Author: John Richard Lane AndersonPublisher:
ISBN: 9780312753771
Category : Detective and mystery stories
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
A Sprig of Sea Lavender
Author: John Richard Lane AndersonPublisher:
ISBN: 9780312753771
Category : Detective and mystery stories
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
A Sprig of Sea Lavender
Author: JRL AndersonPublisher: Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.
ISBN: 1785760076
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 187
Book Description
Up-and-coming painter, Sandra Telford, races down the platform to catch her train to London. Two hours later she's found dead at her seat. At her feet is a portfolio containing millions of pounds worth of unlisted artwork - and a single sprig of sea lavender. Inspector Piet Deventer, an art lover himself, is put on the case. The victim is the former lover of an escaped convict, the mastermind behind one of the largest gold robberies of the century - and Piet suspects the two cases might be connected. Struggling for leads, Piet enlists the help of Sally Graham, a friend of the victim, to help with his investigation. But with a dangerous criminal on the loose, Piet will need all his wits about him - so it doesn't help that he finds himself falling in love . . . A Sprig of Sea Lavender is J.R.L. Anderson's first mystery featuring Piet Deventer, and is an unmissable read for all lovers of English crime.
A Sprig of Sea Lavender
Author: John Richard Lane AndersonPublisher: Orion
ISBN: 9780575024588
Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
A Sprig of Sea Lavender
Author: John Richard Lane AndersonPublisher:
ISBN: 9780440183211
Category : Detective and mystery stories
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
"Detective Deventer has a lot of questions: Who was the lovely young girl with the cumbersome portfolio? Were its startling contents the reason she had to die? What was her link to the bohemians at Poplar's Fen? To Roger, the captain of a very well kept sailboat? To Trudi, the second-rate artist with first-rate tastes? To Mrs. Vincent, owner of Moat's Cottage, who sold their work for a profit? To Sally, the sunny beauty who specialized in compositions of sea lavenders? And he needed answers before a cold-blooded killer struck again"--P. preceding t.p.
Death in a High Latitude
Author: JRL AndersonPublisher: Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.
ISBN: 1785760084
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
When the deputy chairman of a world-leading oil company gets kidnapped in Hamburg, Peter Blair is urgently called in to lead the rescue mission. The captured Dr Braunschweig is a wealthy and powerful man, and a sizeable ransom demand seems certain. So it seems very strange when all the kidnappers desire in exchange for their hostage is a certain 17th Century Arctic map. But when the map is suddenly reported missing from its museum in Cambridge, it becomes clear there is much more at stake than a valuable relic. And with news that an oil expert has been murdered in the Arctic, an old map from the past threatens to have global consequences for the future... Death in a High Latitude is the final mystery starring the marvellous Peter Blair - and J.R.L. Anderson has saved his best investigation till last.
Lady's Realm
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Women's periodicals, English
Languages : en
Pages : 808
Book Description
Death in the Caribbean
Author: JRL AndersonPublisher: Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.
ISBN: 1785760092
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
When the Caribbean island of Nueva is struck by an earthquake - with near fatal consequences - Peter Blair is suspicious that this supposedly natural disaster might have a very unnatural origin - especially when the body of a government scientist is discovered in caves underneath the island. Joined by the beautiful and intelligent Ruth Caval, Peter is determined to dig up the root of the mystery. But this is no ordinary murder case: devious political forces are at play, and as the Prime Minister himself gets involved, Peter is shocked to discover the identity of the authorities' number one suspect: him. Can Peter solve the mystery as a wanted man - or will this case prove a step too far? Featuring murder, corruption and a dazzling setting, J.R.L. Anderson's Death in the Caribbean is a gem of 1970s English crime.
Death on the Rocks
Author: JRL AndersonPublisher: Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.
ISBN: 1785760149
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 181
Book Description
Since leaving the army, Peter Blair has embraced a quiet life of solitude and sailing off the Salcombe coast. So it's an unpleasant shock when he stumbles across a body on the rocks off Prawle Point. The case seems simple, if sad - the woman is identified as Edna Brown, a mousy London secretary whose hotel room contains a suicide note. But all is not as it seems. Someone is very keen to keep Peter quiet, and before long he realises that if he wants to stay safe, it is up to him to solve the mystery of Edna's real identity - and who would kill to keep her quiet. In this first Peter Blair mystery, master of 1970s crime J.R.L. Anderson spins an exhilarating yarn. Disguises and codes, drug smuggling and murder: Peter must use all his wits to make sure his first investigation is not also his last.
Death in the Greenhouse
Author: JRL AndersonPublisher: Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.
ISBN: 1785760114
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 205
Book Description
Old Mr Quenenden seems not to have an enemy in the world: having retired to a cottage in Berkshire, he leads an idyllic life breeding tropical plants. Which is why it comes as a complete shock when his body is discovered in his greenhouse - murdered. In London, Peter Blair is hard at work on his own investigation into top-level blackmail in the City, but he quickly realises that the two cases have more in common than meets the eye. A complex botanical clue means Peter must dig deep to stand a chance of solving the crime - but do the answers lie on home soil after all? Wonderfully crafted yet grippingly tense, Death in the Greenhouse is a vintage J.R.L. Anderson mystery.
Death in the Thames
Author: JRL AndersonPublisher: Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.
ISBN: 1785760068
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
Vital information is being leaked from top British companies, and with the Cold War intensifying, the Home Office suspects it is travelling east. The leak is traced to the Oxfordshire headquarters of a large scientific engineering group. Thanks to his new-found reputation as an amateur sleuth, Peter Blair is called to investigate. Peter travels undercover as a river-bound holidaymaker. But this is no pleasure cruise - before long Peter finds himself face-to-face with murder. Death in the Thames, the second mystery featuring Peter Blair, and following on from Death on the Rocks, is not to be missed. Conspiracy and intrigue, corrupt politicians and devious businessmen - this is J.R.L. Anderson at his best.