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Historical mysteries

Paperback. As book holder and stage manager of Lord Westfield's Men, Nicholas Bracewell is accustomed to solving problems. So when he discovers the corpse of a man, he is determined to unravel its mystery. After several attacks on the company's members, Nicholas suspects a connection - could these apparently accidental events be part of some hidden design? Series: The Nicholas Bracewell Mysteries. Num Pages: 316 pages. BIC Classification: FFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 21. Weight in Grams: 224. Series: Nicholas Bracewell. As book holder and stage manager of Lord Westfield's Men, Nicholas Bracewell is accustomed to solving problems. So when he discovers the corpse of a man, he is determined to unravel its mystery. After several attacks on the company's members, Nicholas suspects a connection - could these apparently accidental events be part of some hidden design?. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FFH. Dimension: 199 x 133 x 21. Weight: 226.
Publisher
Allison & Busby
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749010287
ISBN
9780749010287
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback. It is 1852, and Inspector Robert Colbeck and his assistant Sergeant Victor Leeming are faced with their most difficult case to date. As a train speeds over the Sankey Viaduct, a man is hurled from a carriage into the canal below. It later transpires that he has been stabbed to death. This book is the third in the "Railway Detective" series. Series: Inspector Robert Colbeck S. Num Pages: 314 pages. BIC Classification: FFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 1. Weight in Grams: 224. Series: Inspector Robert Colbeck S. 314 pages. It is 1852, and Inspector Robert Colbeck and his assistant Sergeant Victor Leeming are faced with their most difficult case to date. As a train speeds over the Sankey Viaduct, a man is hurled from a carriage into the canal below. It later transpires that he has been stabbed to death. This book is the third in the "Railway Detective" series. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FFH. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 1. Weight: 218.
Publisher
Allison & Busby
Number of pages
314
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749081140
ISBN
9780749081140
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. As crowds of passengers rush to make the departure of the London to Brighton Express, a man watches from the shadows nearby - Chaos, fatalities and unbelievable destruction are the scene soon after when the train derails just outside the Balcombe Tunnel. Could it simply be a case of driver error? Detective Inspector Colbeck thinks not. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 260. 320 pages. As crowds of passengers rush to make the departure of the London to Brighton Express, a man watches from the shadows nearby - Chaos, fatalities and unbelievable destruction are the scene soon after when the train derails just outside the Balcombe Tunnel. Could it simply be a case of driver error? Detective Inspector Colbeck thinks not. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FFH. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 24. Weight: 270.
Publisher
Allison & Busby
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749079147
ISBN
9780749079147
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.98

paperback. While rumours are rife of Queen Elizabeth's declining health, celebrated theatre company Lord Westfield's Men suffer their own bitter blows. Stage manager Nicholas Bracewell can keep the company afloat, but as the Queen sinks towards death, he discerns connections between the company's misfortunes and a larger shadow over England.. Series: The Nicholas Bracewell Mysteries. Num Pages: 318 pages. BIC Classification: FFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 222. Series: Nicholas Bracewell. While rumours are rife of Queen Elizabeth's declining health, celebrated theatre company Lord Westfield's Men suffer their own bitter blows. Stage manager Nicholas Bracewell can keep the company afloat, but as the Queen sinks towards death, he discerns connections between the company's misfortunes and a larger shadow over England. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FFH. Dimension: 199 x 132 x 20. Weight: 222.
Publisher
Allison & Busby United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749010331
ISBN
9780749010331
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback. A scurrilous newspaper has built up a large following by publishing details of political and sexual scandals. When the editor is killed and the printing press smashed to bits, the Invisible Detectives are hired by the man who financed the production of the paper. Series: Bow Street Rivals. BIC Classification: FFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Allison & Busby
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749016029
ISBN
9780749016029
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.83

Paperback. The first instalment of the Bow Street Rivals series. A riot breaks out in Dartmoor prison, enabling some American inmates to escape. The twin detectives Peter and Paul Skillen catch wind of a projected assassination but the target is unknown. Series: Bow Street Rivals. BIC Classification: FFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Allison & Busby United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749016869
ISBN
9780749016869
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback. May 1915. While thousands of Britons fight in the trenches, a severely depleted police force remains behind to keep the Home Front safe. In London, the sinking of the Lusitania sparks an unprecedented wave of anti-German riots and arson attacks across the city. Among the victims is the immigrant tailor Jacob Stein, found dead in his burnt-out shop. Series: The Home Front Detective Series. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 220. Series: Home Front Detective Series. 320 pages. May 1915. While thousands of Britons fight in the trenches, a severely depleted police force remains behind to keep the Home Front safe. In London, the sinking of the Lusitania sparks an unprecedented wave of anti-German riots and arson attacks across the city. Among the victims is the immigrant tailor Jacob Stein, found dead in his burnt-out shop. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FFH. Dimension: 200 x 131 x 20. Weight: 222.
Publisher
Allison & Busby
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749011444
ISBN
9780749011444
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. A train veers off the rails near the Scottish border and plunges into the lake below. Inspector Colbeck is summoned to investigate and finds that a large, complex conspiracy may be afoot. Series: The Railway Detective Series. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Allison & Busby
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749012496
ISBN
9780749012496
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. 1860, Wimborne, Dorset. Rebecca Tullidge, miserably married, is having an affair with a railway officer, who she finds dead on the railway tracks. Mayoral hopeful, Mr Feltham calls for the Railway Detective to solve the hideous crime. With a pregnant wife at home, Colbeck must work at speed if he is to return in time for the birth. Series: Railway Detective Series. BIC Classification: FFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Allison & Busby
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749020118
ISBN
9780749020118
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. 'London is a veritable cesspool.. A swamp of corruption and crime'. When Sir Julius Cheever's son, a notorious rake, goes missing, and a blackmailer begins terrorising London's most dissolute fops, it seems plausible that the two events are connected. Num Pages: 416 pages, map. BIC Classification: FFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 288. 416 pages, map. 'London is a veritable cesspool. A swamp of corruption and crime'. When Sir Julius Cheever's son, a notorious rake, goes missing, and a blackmailer begins terrorising London's most dissolute fops, it seems plausible that the two events are connected. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FFH. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 26. Weight: 290.
Publisher
Allison & Busby
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749008086
ISBN
9780749008086
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.33

paperback. After a calamitous performance and the death of one of their own, Lord Westfield's Men are more than despondent. So when Nicholas Bracewell is offered a new play, anonymously penned, his proposal seems too good to refuse. It is the story of a simple death used to conceal a greater treachery, perhaps even treason. Series: The Nicholas Bracewell Mysteries. BIC Classification: 3JB; FFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
Allison & Busby United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749015855
ISBN
9780749015855
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.34

Paperback. He is fond of enigmas, of conundrums, hieroglyphics; exhibiting in his solutions of each a degree of acumen which appears to the ordinary apprehension praeternatural. Series: Penguin Little Black Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FFC; FFH; FKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 111. .
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241252321
ISBN
9780241252321
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.46

Paperback. Num Pages: 356 pages. BIC Classification: FFH; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 25. Weight in Grams: 380.
Publisher
Three Rooms Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781941110423
ISBN
9781941110423
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.89

Paperback. Set in 17th century Edinburgh, John MacKenzie investigates the murder of a woman accused of witchcraft but he must act quickly when the same accusations are made against the woman's daughter. Series: John MacKenzie. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908373212
ISBN
9781908373212
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.18

Hardcover. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FFH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Pegasus Books United States
Number of pages
346
Condition
New
SKU
V9781605983943
ISBN
9781605983943
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 23.69

Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 237 x 28. Weight in Grams: 456.
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781605988610
ISBN
9781605988610
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.56

Paperback. .
Publisher
Severn House Trade Paperback
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847516473
ISBN
9781847516473
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.15

Paperback. Series: A Jack Haldean Mystery. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 216 x 34. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Severn House Trade Paperback
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847516435
ISBN
9781847516435
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.15

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Severn House Large Print
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Large Print
Condition
New
SKU
V9780727895141
ISBN
9780727895141
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 4.90

Paperback. The new historical crime novel from the author of CITY OF DEVILS, selected for the 2013 Specsavers Crime Thriller Book Club on ITV3 and winner of the GOOD HOUSEKEEPING first novel competition in 2012. For fans of CJ Sansom, Antonia Hodgson and Elizabeth Fremantle. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 44. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Digital original
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409150312
ISBN
9781409150312
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.07

Paperback. From the best living exponent of new Sherlock Holmes stories, 12 explosive new mysteries Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FFH; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 39. Weight in Grams: 346.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472110596
ISBN
9781472110596
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.44

Paperback. A murder in the shadow of the Berlin Wall - in a world of conspiracy and espionage, can Karin Muller find the truth? Series: The Oberleutnant Karin Muller Series. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FFH; FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Twenty7
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785770067
ISBN
9781785770067
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.85

Paperback. Series: The Oberleutnant Karin Muller Series. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FFH; FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 2. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
Zaffre Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785760686
ISBN
9781785760686
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.08

Paperback. The twelfth Marcus Corvinus mystery from the leading Roman crime writer in the industry. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 119 x 17. Weight in Grams: 144.
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Format
Paperback
SKU
V9780340840399
ISBN
9780340840399
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.69

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