Colin Watson
ISBN10: 0571252044 ISBN13: 9780571252046
Publisher: Faber and Faber Faber Finds
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 18 Jun 2009
The small town of Flaxborough is taken aback when one of the mourners at Councillor Carobelat's funeral dies 6 months later. The circumstances of his death are rather unusual. Marcus Gwill, proprietor of the Flaxborough Citizen has been found... More
Colin Watson
ISBN10: 0571255868 ISBN13: 9780571255863
Publisher: Faber and Faber Faber Finds
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 03 Nov 2009
A car mowing its way through Flaxborough market dramatically signals the presence of fearlessjournalist - Clive Grail, bent on uncovering scandal in that town's quiet respectable back streets. In answer to published hints of revelations to come... More
Colin Watson
ISBN10: 0571254039 ISBN13: 9780571254033
Publisher: Faber and Faber Faber Finds
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 17 Sep 2009
Explores the social attitudes that are reflected in the detective story and the thriller. From Conan Doyle and Edgar Wallace to Agatha Christie and Ian Fleming, this book takes the reader on an investigation into the world of crime fiction. More
Colin Watson
ISBN10: 0571253652 ISBN13: 9780571253654
Publisher: Faber and Faber Faber Finds
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 20 Aug 2009
A novel set in the fictional town of Flaxborough. "The Flaxborough Crab" was first published in 1969, although its title in the US was "Just What the Doctor Ordered", and is the sixth novel in the "Flaxborough" series. H.R.F. Keating... More
Colin Watson
ISBN10: 057125201X ISBN13: 9780571252015
Publisher: Faber and Faber Faber Finds
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 18 Jun 2009
Two women have disappeared in the small market town of Flaxborough. They are about the same age, both quite shy and both unmarried. As Inspector Purbright discovers the only connection between them appears to be the Handclasp House Marriage... More
Colin Watson
ISBN10: 0571252036 ISBN13: 9780571252039
Publisher: Faber and Faber Faber Finds
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 18 Jun 2009
Detective Inspector Purbright of the Flaxborough police force is used to a life of quietude in a small market town, yet he knows that behind the outward respectability of typical English communities a darker underbelly of crime and corruption lurks. More
Colin Watson
ISBN10: 0571254144 ISBN13: 9780571254149
Publisher: Faber and Faber Faber Finds
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 17 Sep 2009
It is the eve of Saint Walpurga and the housewives of Flaxborough are dancing naked around fires. It is brought to Inspector Purbright's attention that there are darker forces at work. This includes reports of Satanism, cult sacrifice and black... More
Colin Watson
ISBN10: 0571255035 ISBN13: 9780571255030
Publisher: Faber and Faber Faber Finds
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 15 Oct 2009
'Two Naked Nuns Available Philadelphia' is the strangest cable ever to come to Flaxborough. Inspector Purbright, who has coped with a few odd things in his time, finds it opens a rich lode of skullduggery, deceit and sudden death. 'Two Naked Nuns... More
Colin Watson
ISBN10: 0571252850 ISBN13: 9780571252855
Publisher: Faber and Faber Faber Finds
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 16 Jul 2009
Within the quiet respectable market town of Flaxborough lurks a dangerous criminal. A secret agent has been murdered and it is up to Inspector Purbright to investigate, but it does not take long for two more operatives to arrive looking for the... More
Colin Watson
ISBN10: 0571252877 ISBN13: 9780571252879
Publisher: Faber and Faber Faber Finds
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 03 Jul 2009
Part of the "Flaxborough" series, this novel is written by one of the best of comic crime writers. My Dear Friend ...I am in great danger. The person whose loyal and faithful companion I have been ...intends to have me done away with ... More
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