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Series
Publisher
HQ, an imprint of HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Meet Probationary WPC Trudy Loveday - smart, enthusiastic and always underestimated. In the hope of getting her out of the way, Trudy's senior officer assigns her to help coroner Clement Ryder as he re-opens the case of a young woman's death. She can't believe her luck - she is actually going to be working on a real murder case. Meanwhile, the rest of the police force are busy investigating a series of threats and murders in the local community,...
2) A fatal flaw
Author
Series
Publisher
HQ Digital
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Oxford, 1960. As the city prepares itself for the inaugural Miss Oxford Honey Beauty Pageant at the Old Swan Theatre, excitement is in the air. Then tragedy strikes the competition when one ofthe leading contestants is found dead. Initially, the authorities assume her death was suicide. But after a malicious series of pranks and blackmail attempts are reported, WPC Loveday and Coroner Clement Ryder are called upon to solve the case. In an atmosphere...
Author
Series
Publisher
HQ
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Summer 1960, Oxford: In the glorious sunshine of Oxford, on a day when everyone should be celebrating, tragedy strikes when a university student is found floating in the river, dead. Probationary WPC Trudy Loveday finds herself paired with coroner Clement Ryder to investigate and it soon becomes clear that this case is not going to be easy. The witnesses all refuse to give a straight answer, each new lead sends them in a new direction and tales of...
Author
Series
Ryder and Loveday mystery volume 4
Publisher
HQ
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Oxford, 1961. A family day out at Briar's Hall ends in tragedy when a young boy goes missing - and his body is found at the bottom of a disused well in the orchard. It looks like a simple case of an eleven-year-old exploring where he shouldn't: a tragic accident. But Coroner Clement Ryder and Probationary WPC Trudy Loveday aren't convinced. If Eddie had been climbing and fallen, why were there no cuts or dirt on his hands? Why would a boy terrified...
Author
Series
The Jenny Starling volume Book 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
Meet Jenny Starling: travelling cook and reluctant amateur detective. Jenny Starling has her dream job cooking for Lord and Lady Avonsleigh in a genuine castle. The one of the castle's treasures, a fabulously jewelled dagger, is used to murder a staff member. The victim is found stabbed through the heart in the conservatory. Lady Avonsleigh insists that Jenny help the police find the murderer. But how can Jenny solve this case when the murder was...
6) A fatal end
Author
Series
Ryder and Loveday mystery volume 7
Publisher
HQ, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Oxford, 1963. In a backstreet club, people dance the night away to their favourite band. But behind the scenes there is trouble afoot. An argument is brewing between bandmembers, two possessive girlfriends have plans for their partners, the club manager is creaming off profits - and a tragic accident leaves the lead singer dead. But was it an accident at all? Coroner Clement Ryder is suspicious, and WPC Trudy Loveday knows there's only one thing...
Author
Series
Publisher
Joffe Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"A pretty French student is found dead in her room at an exclusive Oxford college. Everyone thinks it is another tragic case of accidental drug overdose. but Detective Hillary Greene has a nose for the truth. She quickly discovers that the student was involved in some very unusual activities. With a shocking cause of death found, the case becomes a high-profile murder investigation. Adding to the pressure, Hillary's nemesis is transferred to work...
Author
Series
Ryder and Loveday mystery volume 6
Publisher
HQ, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"As May Day dawns in the peaceful village of Middle Fenton, a young woman is found brutally strangled, her body tied up with ribbons in the middle of the green. A week later, her boyfriend is found hanged in a local barn, and the police assume guilt over murdering his beloved has driven him to suicide - but not everyone is convinced. WPC Trudy Loveday and coroner Clement Ryder are sent to investigate, and quickly realise that there's a double murderer...
Author
Series
Publisher
Joffe Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"DI Hillary Greene is called out to attend a suspicious death at Three Oaks Farm in the picturesque village of Steeple Barton. The large farmhouse is filled with music and revellers, but when she steps into the farm's cowshed, Hillary finds a dead bride. Dressed in a sumptuous white wedding gown, the young, beautiful redhead had clearly been strangled. But not everything is what it seems, and the victim turns out to be at the centre of a web of jealousy...
10) A fatal truth
Author
Series
Ryder and Loveday mystery volume 5
Publisher
HQ Digital
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"As the Hughes family celebrate bonfire night, a terrible accident leaves the garden shed in flames - and father and grandfather Thomas trapped inside. Tragic though it is, Thomas's death passes without suspicion - until a local journalist makes accusations of a police cover-up in the press. WPC Trudy Loveday is sent to investigate, and asks coroner Clement Ryder to help. But the more questions the two ask the less clear the case seems. There's no...
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