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Detective stories from the Strand magazine. 1991. Read by Michael McStay, 14 hours 2 minutes. TB 9230.

25 stories of mystery and detection first published in the Strand magazine. Authors include: Agatha Christie, G.K. Chesterton, Sapper, Edgar Wallace, Aldous Huxley, Conan Doyle and E.C. Bentley. TB 9230.

Aird, Catherine

The religious body. 1966. Read by Martin Muncaster, 6 hours 15 minutes. TB 29.

Inspector C D Sloan, book 1. When murder comes to a convent in a country village, Inspector Sloan finds the case beset with insurmountable problems. TB 29.

Aird, Catherine

Henrietta who? 1968. Read by Peter Barker, 6 hours 15 minutes. TB 580.

Inspector C D Sloan, book 2. Sequel to: The Religious Body, TB 29. Henrietta Jenkins is called home from university a few months before her twenty-first birthday when her mother is found dead in a lonely country road. The post mortem reveals that, apart from having been run over twice, Mrs Jenkins had never given birth to a child. So - who was Henrietta, where is her birth certificate and why does the murderer strike again? TB 580.

Aird, Catherine

Some die eloquent. 1979. Read by David Sinclair, 6 hours 45 minutes. TB 3679.

Inspector C D Sloan, book 8. Sequel to: Parting Breath. Miss Wansdyke, retired chemistry teacher, lived quietly and modestly. But her death was sudden, and she had recently acquired a great deal of money. All these things and the strange reactions of the beneficiaries under the will concern Inspector Sloan. TB 3679.

Allen, Michael

Spence in Petal Park. 1977. Read by David Strong, 6 hours 15 minutes. TB 3303.

Superintendent Spencer investigates the murder of a playboy. TB 3303.

Allingham, Margery

The Allingham case book. 1995. Read by Sion Probert, 8 hours 24 minutes. TB 11103.

This book records eighteen crimes - from the seedy and sinister to the fashionable and frivolous. Within its pages are more of the exploits of the famous detective Albert Campion, and his friends the policemen Charlie Luke and Stanislaus Oates. TB 11103.

Allingham, Margery

Mystery mile. 1967. Read by George Hagan, 9 hours 10 minutes. TB 6916.

Albert Campion, book 2. Sequel to: The Crime at Black Dudley. Crowdy Lobbett is a man who knows too much - and too little. As an American Judge he has for too long dealt with the evil consequences of the Simister gang and has brought many of them to justice. Furthermore, he has in his possession a clue to the identity of Simister himself. Simister follows Lobbett across the Atlantic, determined to kill him. The trail leads to the heart of the English countryside, to Mystery Mile, and a meeting with Albert Campion ... TB 6916.

Allingham, Margery

Look to the Lady. 1931. Read by John Atterbury, 9 hours 45 minutes. TB 7093.

Albert Campion, book 3. Sequel to: Mystery Mile. The Gyrth Chalice has been the sacred trust of the Gyrth family for centuries. Its beauty and antiquity make it unique. As the scion of a noble house himself Albert Campion is keenly aware of its place at the centre of our heritage and, when its safety is threatened by a ring of wealthy and ruthless collectors, he springs to its defence. Enlisting the help of young Val Gyrth, Campion sets out on a course that is dangerous and possibly deadly. TB 7093.

Allingham, Margery

Police at the funeral. 1931. Read by Rosemary Davis, 10 hours 12 minutes. TB 6934.

Albert Campion, book 4. Sequel to: Look to the Lady. Great Aunt Caroline rules the old Cambridge house, "Socrates Close", with a rod of Victorian iron but now that Uncle Andrew has disappeared, his great niece, Joyce, seeks the help of Albert Campion. Before he can help, news comes of the death "by murder" of the lost uncle. Next for the mortuary is Aunt Julie and suspicion falls all around in this bizarre household of horror. It is a tortuous maze of intrigue for the bland, blue-eyed and deceptively vague detective. TB 6934.

Babson, Marian

Untimely guest. 1976. Read by Stephen Jack, 5 hours 39 minutes. TB 3062.

The arrival of daughter Bridget, ex-nun, disturbs the hopeless life of a London Irish family - but no-one expected there to be a murder. TB 3062.

Babson, Marian

Reel murder. 1986. Read by Helen Horton, 6 hours 22 minutes. TB 7802.

Trixie Dolan, book 1. Evangeline Sinclair has been a star all her life. From silent films, through talkies, down to a retrospective showing at the recently opened Cinema in the sky, she has commanded the limelight. Never more so than when a horrendous moment from one of her old films is re-enacted in the garden of the London house where she is staying - only this time the corpse is real...TB 7802.

Bell, Josephine

A hole in the ground. 1971. Read by Stanley Pritchard, 5 hours 52 minutes. TB 1955.

Returned to Cornwall after a twenty year absence, Martin discovers the secrets surrounding the gory bundle and blood-soaked sacking he had found on his earlier stay. TB 1955.

Bell, Josephine

The trouble in Hunter ward. 1976. Read by Carol Marsh, 6 hours 37 minutes. TB 3119.

In the amenity ward at the top of the hospital building they were short of staff because of a strike. Even before the mysterious death of Sister Hallet there was chaos ...TB 3119.

Bentley, E Clerihew

Trent's last case. 1936. Read by Clive Champney, 8 hours 30 minutes. TB 667.

Philip Trent, book 1. A powerful and ruthless American capitalist is found dead in the garden of his English country house. But why is he not wearing his false teeth? Why is his young widow so relieved at his death? The artist and amateur detective Philip Trent arrives to find that there is more to the case than the solving of a puzzle: he must also accept his own fallibility, in detection and in romance. TB 667.

Bingham, John

I love, I kill. 1968. Read by Jon Curle, 7 hours 15 minutes. TB 660.

In which a publicity agent is suspected of the murder of the actor-husband of a girl with whom he had once been in love. TB 660.

Blake, Nicholas

A question of proof. 1935. Read by Robert Gladwell, 7 hours 25 minutes. TB 1038.

Nigel Strangeways, book 1. After murder at a prep. school, a private detective soon suspects the murderer but has to wait until a second murder is committed before he has the necessary proof. TB 1038.

Blake, Nicholas

A penknife in my heart. 1958. Read by Jack de Manio, 6 hours 34 minutes. TB 1709.

Two men, one needing money, the other tied to an exasperating wife, make a murder pact in which each shall provide an alibi for the other. TB 1709.

Brett, Simon

A nice class of corpse. 1986. Read by Elizabeth Proud, 5 hours 44 minutes. TB 7416.

Mrs Pargeter series; book 1. Few brochures were sent out by the hotel in Littlehampton. The clientele tended to arrive by personal recommendation: "nice" people. Miss Naismith, the unnervingly refined proprietress, had no need to advertise in "The Lady", now: there was always a waiting list of elderly people when an occupant "moved on". The trouble was that, in rapid succession, two residents moved on permanently very soon after the arrival of Mrs Pargeter. TB 7416.

Brett, Simon

So much blood: a crime novel. 1976. Read by Bruce Montague, 7 hours 20 minutes. TB 4390.

Charles Paris series; book 2. Sequel to: Cast in Order of Disappearance. The setting (and almost a member of the cast) is Edinburgh at Festival time. The sleuth, Charles Paris - middle-aged, booze-ridden and highly sexed - is dividing his time between the various fringe shows and his own one-man effort on Thomas Hood. TB 4390.

Canning, Victor

Doubled in Diamonds. 1966. Read by Arthur Bush, 7 hours 30 minutes. TB 81.

Rex Carver series; book 2. Sequel to: Whiphand. A private investigator is hired to trace a missing legatee - and becomes involved in diamond hauls and drug trading. TB 81.

Cecil, Henry

Tell you what I'll do. 1969. Read by Peter Barker, 6 hours 31 minutes. TB 1102.

Harry, an amiable criminal, prefers a safe and lazy life, either with the unsuspecting colonel to whom he had once been batman, or in the security of one of the most modern of English prisons. TB 1102.

Chandler, Raymond

The big sleep. 1967. Read by Marvin Kane, 7 hours 6 minutes. TB 1165.

Philip Marlowe series; book 1. Justice of an unexpected sort is done after a series of murders while a case of blackmail is being investigated. TB 1165.

Chandler, Raymond

Farewell, my lovely. 1940. Read by Marvin Kane, 8 hours 15 minutes. TB 2482.

Philip Marlowe series; book 2. Philip Marlowe's accidental entanglement with Moose Malloy involves him in adventures which end in the underworld of Los Angeles. TB 2482.

Charteris, Leslie

The Saint to the rescue. 1961. Read by Anthony Parker, 7 hours. TB 2840.

Simon Templar series; book 34. Sequel to: Senor Saint. However devious and deadly the ways of the ungodly, Simon Templar continues to be more than a match for them. TB 2840.

Chesterton, G K

The innocence of Father Brown. 1910. Read by Adrian Waller, 8 hours. TB 801.

Eleven more stories in which Father Brown, priest-detective, solves plots of murder and mystery. TB 801.

Chesterton, G K

The incredulity of Father Brown. 1929. Read by Michael Aspel, 7 hours 30 minutes. TB 272.

Short stories in which Father Brown unmasks criminals and murderers by using plain common sense. TB 272.

Christie, Agatha

Parker Pyne investigates. 1998. Read by Peter Barker, 6 hours 54 minutes. TB 10976.

Parker Pyne series; book 1. On the front page of "The Times" there appeared daily this cryptic announcement: 'Are you happy? If not consult Mr Parker Pyne, 17 Richmond St.' And in response to this advertisement lie the varied and amazing events of this unique book by Agatha Christie. TB 10976.

Christie, Agatha

The secret adversary. 1987. Read by Rosemary Davis, 9 hours 59 minutes. TB 8592.

Tommy and Tuppence series; book 1. Two young adventurers get more than they bargained for when they hire themselves out to the sinister Mr Whittington. TB 8592.

Christie, Agatha

The mysterious affair at Styles. 1995. Read by Andrew Sachs, 5 hours 28 minutes. TB 10857.

Hercule Poirot series; book 1. When Mrs Inglethorp, wealthy mistress of Styles Court, is murdered the clues seem strangely unrelated - a mysteriously destroyed will, a shattered coffee cup, a splash of candle grease, an old envelope, a newly planted bed of begonias... Small matters to most, but intriguing enough to feed the curiosity of Hercule Poirot. TB 10857.

Christie, Agatha

The murder on the links. 1923. Read by Raymond Adamson, 6 hours 45 minutes. TB 7224.

Hercule Poirot series; book 2. An urgent appeal for help brings Hercule Poirot to France with unaccustomed haste, but he is too late - his client, a mysterious millionaire, has been brutally stabbed to death and his body flung carelessly into an open grave. As the Belgian detective unravels the strange circumstances of this case, he finds a clue that is to take him back to another crime committed more than 20 years earlier. TB 7224.

Christie, Agatha

The murder at the vicarage. 1976. Read by Alistair Maydon, 7 hours 15 minutes. TB 6040.

Miss Marple series; book 1. When the irascible church warden Colonel Protheroe is found shot through the head in the vicar's study there seems to be no shortage of suspects. Miss Marple declares that at least seven people have a motive, and three people confess to having committed the crime. So who really did kill the bad- tempered old man? TB 6040.

Christie, Agatha

Thirteen problems. 1972. Read by Marilyn Finlay, 7 hours 34 minutes. TB 9821.

Miss Marple series; book 2. Miss Marple appears in each of these thirteen stories, solving the most amazing mysteries quietly and unobtrusively from her chair by the fireside. TB 9821.

Christie, Agatha

Secret of chimneys. 1987. Read by Mark Elstob, 7 hours 59 minutes. TB 10618.

Superintendent Battle series; book 1. Anthony Cade, master of intrigue and adventure, is caught up in a web of blackmail, assassination, and double-cross. Stolen love letters, a precious manuscript, a terrorist organization and a fabulous jewel make up the clues to a sinister international conspiracy. TB 10618.

Christie, Agatha

Sparkling cyanide. 1993. Read by Robin Bailey, 6 hours 11 minutes. TB 11032.

Six people sat down to dinner at a table laid for seven. In front of the empty place was a sprig of rosemary - in memory of Rosemary Barton who had died at that same table a year before. A toast was drunk to Rosemary, there was a pause, and one of the party slumped down in his chair, fighting for breath... TB 11032.

Collins, Wilkie

The woman in white. 1860. Read by Gabriel Woolf, 25 hours. TB 1651.

Late one night, a drawing teacher has a midnight encounter on a lonely road with a mysterious and agitated woman dressed entirely in white, whom he helps to escape from pursuers. Who is she, and what is her connection to the teacher's new pupil, a beautiful heiress? TB 1651.

Creasey, John

The Toff and Old Harry. 1948. Read by George Hagan, 6 hours 46 minutes. TB 8686.

Toff series; book 20. Sequel to: The Toff Takes Shares. The Hon. Richard Rollison, alias "The Toff", decides to find gangland leader "Old Harry". But things start to look black for Rollison when rumours start that he is actually "Old Harry". TB 8686.

Creasey, John

Murder, London-South Africa: a new story of 'Roger West of the Yard'. 1966. Read by Alan Lyne, 6 hours 15 minutes. TB 151.

Inspector West series; book 34. Sequel to: Murder, London-Australia. A disappearing V.I.P., and a prison shooting, send Chief Superintendent West of the Yard to South Africa on an industrial diamond smuggling trail. TB 151.

Crispin, Edmund

The glimpses of the moon: a novel. 1977. Read by Peter Gray, 13 hours 45 minutes. TB 3204.

Gervase Fen series; book 9. Sequel to: Love Lies Bleeding. In and around a village, murder follows murder. Professor Gervase Fen is involved in the intricate puzzle, and the Rector and the Major take a hand at playing detective, until the story culminates in a chase to end all chases. TB 3204.

Crofts, Freeman Wills

Inspector French's greatest case. 1925. Read by Gabriel Woolf, 7 hours 54 minutes. TB 6152.

Inspector French series; book 1. The diamonds have been securely locked away for the night, and all that glitters in London's Hatton Garden is the freshly fallen rain. But up in the offices of Duke & Peabody lies old Mr Gething, deceased; the safe is open and the diamonds gone: a case for Inspector Joseph French of the Yard, which will take him from Holland to Barcelona and the Alps. TB 6152.

Dickinson, Peter

A pride of heroes. 1969. Read by Arthur Bush, 7 hours 15 minutes. TB 890.

James Pibble series; book 2. Sequel to: Skin Deep. Detective Inspector Pibble investigates a murder and discovers macabre goings-on in the stately home of two old last-war heroes. TB 890.

Doyle, Arthur Conan

The complete Sherlock Holmes. 1992. Read by Robert Gladwell, 87 hours 43 minutes. TB 10083.

The only complete, definitive edition of the authoritative text of every Sherlock Holmes story ever written, this volume contains all four novels and all fifty six short stories. TB 10083.

Durbridge, Francis

Send for Paul Temple. 1992. Read by Alistair McGowan, 6 hours 12 minutes. TB 9431.

Paul Temple series; book 1. A series of mysterious jewel robberies has Scotland Yard flummoxed, and so Paul Temple, aided by the beautiful and spirited journalist Steve Trent, finds himself on the heels of one of the cleverest and most dangerous criminal gangs in Europe. TB 9431.

Durbridge, Francis

East of Algiers. 2006. Read by Michael Tudor Barnes, 6 hours 13 minutes. TB 14600.

Paul Temple series; book 8. Sequel to: The Tyler Mystery. When Judy Wincott asks Paul Temple to take a pair of spectacles with him to Tunis, he could never of guessed that such an innocent request could lead to so much trouble. He certainly could not have predicted it as a prelude to a body in a Paris rubbish bin and a trigger for police enquiries. Soon the novelist-detective and his wife Steve are crossing Europe and North Africa, trailing a series of murders somehow connected to a Mr David Foster and the tortoiseshell spectacles. TB 14600.

Ferrars, Elizabeth

Ninth life. 1965. Read by David Broomfield, 6 hours. TB 827.

Caroline, convalescing at her moody brother-in-law's country house, is involved in mystery and suspense which explodes in arson and murder. TB 827.

Ferrars, Elizabeth

The pretty pink shroud. 1977. Read by Elizabeth Proud, 5 hours 49 minutes. TB 3150.

When Leila disappears and her dress turns up blood-stained and torn, it was Ruth's understanding that showed the solution to the puzzle was not as simple as it seemed. TB 3150.

Ferrars, Elizabeth

Foot in the grave. 1973. Read by Gerard Green, 6 hours 9 minutes. TB 2209.

The sudden influx of visitors into the usually quiet household of Christine and Henry Findon brings more than confusion - it brings a most unexpected murder. TB 2209.

Ferrars, Elizabeth

The seven sleepers. 1970. Read by Anthony Parker, 8 hours 26 minutes. TB 1298.

The widow of Professor Garvie-Brown discovers that his seven previous wives had all been murdered, and his surviving grandson Luke Latimer reluctantly becomes involved in the search for a diary that will prove his late, learned, and wealthy grandfather was a serial wife-killer. Other family members will go to any lengths, including murder, to avoid scandal. TB 1298.

Fraser, Antonia

Quiet as a nun. 1977. Read by Judith Whale, 6 hours 30 minutes. TB 3166.

Jemima Shore series; book 1. Jemima, a television reporter, is summoned by Mother Ancilla, headmistress of the convent she once briefly attended, to investigate a strange death. TB 3166.

Fraser, Antonia

The wild island. 1978. Read by Judith Whale, 7hrs 15mins. TB 3380.

Jemina Shore series; book 2. Jemima, TV investigator, arrives on a Scottish island for a holiday, only to find herself involved in the mystery following the drowning of the heir of a Jacobite family, the aristocratic Beauregards. TB 3380.

Gardner, Erle Stanley

The case of the shapely shadow. 1966. Read by Marvin Kane, 5 hours 47 minutes. TB 2143.

Perry Mason series; book 143. Sequel to: The Case of the Duplicate Daughter. Three women have been concerned in the life and death of one man, and Perry Mason has to work fast to crack the prosecution's case. TB 2143.

Gielgud, Val

Prinvest-London. 1965. Read by George Hagan, 8 hours 10 minutes. TB 314.

The three partners of Prinvest, a new private investigation agency, are engaged to ensure the safety of a millionaire's wife during an Aegean cruise. TB 314.

Gilbert, Anthony

Lady-killer. 1996. Read by Nigel Carrington, 8 hours. TB 13137.

Arthur Crook series; book 23. Sequel to: A Nice Cup of Tea. The story of a serial killer who has a knack of ridding himself of superfluous wives, but destiny sometimes hangs by a single thread, and it is the slenderest of chances that puts Arthur Crook in contact with the latest of his victims. TB 13137.

Gilbert, Michael

Roller-coaster. 1993. Read by Nigel Graham, 8 hours 37 minutes. TB 10429.

Patrick Petrella series; book 3. Sequel to: Young Petrella. Patrick Petrella is now installed behind a new desk, as Superintendent of an East London dockland area. Though this marks a well merited step up the career ladder, the paperwork of modern policing makes Petrella itch to be out on the streets again. There is also the nasty taste left by the manner of his predecessor's departure. Petrella detects patterns of rival gangs at work and uncovers a paedo-porn ring which stretches across the North Sea to Amsterdam's sleazier side. Soon he finds himself up against one of the most unscrupulous outfits in London and he is in no doubt about which course of action to take. TB 10429.

Gilbert, Michael

The body of a girl. 1972. Read by David Strong, 8 hours 4 minutes. TB 1977.

Inspector Mercer series; book 1. The enquiries conducted by the new Chief Inspector when the body of a girl is found on a quiet riverside town lead not as had been expected to an easy open and shut case, but to unexpected events and much violence. TB 1977.

Grimes, Martha

The dirty duck. 1984. Read by Liz Lloyd, 6 hours 46 minutes. TB 7131.

In Stratford-upon-Avon, there is a pub called "The Dirty Duck", or - if approached from the other side - "The Black Swan". Its two-sided sign has been the cause of many a failed meeting. Miss Gwendolyn Bracegirdle of Sarasota, Florida, fresh from a performance of "As You Like it", takes her last drink. A few minutes later she is dead, her throat slashed. The only clue is two lines from an unknown poem printed across a theatre programme. TB 7131.

Hammett, Dashiell

The Maltese Falcon. 1930. Read by Marvin Kane, 6 hours 50 minutes. TB 2467.

Sam Spade, tough private-eye, investigates the theft of a jewel-encrusted falcon, an heirloom of the Knights Templars. TB 2467.

Hammett, Dashiell

The glass key. 1931. Read by Marvin Kane, 7 hours. TB 2449.

It was a very fragile glass key that Ned needed to unlock the mystery behind the violence and corruption of the election campaign in a small American town. TB 2449.

Heyer, Georgette

Why shoot a butler. 1989. Read by Christopher Scott, 8 hours 54 minutes. TB 10515.

A lonely old man is murdered in a quiet country lane, apparently shot as he was driving home. The only witness to the crime is a pretty young woman with a loaded automatic gun in her pocket, soon to become the main suspect. But why, indeed, shoot a butler? Unless he had seen too much. TB 10515.

Heyer, Georgette

Penhallow. 1955. Read by Diana Bishop, 12 hours 16 minutes. TB 10590.

Adam Penhallow rules his large ill assorted family with a ruthless tyranny. It is small wonder then that many of its members harbour violent thoughts, nor that his death, far from bringing them release, creates more problems than it solves. TB 10590.

Holt, Victoria

The curse of the Kings. 1973. Read by Anne White, 11 hours 15 minutes. TB 4857.

When Sir Edward Travers, a famous Egyptologist, dies on an expedition, young Judith Osmond investigates the suspicious circumstances surrounding his death. TB 4857.

Hornung, E W

Raffles: the amateur cracksman. 1899. Read by Gabriel Woolf, 5 hours 25 minutes. TB 13169.

Raffles series; book 1. Short stories relating to the adventures of Raffles, gentleman burglar. TB 13169.

Hunter, Alan

Gently between tides. 1982. Read by Richard Earthy, 6 hours 25 minutes.

TB 4981.

George Gently series; book 29. Sequel to Fields of Heather. Chief Superintendent George Gently is now living in Suffolk with his new wife. Reluctantly he agrees to help the local man to investigate a strangling: a well-known and well-liked local girl has been found dead in her dinghy, drifting upstream on the flood-tide and there is no-one who could have wanted her death. TB 4981.

Innes, Michael

The mysterious commission. 1974. Read by Stephen Jack, 5 hours 49 minutes. TB 2591.

Honeybath series; book 1. Charles Honeybath, fashionable artist and amateur detective undertakes to paint the portrait of a mysterious sitter, and is drawn into a bizarre and dangerous adventure. TB 2591.

Innes, Michael

Appleby's End. 1972. Read by Vincent Brimble, 8 hours 11 minutes. TB 9240.

Sir John Appleby series; book 10. Sequel to: The Weight of the Evidence. Detective Inspector John Appleby arrives at Long Dream Manor to find that the Raven family, distinguished by their noses and their shabby plumage, had an uncle who wrote Gothic horrors - which now seem to be coming true. TB 9240.

Keating, H R F

The perfect murder. 1964. Read by Garard Green, 8 hours 9 minutes. TB 7209.

Inspector Ghote series; book 1. It is the beginning of Inspector Ghote's career with the Bombay Police and he has the bad luck to be saddled with solving the "Perfect Murder" – and there isn't even a corpse! He has to contend with the cunning tycoon, Lala Varde, and the mysterious theft of one rupee from the desk of the Minister of Police Affairs and the Arts. No wonder the sweating Inspector feels as if every one of India's 400 million people is looking at him and challenging him to solve the mystery. TB 7209.

Keating, H R F

Inspector Ghote hunts the Peacock. 1968. Read by Michael de Morgan, 7 hours 30 minutes. TB 511.

Inspector Ghote series; book 4. Sequel to: Inspector Ghote Caught in Meshes. Inspector Ghote of Bombay comes to London for a conference on drug-smuggling, and gets involved in the disappearance of Peacock, a beautiful Indian girl. TB 511.

Keating, H R F

Inspector Ghote plays a joker. 1969. Read by Garard Green, 7 hours 45 minutes. TB 815.

Inspector Ghote, book 5. In which Inspector Ghote's strange assignment is the protection of a flamingo at the Bombay Zoo. TB 815.

Keating, H R F

Into the valley of death. 1986. Read by Rosemary Davis, 6 hours 14 minutes. TB 6481.

Harriet Unwin, governess, receives an urgent call for help from the Oxfordshire village of Chipping Compton: it is a call she cannot ignore, as it comes from her oldest friend, the clumsily comical Vilkins, now working as a housemaid nearby, who is convinced that a miscarriage of justice is about to take place. Posing as a magazine writer, Miss Unwin sets off in pursuit of justice. TB 6481.

Kelly, Mary

March to the gallows. 1964. Read by Phyllis Boothroyd, 6 hours 40 minutes. TB 208.

When a young librarian has her handbag stolen, she is determined to find it, and soon encounters another crime and unexpected danger. TB 208.

Lathen, Emma

Accounting for murder. 1965. Read by Simon Coady, 5 hours 59 minutes. TB 4719.

John Putnam Thatcher series; book 3. Sequel to: A Place for Murder. John Putman Thatcher, senior Vice-president of the Sloan Guaranty Trust, is an elegant and youthful sixty. In the world of high finance, the accounts for a murder may not balance - John P. Thatcher turns detective once more. TB 4719.

Lathen, Emma

Murder makes the wheels go round. 1966. Read by Marvin Kane, 7 hours 25 minutes. TB 191.

John Putnam Thatcher series; book 4. A man is murdered - he is one of three American executives of the motor industry, who have all been to prison. TB 191.

Lemarchand, Elizabeth

Death of an old girl. 1967. Read by Peter Gray, 8 hours 57 minutes. TB 2256.

An Old Girl of a flourishing school is found murdered just after the annual reunion. TB 2256.

Lovesey, Peter

Wobble to death. 1970. Read by Robert Gladwell, 6 hours 17 minutes. TB 1191.

Sergeant Cribb and Constable Thackeray series; book 1. 'Wobbles' or 'six-day-go-as-you-please' walking contests were very popular in the 1880s, but this one at the agricultural hall was more than just a grim endurance test, and two murders were committed before the week was out. TB 1191.

Marric, J J

Gideon's day. 1972. Read by Robert Gladwell, 9 hours. TB 10586.

Gideon series; book 1. A single day's work in the life of a Detective Superintendent at Scotland Yard. Dope peddling, a child murderer, a hit and run driver, an old woman battered to death - this is just one day's work for Gideon of the Yard. TB 10586.

Marric, J J

Gideon's week. 1969. Read by Christopher Scott, 6 hours 34 minutes. TB 10706.

Gideon series; book 2. No week in the life of Commander Gideon of Scotland Yard could be entirely uneventful. However, a mass escape from Millways Gaol, Manchester, made this a particularly harassing week, especially with a criminal like Benson at large. TB 10706.

Marsh, Ngaio

Death on the air and other stories. 1995. Read by Various Narrators. 7 hours 4 minutes. TB 11135.

"Death on the air and other stories" serves both as the perfect introduction to Ngaio Marsh and as a nostalgic journey for the aficionado in her detective novels. TB 11135.

Marsh, Ngaio

A man lay dead. 1979. Read by Robbie MacNab, 6 hours 9 minutes. TB 10328.

Inspector Alleyn series; book 1. To amuse his house guests (and he is famous for his amusing house parties), Sir Hubert Handesley devises a new form of the Murder Game, but when the lights go up there is a real corpse with a dagger in its back and all seven suspects have had ample time to concoct amusing alibis. TB 10328.

Marsh, Ngaio

Enter a murderer. 1986. Read by Vincent Brimble, 6 hours 57 minutes. TB 10238.

Inspector Alleyn series; book 2. The crime was committed on stage at the Unicorn Theatre, when an unloaded gun fired a very real bullet. The victim was Arthur Surbonadier, an actor clawing his way to stardom using blackmail instead of talent. The suspects included two unwilling girlfriends and several relieved blackmail victims. The stage was set for one of Chief Inspector Alleyn's most baffling cases. TB 10238.

Marsh, Ngaio

The nursing home murder. 1970. Read by James Saxon, 6hrs 28mins. TB 10875.

Inspector Alleyn series; book 3. Sir John Phillips, the Harley Street surgeon and his beautiful nurse Jane Harder are almost too nervous to operate. The emergency case on the table before them is the Home Secretary and they both have very good, personal reasons to wish him dead. Within hours he does die, though the operation itself was a complete success. Detective Chief Inspector Alleyn must find out why. TB 10875.

Marsh, Ngaio

Death in ecstasy. Read by Arthur Blake, 7 hours 46 minutes. TB 8493.

Inspector Alleyn, book 4. The woman drank - the cup flashed as it dropped. Her face twisted into an appalling grimace as her body twitched violently. She pitched forward, jerked twice and lay still. In the House of the Sacred Flame, death catches up with one of the Initiates. TB 8493.

Mitchell, Gladys

The Saltmarsh murders. 1984. Read by William Abney, 8 hours 9 minutes. TB 7528.

Dame Beatrice Bradley, book 4. Sequel to: The Longer Bodies. Noel Wells is a young curate in the sleepy village of Saltmarsh. His life mostly passes in helping the Reverend Bedivere Coutts with his sermons, organising the August Bank Holiday fete, and dancing with Daphne to the gramophone in the vicarage study. Then one day, Mrs Coutts, forever outraged at the villagers' licentious behaviour, discovers that her unmarried housemaid is pregnant. Trouble begins. TB 7528.

Mitchell, Gladys

The rising of the moon. 1996. Read by Richard Pearce, 8 hours 25 minutes. TB 11285.

Dame Beatrice Bradley, book 19. Sequel to: My Father Sleeps. Every full moon a Ripper runs amok on the streets of Brentford. Masters Simon and Keith Innes set out to catch the killer under the disturbing guidance of the delightful and now immortal sleuth, Mrs Bradley. TB 11285.

Moffat, Gwen

Deviant death: a crime novel. 1973. Read by Peter Gray, 6 hours 15 minutes. TB 2480.

Miss Pink, book 2. Two women disappear from a tight rural community in Derbyshire. The police investigations unearth much that was much better hidden. TB 2480.

Mortimer, John

Rumpole of the Bailey. 1991. Read by Nigel Graham, 7 hours 32 minutes. TB 8609.

Rumpole, book 1. Horace Rumpole is 68 next birthday with an unsurpassed knowledge of blood and typewriters and a penchant for quoting poetry. TB 8609.

Onions, Oliver

In accordance with the evidence. 1912. Read by Philip Treleaven, 5 hours 37 minutes. TB 1003.

A grim but fascinating murder story set in Edwardian London. TB 1003.

Peters, Ellis

Fallen into the pit. 1990. Read by George Hagan, 12 hours. TB 8486.

Inspector Felse, book 1. Dominic Felse, the police sergeant's son, and his best friend the publican's daughter discover the body of an obnoxious Nazi landworker. Most people in Comerford had reason to despise him, and Dominic resolves to find the murderer. But then there is another tragedy, and Dominic's own life is in grave danger. TB 8486.

Peters, Ellis

Death and the joyful woman. 1991. Read by Diana Bishop, 7 hours 11 minutes. TB 9553.

Inspector Felse, book 2. Alfred Armiger has turned a beautiful old Tudor house into "The jolly barmaid", his latest roadhouse. Then he is found brutally beaten to death. There are a lot of people who want his dead, and George Felse finally makes an arrest. Dominic Felse is convinced that Kitty Norris is innocent, and takes an alternative line to his father, one that forces him, at sixteen, to measure up to some unexpected and dangerous consequences. TB 9553.

Peters, Ellis

Flight of a witch. 1990. Read by Derek Hutchinson, 6 hours 57 minutes. TB 10184.

Inspector Felse, book 3. Annette Beck's breathtaking beauty affects young teacher Tom Kenyon, a lodger at her parent's house. When she vanishes from the Hallowmount, a historic border site with an eerie reputation, Tom resolves to find out the reason. Annette is sure she was away two hours, but there is irrefutable evidence that she has been gone for five days. What is the explanation: is it deceit, amnesia, or witchcraft? Then Detective Inspector Felse finds a link between those five missing days and a death. TB 10184.

Peters, Ellis

A nice derangement of epitaphs. 1965. Read by Michael de Morgan, 8 hours 30 minutes. TB 14.

Inspector Felse, book 4. Emotions engendered by adoption are woven into the excitement and suspense of an official tomb opening. TB 14.

Peters, Ellis

Death mask. 1991. Read by Richard Owens, 7 hours 12 minutes. TB 8348.

When Crispin's father, archaeologist Bruce Almond, is killed in Greece, he had reason to believe it was no accident. Even his mother and two of his ex-colleagues are under suspicion. Crispin baits a clever trap to lure the murderer out of hiding, fully realising how dangerous a game he is embarked on. TB 8348.

Poe, Edgar Allan

Tales of mystery and imagination. 1842. Read by David Bauer, 9 hours. TB 1529.

Ten of Poe's best mysteries, including 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue' and 'The Pit Pendulum'. TB 1529.

Queen, Ellery

Cop out: a novel. 1969. Read by Marvin Kane, 6 hours. TB 1124.

Seven tense days in and around a small New England town: two men and a woman, wanted for murder and robbery, decide to dump their stolen money on a local policeman, but kidnap his small daughter as security. TB 1124.

Sayers, Dorothy L

Clouds of witness. 1926. Read by Eric Gillett, 9 hours 45 minutes. TB 1016.

Peter Wimsey, book 2. Sequel to: Whose Body, TB 15082. The Duke of Denver stands accused of the murder of his sister's fiance. The Duke's brother, Lord Peter Wimsey attempts to prove his innocence, but why is the Duke refusing to co-operate? Is he protecting someone? Trying to uncover the truth, Wimsey himself becomes a target. TB 1016.

Sayers, Dorothy L

The documents in the case. 1930. Read by Various Narrators, 8 hours 4 minutes. TB 7837.

The bed was broken and tilted grotesquely sideways. Harrison was sprawled over it in a huddle of soiled blankets, his mouth twisted unpleasantly, and only the whites of his eyes showing. But he was an expert on deadly fungi. How then could he have eaten a large quantity of death-dealing Muscarine? Suicide? Murder? The documents in the case seem to be a simple collection of love notes and letters home, but they conceal a clue to the brilliant murderer. TB 7837.

Simenon, Georges

Maigret sets a trap. 1965. Read by George Hagan, 4 hours 39 minutes. TB 8947.

Inspector Maigret, book 71. Sequel to: Maigret Loses His Temper. In the oppressive heat of a Parisian August, Maigret baits a trap to lure the murderer of five women, brutally knifed in the streets of Montmartre. TB 8947.

Simenon, Georges

Maigret. 1992. Read by Robert Gladwell, 29 hours 47 minutes. TB 9371.

These are the stories featured in the television series starring Michael Gambon. TB 9371.

Stout, Rex

The second confession. 1992. Read by Hayward Morse, 8 hours. TB 9791.

A Nero Wolfe mystery, book 14. Sequel to: And Be A Villain. Nero Wolfe, the greatest and fattest detective in the world, accepts Sperling's assignment to find out about his daughter's unsavoury boyfriend, and if he is a member of the Communist Party. Then Wolfe's orchid collection is destroyed by machine gun fire, and Louis Rony is killed. Wolfe realises he is up against something more sinister than the Communist Party, and that is a man called Arnold Zeck, the only person who can make him afraid. TB 9791.

Symons, Julian

The Belting inheritance. 1965. Read by Anthony Parker, 8 hours 6 minutes. TB 785.

Greed leads to murder when another claimant confronts a family only held together by the expectation of a large inheritance. A Paris nightclub provides a vital clue. TB 785.

Symons, Julian

The Blackheath poisonings: a Victorian murder mystery. 1978. Read by Gabriel Woolf, 9 hours 15 minutes. TB 3421.

In two villas built by the late Charles Mortimer at Blackheath live his surviving relatives. Within the space of a few months three of them are murdered. TB 3421.

Symons, Julian

The Kentish manor murders. 1988. Read by George Hagan, 7 hours 9 minutes. TB 7578.

Sheridan Haynes, famous Conan Doyle expert, is asked to give a private performance of his readings to a rich recluse. A visit to the tycoon with his weird lifestyle and surroundings, triggers off a bizarre series of events culminating in a sudden and puzzling death. The mystery deepens, reaching a violent and shattering climax with Sheridan fighting for his life. TB 7578.

Tey, Josephine

The man in the queue. 1953. Read by Robin Holmes, 8 hours 19 minutes. TB 1851.

The story concerns the murder of an unknown man, apparently struck down as he stands in a ticket queue for a London musical comedy. Inspector Grant tenaciously pursues his suspects throughout the length of Britain and the labyrinth of London. TB 1851.

Tey, Josephine

The daughter of time. 1951. Read by David Broomfield, 5 hours 41 minutes. TB 1396.

To lighten the boredom of convalescence, Alan Grant investigates a crime of the time of Richard III by reconstructing it and considering it with his critical policeman's eye. The result is surprising. TB 1396.

Thomson, June

Case closed. 1977. Read by Robert Gladwell, 8 hours 20 minutes. TB 3113.

Inspector Finch, looking into the four-year-old case of a girl's disappearance, finds it involves four gangster brothers and a fortune in stolen cash and jewels. TB 3113.

Underwood, Michael

The man who died on Friday. 1967. Read by Brian Perkins, 6 hours 27 minutes. TB 496.

A witness to a murder becomes the chief suspect, and the affair becomes a battle against time and circumstantial evidence. TB 496.

Upfield, Arthur

The sands of Windee. 1993. Read by Nigel Graham, 10 hours 1 minutes. TB 9688.

Inspector Bonaparte, book 3. Sequel to: The Beach of Atonement. Detective Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte, the aboriginal detective, has another seemingly impossible case to solve. When studying a police photograph of an abandoned car in the outback scrub country, he notices a small detail which has slipped everyone else's eyes. He now knows that he is dealing with a murder case! Arthur Upfield's story portrays the many aspects of outback Australian life in the 1930s and the dialogue especially is a faithful evocation of how people spoke. The book depicts too the attitudes towards aborigines and women which were then commonplace. TB 9688.

Wallace, Edgar

Big foot. 1997. Read by Peter Joyce, 7 hours 19 minutes. TB 11429.

The brutal murder of a woman in a lonely beach cottage, huge footprints in the sand. Supt. Minter - 'Sooper' to all who know him, sets about unravelling the mystery. A classic 'whodunnit'. TB 11429.

Wentworth, Patricia

The case is closed. 1995. Read by Di Langford, 7 hours 37 minutes. TB 10956.

Miss Silver mystery, book 2. Sequel to: Grey Mask. Geoffrey Grey has been convicted of murder, but his wife and her young cousin Hilary believe in his innocence. Hilary's investigations lead her into danger, and her ex-fiance calls upon the services of Miss Silver. TB 10956.

Wentworth, Patricia

Pilgrim's rest. 1948. Read by Carmen Lynne, 8 hours 58 minutes. TB 8894.

Miss Silver mystery, 10. Sequel to: The traveller returns. Miss Silver investigates a series of deadly "accidents" in a sleepy wartime village. TB 8894.

Wentworth, Patricia

Latter End. 1993. Read by Carol Marsh, 9 hours 37 minutes. TB 9741.

Miss Silver mystery; 11. More than one person at Latter End found themselves stretched to the limit by Lois and her bullying, and it was only a matter of time before somebody snapped. When someone murdered her it was embarrassing to discover how many people wanted her dead. Miss Silver was a formidable detective, looking like a maiden aunt, but with an intelligence and eyes which missed nothing, and with strong moral principles, a passion for justice, and an innate understanding of the basest human motivation. TB 9741.

Woods, Sara.

They stay for death. 1980. Read by George Hagan, 6 hours 39 minutes. TB 3704.

Anthony Maitland acts as private detective when looking into the mysterious death of a rich old lady who left her fortune to her doctor. TB 3704.

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