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No one feels safe when there's a murderer in their midst...

Ann Granger returns to her fan favourite series with the gripping sixteenth Mitchell and Markby novel, featuring her trademark strong and appealing characters, gentle wit and engrossing intrigue.

Superintendent Alan Markby and his wife Meredith have retired for the night when they are disturbed by a visitor. It's not the first time someone has called at the Old Vicarage in search of a priest, but in this case, having just found a dead body in the churchyard, Callum Henderson needs the police. Accompanying Callum to the graveyard, Alan declares that this has all the hallmarks of a murder scene.

News of the incident travels fast in the market town of Bamford, but no one seems willing to admit to knowing the dead man or how he ended up in the cemetery. As Alan and his team search for clues, Meredith becomes convinced that something must have been overlooked. Meanwhile, despite Alan's warnings, Callum appears to be in cahoots with the team's latest recruit, DS Beth Santos. While every lead points to yet more foul play, nothing can prepare Meredith and Markby for the shocking truth behind this mystery...

A MATTER OF MURDER is the seventh Cotswold village crime novel in Ann Granger's Campbell and Carter series. Sure to appeal to fans of Midsomer Murders and M. C. Beaton's Agatha Raisin mysteries.

Two years ago, Miff Ferguson chose to opt out of the rat race. Since then he's been living rough and happily so. That is until now. For, as the first signs of winter approach, everything changes. While looking for shelter, Miff stumbles across the dead body of a young woman inside a dilapidated warehouse. Quickly realising he's not alone, and what's worse he's been spotted, Miff becomes embroiled in a game of cat-and-mouse with a killer that forces him to abandon his life on the streets and take refuge with his aunt and uncle in the village of Weston St Ambrose. But, despite his best efforts to lie low, trouble seems to follow him and when another dead body is discovered at a local farm, it's clear Miff is not free from danger.

With the clock ticking, Inspector Jess Campbell and Superintendent Ian Carter must join forces once again with the team of police at Bamford to piece together the puzzle before another innocent life is lost...

Praise for Ann Granger's crime novels:

'Characterisation, as ever with Granger, is sharp and astringent' The Times

'Her usual impeccable plotting is fully in place' Good Book Guide

'A clever and lively book' Margaret Yorke

'This engrossing story looks like the start of a highly enjoyable series' Scotsman

Death descends on the New Forest in Ann Granger's gripping eighth Victorian mystery featuring Scotland Yard's Inspector Ben Ross and his wife Lizzie.

It is Spring 1871 when Lizzie Ross accompanies her formidable Aunt Parry on a restorative trip to the south coast. Lizzie's husband, Ben, is kept busy at Scotland Yard and urges his wife to stay out of harm's way. But when Lizzie and her aunt are invited to dine with other guests at the home of wealthy landowner Sir Henry Meager, and he is found shot dead in his bed the next morning, no one feels safe.

On Lizzie's last visit to the New Forest, another gruesome murder took place, and the superstitious locals now see her as a bad omen. But Lizzie suspects that Sir Henry had a number of bitter enemies, many of whom might have wanted him dead. And once Ben arrives to help with the investigation, he and Lizzie must work together to expose Sir Henry's darkest secrets and a ruthless killer intent on revenge...

Victorian London is brought vividly to life in Ann Granger's seventh crime mystery featuring Scotland Yard's Inspector Ben Ross and his wife Lizzie.

Praise for Ann Granger's crime novels:

'Characterisation, as ever with Granger, is sharp and astringent' The Times

'Her usual impeccable plotting is fully in place' Good Book Guide

'A clever and lively book' Margaret Yorke

'This engrossing story looks like the start of a highly enjoyable series' Scotsman

AN UNFINISHED MURDER is the sixth Cotswold village crime novel in Ann Granger's Campbell and Carter series. Sure to appeal to fans of Midsomer Murders and M. C. Beaton's Agatha Raisin mysteries.

Mitchell and Markby come out of retirement to crack a cold case...

As young children, Josh Browning and his sister, Dilys, stumbled across a dead body while playing on the outskirts of their Cotswold village. Terrified by what they'd seen, neither of them told a soul. Now, twenty years later, Josh finds the dead woman's charm bracelet among his sister's possessions.

Who better to tell than his trusted friend, the man he gardens for, retired Superintendent Alan Markby? As Markby listens to Josh's confession, alarm bells start to ring. The dates and details tie in with a missing person case that was never solved.

Joining forces with Superintendent Ian Carter, who also investigated the original case, and Inspector Jess Campbell, from the region where the missing girl was last seen, Markby delves into the unsolved mystery. Together, they are determined to catch a clever killer who almost got away with murder...

Rooted in Evil by Ann Granger is set in the Cotswold village of Weston Saint Ambrose and features Inspector Jess Campbell and Superintendent Ian Carter in their fifth murder mystery.

When the body of a man, with his brains blown out, is found in a Cotswold wood it looks like suicide. But looks can be deceptive and it doesn't take long for the police to identify that there's more to the case than meets the eye.

People's stories don't add up and when Superintendent Ian Carter and Inspector Jess Campbell start probing it becomes clear that the dead man had ruffled more than a few feathers in this close-knit community. His stepsister had been bailing him out of his financial troubles - much against her husband's wishes - but, with his money worries still mounting, the victim had become a desperate man...

As Jess and Ian dig deeper and deeper into the case, a cover-up is exposed and bitter resentment rises to the surface to reveal a killer.

Молодой врач Гай Морган, совершая прогулку но лесу Стоуви, пользующемуся дурной славой, поскользнулся, упал в овраг и обнаружил там человеческие кости. Как раз в это время суперинтендент Алан Маркой и Мередит Митчелл приехали в Нижний Стоуви осматривать дом для покупки. Сначала Маркби не придал происшествию с доктором большого значения, но когда в местной церкви произошло убийство, он заподозрил связь между двумя событиями. Опасаясь нового преступления, он готов начать расследование. Мередит, разумеется, тоже не останется в стороне...

THE DEAD WOMAN OF DEPTFORD is the sixth Inspector Ben Ross mystery set in Victorian London from much-loved crime writer Ann Granger.

On a cold November night in a Deptford yard, dock worker Harry Parker stumbles upon the body of a dead woman. Inspector Ben Ross is summoned from Scotland Yard to this insalubrious part of town, but no witness to the murder of this well-dressed, middle-aged woman can be found. Even Jeb Fisher, the local rag-and-bone man, swears he's seen nothing.

Meanwhile, Ben's wife Lizzie is trying to suppress a scandal: family friend Edgar Wellings has a gambling addiction and no means of repaying his debts. Reluctantly, Lizzie agrees to visit his debt collector's house in Deptford, but when she arrives she finds her husband is investigating the murder of the woman in question. Edgar was the last man to see Mrs Clifford alive and he has good reason to want her dead, but Ben and Lizzie both know that a case like this is rarely as simple as it appears...

Фран Варади случайно узнала от бродяги Алкаша Алби, что он видел, как ночью какую-то девушку схватили на улице и увезли в старой машине. История показалась Фран настолько правдоподобной, что она, преодолев нелюбовь к стражам порядка, пошла в полицию, где от нее отмахнулись, словно от назойливой мухи. Так Фран становится сыщиком поневоле, потому что не может выкинуть из головы несчастную жертву похищения.

The fourth murky murder in the Campbell and Carter Mysteries
As Christmas approaches in the sleepy English village of Weston Saint Ambrose, the rains bring the wettest winter on record and the farmer’s fields are left under several feet of water. The water washes up all manner of things, including a dead body, dredged up from its watery grave.

Snagging on the jetty of Isolde Evans, the reclusive writer is shocked to recognise the victim. And she’s not the only one. When Inspector Jess Campbell investigates, she recognises the body of Courtney Higson, a local barmaid with a doting, ex-con father. Terry is set on finding his daughter’s killer, and Jess must get to the bottom of this quickly, before he takes the law into his own hands...

Dead in the Water is perfect for fans of T E Kinsey, Ann Cleeves and the Midsomer Murders.

Praise for Ann Granger:

'Set in the familiar mode of traditional country crime novels, there is nothing old-fashioned about the characters...Granger is bang up to date' Oxford Times

'Characterisation, as ever with Granger, is sharp and astringent' The Times

'Entertaining and lifelike characters...a satisfying and unexpected twist' Mystery People

'Lovely characterisation and a neat plot' Yorkshire Post

Лиззи Мартин, самостоятельная и легкая на подъем молодая женщина, не колеблясь принимает приглашение отправиться в незнакомый Гемпшир, в особняк "Прибрежный", в качестве компаньонки Люси Крейвен, которая находится в тяжелой депрессии после смерти малютки дочери. Бен Росс, инспектор Скотленд-Ярда и хороший знакомый Лиззи, отговаривает ее от поездки. Он уверен, что от нее многое скрывают. Однако своенравная Лиззи настояла на своем и, как предчувствовал Бен, оказалась в самом центре настоящей драмы, прелюдией к которой стало убийство бродячего крысолова...

В доме небогатой домовладелицы среди бела дня зверски убит ее жилец, мистер Тапли, тихий, скромный, безобидный человек. Маленький, тщедушный, всегда в одной и той же поношенной одежде, мистер Тапли был, однако, окружен какой-то тайной. Он обладал хорошими манерами, был прекрасно образован и, несмотря на жалкий внешний вид, явно не нуждался в деньгах. Что же заставило его вести столь странный образ жизни и кому понадобилась его смерть? Инспектор Росс и его умная отважная жена Лиззи полны решимости разгадать тайну мистера Тапли и найти его убийцу...

Лондонские проститутки смертельно напуганы: в густом тумане, окутывающем город, на них нападает маньяк. В окровавленном саване он охотится за несчастными девушками неподалеку от Темзы, поэтому его прозвали Речным Духом. После одного из таких туманных вечеров в Грин-парке обнаруживают труп женщины, но она оказывается пропавшей женой состоятельного торговца антиквариатом. Подозрение падает на нескольких человек, в том числе и на Речного Духа. Инспектор Росс и его на редкость смышленая жена Лиззи начинают расследование...

Сгорел старый, заброшенный особняк, среди развалин обнаружен сильно обгоревший труп мужчины, предположительно владельца особняка Джерваса Крауна. Но тот, живой и невредимый, является из-за границы. Следствие устанавливает личность убитого! и оказывается, что он был невероятно похож на Джерваса. Напрашивается вывод, что охота идет именно на Крауна, тем более после того, как он получил письмо с угрозами. У суперинтендента Иена Картера и инспектора Джесс Кемпбелл — несколько версий, а цель одна: вычислить и обезвредить преступника до того, как он совершит следующее убийство...

A hanged man would say anything to save his life. But what if his testimony is true? When Inspector Ben Ross is called to Newgate Prison by a man condemned to die by the hangman's noose he isn't expecting to give any credence to the man's testimony. But the account of a murder he witnessed over seventeen years ago is so utterly believable that Ben can't help wondering if what he's heard is true. It's too late to save the man's life, but it's not too late to investigate a murder that has gone undetected for all these years, though convincing his superiors to allow him to investigate 'a cold case' proves difficult.

However, Lizzie is determined that she will look into it and what she discovers persuades Scotland Yard to take the matter seriously.

But Lizzie, in making her enquiries, has entered dangerous territory.

Молодой врач Гай Морган, совершая прогулку по лесу Стоуви, пользующемуся дурной славой, поскользнулся, упал в овраг и обнаружил там человеческие кости. Как раз в это время суперинтендент Алан Маркби и Мередит Митчелл приехали в Нижний Стоуви осматривать дом для покупки. Сначала Маркби не придал происшествию с доктором большого значения, но, когда в местной церкви произошло убийство, он заподозрил связь между двумя событиями. Опасаясь нового преступления, он готов начать расследование. Мередит, разумеется, тоже не останется в стороне...

В доме небогатой домовладелицы среди бела дня зверски убит ее жилец, мистер Тапли, тихий, скромный, безобидный человек. Маленький, тщедушный, всегда в одной и той же поношенной одежде, мистер Тапли был, однако, окружен какой-то тайной. Он обладал хорошими манерами, был прекрасно образован и, несмотря на жалкий внешний вид, явно не нуждался в деньгах. Что же заставило его вести столь странный образ жизни и кому понадобилась его смерть? Инспектор Росс и его умная отважная жена Лиззи полны решимости разгадать тайну мистера Тапли и найти его убийцу...