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MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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A novel of spies and suspense in Cold War Scotland from a Diamond Dagger-winning author known for delivering " immensely satisfying thrillers" ( Orlando Sentinel ) . William Blake Hazlitt is in hiding on Scotland's picturesque Isle of Skye, roughing it in a canvas tent and watching tourists from a distance through binoculars. His disappearance has not raised any alarms so far at the university where he works as an administrator. But Caroline Nevis,...
Author
Publisher
MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
An international fugitive is faced with a vexing choice: "A first-rate espionage thriller . . nonstop action" ( Publishers Weekly ). Lem Stanhope-Swift, the sixth Viscount Bessacarr, has been living in Venezuela, keeping his distance from the British authorities ever since an embezzlement charge landed him in a spot of bother back home. Over the years he's been enjoying the tropical weather and an abundance of liquor and women. But he's just learned...
Author
Publisher
MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
From a Diamond Dagger winner: A dark tale of murderous conspiracies, secret societies, and a royal family in danger. After a series of hideous and gruesome crimes, Inspector Doug McHarg is asking questions-but some people don't want him to. That includes his boss on the local police force and Scotland Yard-not to mention whoever is sending him death threats. But McHarg is an unhappy man with little left to lose, and he intends to follow up on the...
Author
Publisher
MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A stolen skeleton leads to a web of mystery: "Those who treasure quirky characters, lively dialogue, and ingenious plots will be delighted" ( Booklist ). In England, a skeleton from Roman times goes missing from the site of an archaeological dig-as does the man overseeing the project. In Baghdad, a diplomat dies suddenly. And in California, a scientist commits suicide. These three events are in fact linked-and one tough, determined woman may be about...
Author
Publisher
MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A father and daughter are pursued by a dark past in this British spy thriller by an author who "never fails to shock and surprise" (Ian Rankin). Nigel Ellis lost his wife over a decade ago in Uganda. He is remarried now, and his grown daughter, once plagued by nightmares, has finally gotten over the trauma of her mother's death-or so it seems. Nigel has decided to write a memoir about his time in Britain's security service-and he intends to include...
Author
Publisher
MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
England has become an isolated wasteland ruled over by football hooligans in a thriller that "makes Clockwork Orange seem a gentle fantasy" ( Time Out ). The British Parliament has been dissolved. Now the nation is divided among four soccer clubs: City, United, Wanderers, and Athletic, constantly and violently at odds with one another. And the United Kingdom is on its own, alienated from the rest of Europe. Expatriate journalist Whitey Singleton escaped...
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Laid-off lathe operator-turned-private investigator Joe Sixsmith is suddenly very popular, and not just with the ladies. Though he doesn't know a putter from a nine iron, he's being implored to come to the rescue of one Christian Porphyry, the scion of the upper-crust family that owns the most exclusive country club in Luton. Porphyry faces expulsion for the heinous crime of cheating at golf.
Inexplicably, political boss/crime czar "King Rat" Ratcliffe...
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