'Never, even in his most optimistic moments, had he visualised a scene of this nature - himself in one arm-chair, a police officer in another, and between them - a mystery.' The Reverend Dodd, vicar of the quiet Cornish village of...

A classic crime novel from 1952, set on the French Riviera and featuring Detective Inspector Meredith and Inspector Blampignon, as they seek the whereabouts of Chalky Cobbett, crook and forger. From the author of "The Cornish Coast...

The latest addition to the series, set in the seemingly tranquil Regency Square in Cheltenham. The diverse in habitants live in 10 different houses, until one summer evening, when someone is shot through the head with an arrow....

'Luke flung the light of his torch full onto the face of the immobile figure. Then he had the shock of his life. The man had no face! Where his face should have been was a sort of inhuman, uniform blank!' When a body is found at an...

Two traditional 1940s mysteries from the bestselling "Crime Classics" author. In "Death In White Pyjamas", competitive tensions among a group of actors take a sinister turn. "Death Knows No Calendar" sets a locked-room mystery in an...

The Lake District Murder von Bude, John

Death on the Riviera von Bude, John

Death Makes a Prophet von Bude, John

Part of the "Classic Crime" series, this is another mystery from the author of "The Lake District Murder" and "The Cornish Coast Murder". Set in the shadow of Chanctonbury Ring on the Sussex Downs, it again features the doughty Inspector...