Best of
Detective

1991

The First Inspector Morse Omnibus [The Dead of Jericho / Service of All the Dead / The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn]


Colin Dexter - 1991
    This omnibus contains three murder mysteries - "The Dead of Jericho", "Service of all the Dead" and "The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn".

Poirot: Four Classic Cases


Agatha Christie - 1991
    A brand new Poirot omnibus, featuring four of the world-renowned detective's most challenging cases: Three-Act Tragedy, Sad Cypress, Evil Under the Sun and The Hollow

Sherlock Holmes: His Greatest Cases


Arthur Conan Doyle - 1991
    Conan Doyle’s original list, arranged in order merit, is included, as is the abridged text of "Sherlock Holmes to His Readers," an article by Conan Doyle for the Strand Magazine, later published as the preface to The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes. The book's cover is by Michael Kirkham, whose clients have included Dazed & Confused, the Financial Times, the Independent, the New York Times, and Readers' Digest. Arthur Conan Doyle is one of the most revered writers of detective fiction. Through creating the characters of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, Doyle defined the mystery genre as a mix of wit, intelligence, and action. This book contains the following stories of Sherlock:1. The Hound of The Baskervilles (Novel)2. The Scandal in Boemia3. The Red-headed League4. The Five Orange Pips5. The Adventure of the Speckled Band6. The Musgrave Ritual7. The Reigate Squires8. The Final Problem9. The Adventure of the Empty House10. The Adventure of the Dancing Men11. The Adventure of the Priory School12. The Adventure of the Second Stain13. The Adventure of the Devil's Foot

The Second Inspector Morse Omnibus: The Secret Of Annexe 3 / The Riddle Of Third Mile / Last Seen Wearing


Colin Dexter - 1991
    Contains three full-length novels: "The Secret of Annexe 3" which concerns a murder at the New Year celebrations at the Haworth Hotel; "The Riddle of the Third Mile" which is about the disappearance of Dr Browne-Smith; and "Last Seen Wearing" in which new evidence opens a case over two years old.

In the Heart of the Whore: The Story of Apartheid's Death Squads


Jacques Pauw - 1991
    

The White Rose Murders


Paul Doherty - 1991
    Benjamin and Roger are ordered into Margaret's household to resolve certain mysteries as well as to bring about her restoration to Scotland.They begin by questioning Selkirk, a half-mad physician imprisoned in the Tower. He is subsequently found poisoned in a locked chamber guarded by soldiers. The only clue is a poem of riddles. However, the poem contains the seeds for other gruesome murders. The faceless assassin always leaves a white rose, the mark of Les Blancs Sangliers, a secret society plotting the overthrow of the Tudor monarchy...This novel was previously published under the pseudonym Michael Clynes.

Comeback


Dick Francis - 1991
    A globe-hopping diplomat comes face to face with a case of fatal corruption in Francis's new thoroughbred thriller.

Omnibus: Shroud For A Nightingale / The Black Tower / Death Of An Expert Witness


P.D. James - 1991
    James. At Nightingale House Training School one of the nurses dies and a second murder leads Chief Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh into a poisonous case of blackmail. Another tale finds Dalgliesh investigating the death of a friend.