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The Piccadilly Murder
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Anthony Berkeley |
Stopping in at the Piccadilly Palace Hotel for a bit of afternoon refreshment, Mr. Ambrose Chitterwick witnesses a chilling scene: an elderly lady dies of poisoning in the midst of a crowded lounge. … |
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Ask A Policeman
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Gladys Mitchell,Milward Kennedy,Anthony Berkeley,Dorothy L. Sayers,Helen Simpson,The Detection Club,Helen Simpson,Agatha Christie,Martin Edwards,Cecil John Charles Street |
**Lord Comstock is a barbarous newspaper tycoon with enemies in high places. His murder in the study of his country house poses a dilemma for the Home Secretary. In the hours before his death, Lord C… |
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The Layton Court mystery
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Anthony Berkeley |
In a typical English country house, a murder is committed. The wealthy Victor Stanworth, who'd been playing host to a party of friends, is found dead in the library. At first it appears to be suicide… |
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Murder in the Basement
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Anthony Berkeley |
When young Mr. and Mrs. Dane return from their honeymoon they find, buried under the cellar floor of the suburban villa they have taken, the body of an unknown girl. Scotland Yard is called in, and f… |
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Top Storey Murder
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Anthony Berkeley |
From mysteryfile dot com: " Novelist and part-time criminologist Roger Sheringham follows along, as Scotland Yard puts together a case against a burglar who added murder to his last job. These were … |
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Trial and Error
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Anthony Berkeley |
Mr. Todhunter lived an ordinary life in an ordinary bachelor's flat in London. He took tea at the same time every day and his habits were totally predictable. Until he learned he had only months to l… |
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The poisoned chocolates case
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Anthony Berkeley |
Sir Eustace is a cad of the first water, with a specialty in other men?s wives, and the list of people who might want to do him in could fill a London phone book. But which of them actually sent the … |
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Malice aforethought
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Anthony Berkeley |
On a balmy summer's day in 1930 the great and the good of the county are out in force for the annual, much-anticipated tennis party at the Bickleighs, although not everyone has much enthusiasm for th… |
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Before the fact
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Anthony Berkeley |
"Some women give birth to murderers, some go to bed with them. Lina Aysgarth had lived with her husband for nearly eight years before she realized that she was married to a murderer." Johnny was deli… |
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