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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
A corpse in a gilded cage	Robert Barnard	Perce Spender, a working-class Londoner, is unexpectedly transformed into the twelfth Earl of Ellesmere when a distant relative dies. But he would rather be warming a bar stool in his local pub, and …	OL10467098W
Death Is Forever	John Gardner	The end of the Cold War spawns a fierce new villain, in John Gardner's eleventh addition to the classic, best-selling James Bond series. Now that the two Germanys have united, a joint British-America…	OL10587373W
Death of a Charming Man	M. C. Beaton	Now that Priscilla Halburton-Smythe has agreed to marry him, Police Sergeant Hamish Macbeth can't imagine a more perfect life. There's not much crime in his remote Scottish village of Lochdubh, nothi…	OL117928W
Murder being once done	Ruth Rendell,Robin Bailey	In a vast, gloomy, overgrown London cemetery, a girl is found murdered. A girl with a name that isn't here, and little else that is. A girl with no friends, no possessions and no past. Chief Inspe…	OL12077W
Master of the moor	Ruth Rendell	Stephen Whalby loves to walk the moor. He considers it his, although he and his young wife Lyn are merely tenants in a flat nearby. But the senseless and frightening murder of a young woman invades S…	OL12088W
A New Lease of Death	Ruth Rendell,Nigel Anthony	The second book to feature the classic crime-solving detective, Chief Inspector Wexford. Some cases are impossible to bury. It's impossible to forget the violent bludgeoning to death of an elde…	OL12094W
13 Steps Down	Ruth Rendell	Mix Cellini has just moved into a flat in a decaying house in Nottinghill, where he plans to pursue his two abiding passions--supermodel Nerissa Nash, whom he worships from afar, and the life of seri…	OL12129W
Piranha to Scurfy	Ruth Rendell	In these pages, internationally celebrated novelist Ruth Rendell, author of Harm Done, offers a collection of unforgettable stories evocative of Edgar Allan Poe, Stephen King, and other masters of th…	OL12139W
The Water's Lovely	Ruth Rendell	When Ismay and Heather's stepfather was discovered dead in the bathtub nine years ago, the police concluded the drowning was an accident. But Ismay has always silently suspected that Heather might ha…	OL12166W
The tree of hands	Ruth Rendell,Isla Blair	Once, when Benet was 14, her mother had tried to stab her with a carving knife. It was some time since she had seen her mad mother, so when she arrived at the airport, Benet tried not to hate her. Bu…	OL12181W
Sweet danger	Margery Allingham	Way back during the crusades Richard I presented the Huntingforest family with the tiny Balkan principality of Averna but since then the kingdom has been forgotten, until circumstances in Europe sudd…	OL12690629W
The riddle of St. Leonard's	Candace M. Robb	Historical mystery novel set in medieval York. Fifth in the series featuring Owen Archer, the Archbishop's spy. The fetid summer heat of 1369 has the citizens of York besieging Owen Archer's apoth…	OL137430W
Smuggler's Moon (Sir John Fielding #8)	Bruce Alexander	Off the water that separates England from France, near the seaside town of Deal, the practice of "owling," a local term for the illegal cargo trade, thrives on the moonlit beaches. Blind judge Sir Jo…	OL14135W
Blind Justice (Sir John Fielding #1)	Bruce Alexander	Falsely charged of theft in 1768 London, thirteen-year-old orphaned printer's apprentice Jeremy Proctor finds his only hope in the legendary Sir John Fielding. Fielding, founder of the Bow Street Run…	OL14136W
The Inspector and Mrs. Jeffries (Victorian Mystery)	Emily Brightwell	Mrs. Jeffries Victorian Mystery series #1 Is there a detective in the house? She keeps house for Inspector Witherspoon...and keeps him on his toes. Everyone is astonished by the inspector's Sco…	OL14874782W
Death of a Scriptwriter	M. C. Beaton	Scotland's lovable Hamish Macbeth -- the one-man village police force -- investigates the death of an actress and a television writer in the latest episode of M. C. Beaton's popular series.In her day…	OL14913850W
Aunt Dimity digs in	Nancy Atherton	The latest in this enchanting and fast-selling series, featuring the beloved ghost Aunt Dimity, opens in a picturesque English cottage where the lovable Lori Shepherd is up to her elbows in pureed ca…	OL14949601W
Tales of Sherlock Holmes (Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle / Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual / Adve…	Arthur Conan Doyle	[Study in Scarlet](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL16290253W/A_Study_in_Scarlet) [Sign of Four](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL262585W/The_Sign_of_Four) Selected short stories. [Adventure of…	OL1518418W
The unexpected guest [adaptation]	Charles Osborne,Charles Osborne,Charles Osborne	In the middle of the night in rural Scotland, Michael Starkwedder has run his car into a ditch and must go to the nearest house to seek help. But downstairs in this house, he discovers a murdered man…	OL15845689W
The color of death	Ann Maxwell	E-Book Extra: Like Mother Like Daughter: Check out this sneak preview of Heather Lowell's upcoming novel, NO ESCAPEThe name Elizabeth Lowell has become synonymous with electrifying fiction that seaml…	OL15880W