LIBROS DEL AUTOR: annie haynes

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  • The Secret of Greylands
    Annie Haynes
    “There’s no dirty trick he wouldn’t play—it’s my belief that he wouldn’t even stop at murder!” Her husband unmasked as a scoundrel, Lady Cynthia Letchingham seeks refuge at her cousin Hannah’s north-country home Greylands. But on Cynthia’s arrival, she finds Hannah an invalid, having recently suffered a mysterious paralysis; the house is devoid of servants, and Hannah’s husban...
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    11,44 €

  • The Crow’s Inn Tragedy
    Annie Haynes
    Delve into the classic world of crime and investigation with Annie Haynes’ 'The Crow’s Inn Tragedy,' a masterful work of early detective fiction. This engrossing mystery novel plunges readers into a chilling murder investigation, set against the backdrop of a distinct English locale. As a compelling example of the police procedural, the narrative meticulously charts the pursuit...
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  • The Crow’s Inn Tragedy
    Annie Haynes
    A well-respected solicitor is found strangled in his London office, with no sign of forced entry and few clues to his killer’s identity. As suspicions fall on his missing clerk and estranged family members, long-buried secrets come to light. An amateur detective must unravel a web of deception, inheritance disputes, and hidden motives before the murderer strikes again.This clas...
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    14,34 €

  • The Bungalow Mystery
    Annie Haynes
    “He had his tea as usual; when I knocked at the door with the tray (he always had afternoon tea), I found him—like this.” Dr Roger Lavington is dreading his debut performance with the village amateur dramatic society. But real-world drama takes over when Lavington’s neighbour, a reclusive artist, is found murdered in his own sitting room. Also found on the scene are a lady’s g...
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  • The Blue Diamond
    Annie Haynes
    “Who knows if he didn’t make away with her here? Those things found in the Home Coppice show that she was made away with plain enough, I say.” Jim Gregory, under-gardener at Hargreave Manor, finds something unexpected when climbing Lover’s Oak but won’t say what. Instead he’s all ears regarding the legendary ‘Luck of the Hargreaves’ diamonds, destined for the future bride of S...
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    11,38 €

  • The Witness on the Roof
    Annie Haynes
    “Who knows if he didn’t make away with her here? Those things found in the Home Coppice show that she was made away with plain enough, I say.” Jim Gregory, under-gardener at Hargreave Manor, finds something unexpected when climbing Lover’s Oak but won’t say what. Instead he’s all ears regarding the legendary ‘Luck of the Hargreaves’ diamonds, destined for the future bride of S...
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    11,37 €

  • The Master of the Priory
    Annie Haynes
    “As for books,” Sir Oswald said, “I don’t care for them. Unless I get hold of a good detective story. The tracing out of crime always has a curious fascination for me.”Frank Carlyn quarrelled with his gamekeeper Jack Winter, and then appeared agitated. Soon after, Winter was found shot dead with his own gun. Suspicion was primarily aimed at the late man’s wife, seen rushing to ...
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    12,60 €

  • The Crow’s Inn Tragedy
    Annie Haynes
    “I cannot understand why Mr. Bechcombe apparently offered no resistance. His hand-bell, his speaking-tube, the telephone—all were close at hand. It looks as though he had recognized his assassin and had no fear of him.”The corner house of Crow’s Inn Square was the most dignified set of solicitors’ chambers imaginable. But this monument to law and order nonetheless becomes the s...
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    12,58 €

  • The Abbey Court Murder
    Annie Haynes
    “A crime of a peculiarly mysterious nature was perpetrated some time last night in a block of flats called Abbey Court.”Lady Judith Carew acted furtively on the night of the Denboroughs’ party. Her secret assignation at 9:30pm was a meeting to which she took a loaded revolver. The Abbey Court apartment building would play host to violent death that very night, under cover of da...
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  • The House in Charlton Crescent
    Annie Haynes
    Protruding from the dead woman’s breast was the gold and jewelled dagger she had shown them half an hour before. And, looking horribly incongruous among the laces of her fichu, a deep stain was spreading. Elderly cantankerous widow Lady Anne Daventry summons a private detective, Bruce Cardyn, to her London home. He is tasked to find out one thing: just who is trying to kill he...
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    11,58 €

  • The Crime at Tattenham Corner
    Annie Haynes
    The body lay face downwards in a foot of water at the bottom of the ditch. Up to the present it has not been identified. But a card was found in the pocket with the name of – The grisly discovery was overshadowed in the public imagination by Derby Day, the most prestigious event in the English horse-racing calendar. But Peep o' Day, the popular favourite for the Derby and ...
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    11,38 €

  • The Man with the Dark Beard
    Annie Haynes
    “Nobody would have murdered him,” Miss Lavinia cried. “Everybody liked John!” “I’m afraid it is evident that someone did not.” The note left beside Dr. John Bastow's corpse simply read: 'It was the man with the dark beard.' Dr. Bastow hadn't approved of his daughter Hilary's fiancé. So when Hilary's father is found shot dead inside his own office, the door-key...
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    11,61 €

  • The Crystal Beads Murder
    Annie Haynes
    'Early this morning a gruesome discovery was made by a gardener employed at Holford Hall in Loamshire...' Robert Saunderson's murdered body is found in the summer house at Lord Medchester's country mansion. Some crystal beads, broken off a neckace and found on the scene, form the primary clue. But where is the necklace, and whose could it be? Detective Inspector Stodd...
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    11,41 €

  • Who Killed Charmian Karslake?
    Annie Haynes
    “Owing to the sudden death of Miss Charmian Karslake this theatre is closed until further notice. Money for tickets already booked will be refunded.” Who killed Charmian Karslake, the famous American actress, on the night of the ball at Hepton Abbey? Who was the mysterious Peter Hailsham who had been present at the ball and had since vanished into thin air? What was his connec...
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    11,45 €