Malice Aforethought
By: Francis Iles
3.93
Format: 310 pages, Paperback
On a balmy summer's day in 1930 the great and the good of the county are out in force for the annua…
Want to Read $ 9.99"The evidence knocked clean out of their hands. Nothing but suspicion left…and you can’t arrest a murderer on suspicion, oh dear no! Only felonious loiterer’s and housebreakers and low scum like that. Not an artist in death, like Edmund Alfred Bickleigh, Esq. MRCS, LRCP."-Francis Iles, Malice Aforethought
"Madeleine Cranmere met him in the hall and showed him over the ground floor herself. She appeared delighted to listen to his rapturous enthusiasm, and consulted him on a few points as if he were an expert on the period. He was not, but he knew enough about it to be able to advise her roughly, and was far too flattered by the earnest way in which she listened to gather that actually she knew a great deal more about the points in question than he did."-Francis Iles, Malice Aforethought
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Format: 384 pages, Paperback
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2. Green for Danger
By: Christianna Brand
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Format: None pages, Paperback
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3. The Poisoned Chocolates Case (Roger Sheringham Cases, #5)
By: Anthony Berkeley
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
Reissue of one of the great puzzle mystery classics of England's Golden Age of crime fiction; plot … read more
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By: Ngaio Marsh
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"What do you think, Mr Alleyn? If there's another war will the young chaps come at it, same as we did, thinking it's great? And get the same jolt? What do you reckon?" "I'm afraid to speculate," said …"-Ngaio Marsh, Vintage Murder (Roderick Alleyn, #5)
"My poor fat Alfie! He was not a romantic husband, but he was so kind and understanding. He never minded whether I was amusing or dull. He thought it impossible that I could be dull. I didn't have to …"-Ngaio Marsh, Vintage Murder (Roderick Alleyn, #5)
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By: A.A. Milne
4.17
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The creator of such beloved storybook characters for children as Winnie-the-Pooh, Piglet, and Eeyor… read more
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11. Malice Aforethought
By: Francis Iles
3.93
Format: 310 pages, Paperback
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3.90
Format: 232 pages, Kindle Edition
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3.66
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
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