Helen Vardon’s Confession (Freeman)

“A regular novel with a Thorndyke episode or climax”: Freeman's thoughts on marriage, art, and the Jews.

Dead of a Physician (Fiona Sinclair)

Murder in a London teaching hospital.

Something Nasty in the Woodshed (Anthony Gilbert)

Meet an English Bluebeard.

The Woman in Red (Anthony Gilbert)

"My name is Julia Ross," the young woman claims - but formidable Mrs. Ponsonby says otherwise.

Death in the Wheelbarrow (William Gore)

"By Gor, that chap's dead," said George the farm labourer.

Courtier to Death (Anthony Gilbert)

Death in a Soho hotel room, drugs in Paris, and danger on both sides of the Channel.

Tread Softly (Brian Flynn)

Anthony Bathurst investigates a murder committed in a dream.

Fear and Trembling (Brian Flynn)

David Somerset, an analytical and manufacturing chemist, has a secret worth one million pounds. Enough to kill for?

The Fortescue Candle (Brian Flynn)

Home Secretaries are sometimes voted out; they occasionally resign – but few are murdered.

Strange Ending (E.R. Punshon)

Punshon promises a criminal “fine dining” experience … and serves brown Windsor soup.