Guide

Author : Frank Hopkinson
Publisher : Batsford Books
ISBN 13 : 1841659509
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (416 download)

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Download or read book Midsomer Murders Location Guide written by Frank Hopkinson and published by Batsford Books. This book was released on 2022-03-10 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A visitor's guide to Midsomer, pinpointing the most popular real-world locations used for filming the series. 'Midsomer Murders' was an immediate success from its very first episode 'The Killing at Badger's Drift', aired in 1997. With this guide, fans of the show can pinpoint the most popular locations used for filming the series, including familiar pubs, churches, villages and countryside that are open for visits. The guide features: - Famous pubs such as The Lions at Bledlow, which has been five different pubs in its Midsomer lifetime, and The Crown in Sydenham, which can claim at least three. - Villages clustered around the Oxfordshire/Buckinghamshire border – Turville, Hambleden, Fingest, Haddenham and Long Crendon, all favourite backdrops in the show. - Grand country houses including the Mapledurham Estate, Chenies Manor House and Dorney Court, all open to the public. - Ancient churches to admire, quite often the scene of grisly goings on in the vestry. - Short profiles on the two DCI Barnabys, John Nettles and Neil Dudegon, along with the five Detective Sergeants and Sykes the dog. With all episodes available on BritBox, fans of the show can watch old episodes with the Midsomer Murders Location Guide in hand and spot exactly where Inspector Barnaby brings the sometimes unlikely villains to book.

The Killings at Badger's Drift

Author : Caroline Graham
Publisher : Headline
ISBN 13 : 0755376064
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (553 download)

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Download or read book The Killings at Badger's Drift written by Caroline Graham and published by Headline. This book was released on 2010-03-04 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: font size="+1"'Simply the best detective writer since Agatha Christie' The Sunday Times/font size A book that will glue you from beginning to end. If you love Agatha Christie, you'll adore Caroline Graham, with characters who charm and murderers who terrorise. Named by the CWAs as one of 'The Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time', The Killings at Badger's Drift is the first spectacular novel in the Midsomer Murders series, the novel that inspired the ITV hit drama, now featuring an exclusive foreword by John Nettles who played best-loved TV detective and star of Midsomer Murders, DCI Tom Barnaby. The village of Badger's Drift is the essence of tranquillity. But when resident and well-loved spinster Miss Simpson takes a stroll in the nearby woods, she stumbles across something she was never meant to see, and there's only one way to keep her quiet. Miss Simpson's death is not suspicious, say the villagers. But Miss Lucy Bellringer refuses to rest: her friend has been murdered. She is sure of it. She calls on Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby to investigate, and it isn't long until the previously unseen seamy side of Badger's Drift is brought to light. But as old rivalries, past loves and new scandals surface, the next murder is not far away. Praise for Caroline Graham's novels: 'One to savour' Val McDermid 'A mystery of which Agatha Christie would have been proud. . . A beautifully written crime novel' The Times 'Tension builds, bitchery flares, resentment seethes . . . lots of atmosphere' Mail on Sunday 'A witty, well-plotted, absolute joy of a book' Yorkshire Post 'Swift, tense and highly alarming' TLS 'Lots of excellent character sketches . . . and the dialogue is lively and convincing' Independent 'Read her and you'll be astonished . . . very sexy, very hip and very funny' Scotsman

Royal Murders

Author : Dulcie M Ashdown
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752469193
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (524 download)

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Download or read book Royal Murders written by Dulcie M Ashdown and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2011-08-26 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the motives, means and consequences of the murders among members of Europe's ruling families over the last 1,000 years. Plucking true stories due to their historical significance and sheer intrigue, this book relates violent deaths amid royal splendour and the overthrow of tyrants by oppressed populations. Methods vary from sword and arrow, to bomb and bullet, to alleged witchcraft. Settings range from Russia to Portugal; British examples include the involvement Mary Queen of Scots may have had in her second husband's murder and a search for the facts behind Shakespeare's portrayal of the murderous usurpers Macbeth and Richard III. But in European history there has been no royal murder to rival Russia's Tsar Ivan the Terrible, a homicidal maniac resopnsible for thousands of deaths, whose dramatic killing sprees are examined here. Dulcie M Ashdown takes on a journey through the dark and tragic side of royal history: from Richard III through to the recent controversy surrounding the death of Diana, Princess of Wales.

Murder on the Levels

Author : Frances Evesham
Publisher : Boldwood Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1800480180
Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Murder on the Levels written by Frances Evesham and published by Boldwood Books Ltd. This book was released on 2020-05-11 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Libby's chocolates sell like hot cakes... until people begin to die. When a group of cyclists, all customers at the bakery in small town Exham-on-Sea, are poisoned, suspicion falls on the shop itself, and Libby’s food. In partnership with attractive, blue-eyed Max Ramshore and his huge sheepdog, Bear, Libby Forest sets out to uncover the poisoner and save the bakery. But who can she trust when even her deceased husband wasn’t all he seemed? f you love murder mysteries, clever animals, cake and chocolate, take a trip to leafy Somerset in the second story in the Exham-on-Sea murder mystery series, as Libby digs deeper into the lives of the close-knit seaside community, with Bear at her side For lovers of Agatha Christie novels, Midsomer Murders, pets and cake, the green fields, rolling hills and sandy beaches of England's West Country are a perfect setting for crime, intrigue and mystery.THE EXHAM-ON-SEA MURDER MYSTERIES: 1. Murder at the Lighthouse 2. Murder on the Levels: 3. Murder on the Tor: 4. Murder at the Cathedral 5. Murder at the Bridge 6. Murder at the Castle 7. Murder at the Gorge 8. Murder at the Abbey Other Books by Frances Evesham in the Ham Hill Murder Mystery series A Village Murder A Racing Murder A Harvest Murder Here's what readers are saying about the series: 'This is a perfect short, cosy mystery.' 'It makes you wonder if English country villages are safe places to live. But I certainly would given half a chance.' 'With every book, I grow more fond of Libby and Exham; this time it already felt like coming home.' 'If you like Miss Marple this amateur sleuth will enthral you.'

Written in Blood

Author : Caroline Graham
Publisher : Felony & Mayhem Press
ISBN 13 : 1631940139
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Written in Blood written by Caroline Graham and published by Felony & Mayhem Press. This book was released on 2014-10-15 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a visiting author is suspected of murder, the case is hardly open and shut in this English village mystery novel by the author of Death in Disguise. The Midsomer Worthy’s Writers’ Circle has never had much luck in attracting guest speakers. Consequently, there is much surprise when best-selling novelist Max Jennings accepts their invitation. But the members are even more surprised by their secretary, Gerald Hadleigh, who furiously objects to hosting Jennings—and offers no explanation. Surprise turns into a variety of responses when Hadleigh is found dead the morning after Jennings’ visitation. Chief Inspector Barnaby soon determines that the key to solving the murder will lie with the illustrious Jennings. There’s only one problem: the famous author has disappeared.

More Somerset Murders

Author : Nicola Sly
Publisher : Sutton True Crime History
ISBN 13 : 9780752457420
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (574 download)

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Download or read book More Somerset Murders written by Nicola Sly and published by Sutton True Crime History. This book was released on 2011-01-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This chilling follow-up to Somerset Murders brings together more murderous tales that shocked not only the county but made headline news throughout the nation. Covering the length and breadth of Somerset, the featured cases include two female poisoners, Catherine Churchill, who killed her husband in Knowle-St-Giles in 1879 and Sarah Freeman, who claimed several victims in the Bridgwater area from 1843 onwards. A wide variety of means and motive are covered. There is murder committed in the course of robbery, such as the brutal killing of Sarah Wilkins in Nempnett Thrubwell in 1851; murder through jealousy, as in the case of George Bitten, who murdered his wife at Wolverton in 1867 and even altruistic murders, such as that committed by Albion Wadman near Wincanton in 1883. Also included is the strange and intriguing story of Reginald Woolmington, who faced two trials for the murder of his wife at Milborne Port in 1934. Nicola Sly and John Van der Kiste's well-illustrated and enthralling text will appeal to everyone interested in true-crime history and the shadier side of Somerset's past.

A Place of Safety

Author : Caroline Graham
Publisher : Minotaur Books
ISBN 13 : 1429950536
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book A Place of Safety written by Caroline Graham and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charlie Leathers was not the most popular man in the charming English village of Ferne Basset, but few people seemed to hate him enough to murder him. Still, that was his fate one night, and it brings Inspector Barnaby to the scene to investigate. What Barnaby doesn't know is that before his death, Charlie witnessed what might have been the suicide--or murder--of a young woman whose troubles with the law have landed her in the home of a local retired minister and his none-too-pleased wife. Now a man is dead, a girl is missing, and a town is in chaos as long-kept secrets begin to unravel, with deadly repercussions.

A Ghost in the Machine

Author : Caroline Graham
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312995157
Total Pages : 534 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (951 download)

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Download or read book A Ghost in the Machine written by Caroline Graham and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2005-06-28 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a bloody, pulverized body is found lying beneath the rustic timbers of an authentic torture device, there's sufficient unrest in the tiny village of Forbes Abbot to call in Chief Inspector Barnaby. Martin's Press.

Murder At the Lighthouse

Author : Frances Evesham
Publisher : Boldwood Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1800480113
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Murder At the Lighthouse written by Frances Evesham and published by Boldwood Books Ltd. This book was released on 2020-05-11 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever found a body on the beach? Recently widowed Libby Forest arrives in the small coastal town of Exham-on-Sea, keen to start a new life baking cakes and designing chocolates. Walking on the beach one stormy autumn day, Libby and excitable Springer Spaniel ‘Shipley’ discover a dead body under the lighthouse. Convinced the death was no accident, Libby teams up with Max Ramshore, an attractive local resident, and Bear, a huge sheepdog, to confront indifference from the community and unmask the killer. Murder at the Lighthouse is the first in a series of Exham-on-Sea Murder Mysteries set at the small English seaside town full of quirky characters, sea air and gossip. If you love Agatha Christie-style mysteries, cosy crime, clever dogs and cake, then you'll love these intriguing whodunnits. THE EXHAM-ON-SEA MURDER MYSTERIES: 1. Murder at the Lighthouse 2. Murder on the Levels: 3. Murder on the Tor: 4. Murder at the Cathedral 5. Murder at the Bridge 6. Murder at the Castle 7. Murder at the Gorge 8. Murder at the Abbey Other Books by Frances Evesham in the Ham Hill Murder Mystery series A Village Murder A Racing Murder A Harvest Murder Here's what readers are saying about the series: 'This is a perfect short, cosy mystery.' 'It makes you wonder if English country villages are safe places to live. But I certainly would given half a chance.' 'Frances Evesham has invented an array of lively village personalities to get in Libby's way from her Goth teenage lodger to the pompous chair of the women's group or the rude but kindly garage proprietor." 'With every book, I grow more fond of Libby and Exham.' 'If you like Miss Marple this amateur sleuth will enthral you.'

When Evil Came to Good Hart

Author : Mardi Link
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 0472021966
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book When Evil Came to Good Hart written by Mardi Link and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2009-04-15 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The murder mystery that has confounded and fascinated people for over forty years has been given a whole new life. When Evil Came to Good Hart is a well-researched and well-written piece of nonfiction that holds the reader in its spell, just as it has the many writers, reporters, and law officers who have puzzled over it. My highest praise for Mardi Link's book is to say that it reads like a good novel, a real page-turner." —Judith Guest, author of Ordinary People and The Tarnished Eye In this page-turning true-life whodunit, author Mardi Link details all the evidence to date. She crafts her book around police and court documents and historical and present-day statements and interviews, in addition to exploring the impact of the case on the community of Good Hart and the stigma that surrounds the popular summer getaway. Adding to both the sense of tragic history and the suspense, Link laces her tale with fascinating bits of local and Indian lore, while dozens of colorful characters enter and leave the story, spicing the narrative. During the years of investigation of the murders, officials considered hundreds of tips and leads as well as dozens of sources, among them former secretaries who worked for murder victim Dick Robison; Robison's business associates; John Norman Collins, perpetrator of the "Co-Ed Murders" that took place in Washtenaw County between 1967 and 1969; and an inmate in federal prison in Leavenworth, Kansas, who said he knew who killed the Robison family. Despite the exhaustive investigative efforts of numerous individuals, decades later the case lies tantalizingly out of reach. It is still an unsolved cold case, yielding, in Link's words, forty years worth of "dead-end leads, anonymous tips, a few hard facts, and countless cockamamie theories."

Channel Island Murders

Author : Nicola Sly
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752493833
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (524 download)

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Download or read book Channel Island Murders written by Nicola Sly and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2013-05-15 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although an idyllic setting, where violent crime is thankfully rare, the Channel Islands have a shadier side. Contained within the pages of this book are twenty-five historic cases of murder committed in the Channel Islands. They include a fatal assault on John Francis in 1894, which remains unsolved; the murder by Philippe Jolin of his father in 1829; and the murder and suicide committed by Eugenie Toupin in 1881, all of which occurred in Jersey. In Guernsey, elderly widow Elizabeth Saujon was murdered during the course of a robbery in 1853, Edward Hooper drunkenly beat his wife to death in 1890, and housekeeper Elizabeth de la Mare murdered her elderly employer in 1935, wanting to hasten his demise on the understanding that she was the sole beneficiary of his will.Nicola Sly’s carefully researched and enthralling text will appeal to everyone interested in true crime and the shady side of Jersey, Guernsey and Alderney’s history.

Faithful Unto Death

Author : Caroline Graham
Publisher : Minotaur Books
ISBN 13 : 1429950595
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book Faithful Unto Death written by Caroline Graham and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2000-08-15 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Faithful Unto Death is the fifth installment of Caroline Graham's popular Chief Inspect Barnaby Novels, and the basis for a TV episode in the Midsomer Murders series. When bored young housewife Simone Hollingsworth misses bell-ringing practice-her latest effort to find something to do-no one is surprised. In fact, if old Mrs. Molfrey, her neighbor, didn't report it to Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby, Simone's disappearance might have gone unrecorded in Fawcett Green. But ever Barnaby isn't concerned-until a body is found. Soon Barnaby is uncovering the passionate entanglements beneath the placid surface of Fawcett Green-and perhaps jeopardizing his career. Now, if he misconstrues the clue buried in Simone's garden-and a subtlety of human behavior his experienced eye should spot-a brutal killer may go free...