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"The Best British Mysteries" series
Edited by Maxim Jakubowski
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"The Best British Mysteries, 2004" includes 25 stories by Simon Brett, Martina Cole, John Harvey, Peter Lovesey, Val McDermid, Ian Rankin, Peter Robinson & others Allison & Busby 7½x5 pb [4/2005] for $9.95 Allison & Busby 9¼x6½ hardcover [11/2003] for $25.95 |
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"The Best British Mysteries, 2005" includes 28 stories from Mark Billingham, Colin Dexter, Reginald Hill, Lindsey Davis, Val McDermid, Ian Rankin, Peter Robinson & others Allison & Busby 7½x5¼ pb [11/2005] for $9.95 Allison & Busby 9¼x6½ hardcover [3/2005] for $17.13 |
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"The Best British Mysteries, 2006" includes stories by Jake Arnott, Mark Billingham, Barbara Cleverly, Colin Dexter, John Harvey, Val McDermid, John Mortimer & others Allison & Busby mass pb [9/2006] for $9.95 Allison & Busby 9x6 pb [12/2005] for $9.56 Allison & Busby 9¼x6¼ hardcover [12/2005] for $17.13 |
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"The Best British Mysteries: Volume IV" [2007] includes 30 stories by Lee Child, Robert Goddard, John Harvey, Alexander McCall Smith & others Allison & Busby 7½x5 pb [7/2007] for $16.16 Allison & Busby 9¼x6 hardcover [1/2007] for $17.13 |
 | "The Mammoth Book of Best British Mysteries" [2008] includes 35 short stories by Jake Arnott, Mark Billingham, Lee Child, Len Deighton, Colin Dexter, John Harvey, Val McDermid, Ian Rankin, Alexander McCall Smith, and others. Running Press 7½x5 pb [4/2008] for $11.16 Constable & Robinson Publng 7¾x5 pb [4/2008] for $15.78 |
 | "The Mammoth Book of Best British Mysteries 6" [2009] includes 35 short stories by Jake Arnott, Lee Child, Ann Cleeves, Colin Dexter, Val McDermid, Donna Moore, Ian Rankin, Alexander McCall Smith, and others. Running Press 7½x5 pb [5/2009] for $11.16 |
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"The Mammoth Book of Best British Mysteries 7" [2010]
includes 35 short stories from Robert Barnard, Colin Dexter, Christopher Fowler, Sophie Hannah, Peter James, John Mortimer, Ian Rankin, Alexander McCall Smith, and others. Running Press 7¾x5½ pb [6/2010] for $11.86 |
 | "The Mammoth Book of Best British Mysteries 8" [2011]
includes 35 short stories from Colin Bateman, Christopher Brookmyre, Colin Dexter, Christopher Fowler, David Hewson, Reginald Hill, Stuart McBride, Ian Rankin, Alexander McCall Smith, Andrew Taylor, and others Running Press pb [7/2011] for $11.86 |
"The Mammoth Book of Best British Mysteries 9" [2012] 
Running Press pb [DUE May 2012] PRE-ORDER for $11.86
Tasha Alexander of Chicago, USA & Sheffield, U.K.
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Lady Emily Ashton series
"And Only To Deceive" [2005] in London
"A Poisoned Season" [2007] in London
"A Fatal Waltz" [2008] in Vienna
"Tears of Pearl" [2009] in Istanbul
"Dangerous To Know" [Oct 2010] in Normandy
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Margery Allingham [1904-66] + Albert Campion series
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The Margery Allingham Society [est. 1988]
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Kate Atkinson, MBE now living in Edinburgh, Scotland
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The Wonderful Unofficial Kate Atkinson Website [est. 2000]
U.K. detective Jackson Brodie series
"Case Histories: A Novel" [2004]
"One Good Turn: A Jolly Murder Mystery" [2006]
"When Will There Be Good News?: A Novel" [2008]
"Started Early, Took My Dog: A Novel" [2010]
TV series starring Jason Isaacs as Jackson Brodie
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Case_Histories_(TV_series)
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M.C. Beaton [real name Marion Chesney]
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BH's M.C. Beaton-Hamish Macbeth fansite
Scottish P.C. Hamish Macbeth series: series books
BBC series on DVD:
volume 1
volume 2
volume 3
volumes 1-3
Agatha Raisin (in the Cotswolds) cozies: series books official website
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Simon Brett + Charles Paris, Mrs. Pargeter, etc.
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Emily Brightwell
+ Insp. Witherspoon & Mrs. Jeffries Victorian-Era mysteries
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Caleb Carr
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Carr's "New Authorized Tales of Sherlock Holmes"
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Sarah Caudwell [1939-2000]
+ Hilary Tamar & pals of London series
4 novels
Wikipedia
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G.K. Chesterton [1874-1936]
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 | "G.K. Chesterton's Sherlock Holmes" [2003] Edited with Introduction by Steven P. Doyle 19 original illustrations by Chesterton for a never-published edition of the Sherlock Holmes Canon, essays about Chesterton, and essays about Holmes by Chesterton Baker Street Irregulars 9x5¾ hardcover [2/2003] out of print/used |
 | "Works of Gilbert Keith Chesterton" for Kindle [2007] includes "The Complete Father Brown" [51 mystery stories, 1911-35] and 13 novels, plus non-fiction, essays & poems Kindle Edition from MobileReference [12/2007] for $3.99 |
Father Brown short stories
 | "The Complete Father Brown Stories" by G.K. Chesterton
Volume 1 contains the original collections "The Innocence of Father Brown" [12 stories 1911] and "The Wisdom of Father Brown" [12 stories 1914] Waking Lion Press Boomer Books 8¾x5¾ pb [2/2007] for $18.85 Waking Lion Press 9x6 pb [8/2006] for $20.95 Volume 2 contains the original collections "The Incredulity of Father Brown" [8 stories 1926], "The Secret of Father Brown" [10 stories 1927], and "The Scandal of Father Brown" [9 stories 1935] Waking Lion Press Boomer Books 8¾x6 pb [7/2008] for $22.45 |
 | "Father Brown" television series [BBC-TV Sept 1974, USA Nov 1982]
13 episodes starring Kenneth More & Dennis Burgess; series credits at IMDb Volume 1: Acorn Media color DVD [1/2007] 2 disks for $34.99 contains seven 1-hour episodes: "The Hammer of God", "The Oracle of The Dog", "The Curse of The Golden Cross", "The Eye of Apollo", "The Three Tools of Death", "The Mirror of The Magistrate", and "The Dagger With Wings" Volume 2: Acorn Media color DVD [8/2007] 2 disks for $34.99 contains six 1-hour episodes: "The Actor and The Alibi", "The Quick One", "The Man With Two Beards", "The Head of Caesar", "The Arrow of Heaven", and "The Secret Garden"" |
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BlackHat Mystery Bookstore's
Agatha Christie [1890-1976] Pages
Hercule Poirot book series
Miss Marple book series
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Douglas Clark + Masters & Green of Scotland Yard
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Ann Cleeves
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Wilkie Collins [1824-89]
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The Willkie Collins Information Pages
The Willkie Collins Pages
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John Creasey [1908-73]
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new Creasey publisher Tethered Camel {appears to be shut down}
Coolabi PLC of London acquired the rights to John Creasey's works in August 2007
(writing as J.J. Marric) Insp. Gideon series
Marric books
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Edmund Crispin {real name Bruce Montgomery} [1921-78]
+ Oxford don Gervase Fen series
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Deborah Crombie
+ Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James of Scotland Yard series
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle [1859-1930] + Sherlock Holmes series
Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle Page
Sherlock Holmes Film Festival Page
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BlackHat Mystery Bookstore's
Dick Francis [1920-2010] Page
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Caroline Graham + Chief Insp. Barnaby & Sgt. Troy series
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Martha Grimes
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+ Supt. Richard Jury, Sgt. Wiggins & Melrose Plant series
"The Man With A Load of Mischief" [1981]
"The Old Fox Deceiv'd" [1982]
"The Anodyne Necklace" [1983]
"The Dirty Duck" [1984]
"Jerusalem Inn" [1984]
"Help The Poor Struggler" [1985]
"The Deer Leap" [1985]
"I Am The Only Running Footman" [1986]
"The Five Bells and Bladebone" [1987]
"The Old Silent" [1989]
"The Old Contemptibles" [1991]
"The Horse You Came In On" [1993]
"Rainbow's End" [1995]
"The Case Has Altered" [1997]
"The Stargazey" [1998]
"The Lamorna Wink" [1999]
"The Blue Last" [2001]
"The Grave Maurice" [2002]
"The Winds of Change" [2004]
"The Old Wine Shades" [2006]
"Dust" [2007]
"The Black Cat" [2010]
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John Harvey
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Insp. Charlie Resnick series: official webpage Wikipedia
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Reginald Hill [1936-2012]
+ Yorkshire Dets. Dalziel & Pascoe & Wield series
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Random House author page
HarperCollins U.K. author page
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John Buxton Hilton [1921-86]
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Insp. Simon Kenworthy of Scotland Yard series [1968-87]
Insp. Thomas Brunt series [1976-87]
Insp. Mosley series {as John Greenwood} [1983-88]
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Joyce Holms + Edinburgh detectives Fizz & Buchanan series
all books
official website
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Michael Innes {real name J.I.M. Stewart} [1906-94]
+ Scotland Yard Insp. Appleby series
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CH's Michael Innes bibliography
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P.D. James [real name Phyllis Dorothy James, OBE]
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Adam Dalgliesh, etc. of New Scotland Yard: series books Wikipedia
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"Talking About Detective Fiction" [2009] by P.D. James Penguin U.K. 8½x5¼ pb [10/2009] out of print/used Knopf 7½x4¾ hardcover [12/2009] for $14.66 |
 | "P.D. James: The Essential Collection" DVD box set [2005]
Koch Vision color DVD set [6/2005] 13 disks - out of prodn/used starring Roy Marsden {as Dalgliesh}; includes "Death of An Expert Witness" [295 min. 1983]; "Shroud For A Nightingale" [251 min. 1984]; "Cover Her Face" (291 min. 1985]; "The Black Tower" [287 min. 1985]; "A Taste For Death" [291 min. 1988] with Wendy Hiller; "Unnatural Causes" [120 min. 1993]; and "Original Sin" [151 min. 1997] {It is unclear why "Devices & Desires" [1991] and "A Certain Justice" [1998] are omitted.} |
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Lynda La Plant
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John le Carrι
{ real name David John Moore Cornwell [b. 1931] }
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espionage veteran George Smiley
"Throughout the whole of [Smiley's] clandestine work he never managed to reconcile the means to the end."
— John le Carrι, in "A Murder of Quality"
Smiley lives at 9A Baywater Street, Chelsea, London
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Peter Lovesey
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Det. Insp. Peter Diamond of modern Bath in SW England
series books (used)
Victorian Era detective Sgt. Cribb series: series books (used)
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Dame Ngaio Marsh, OBE [1899-1982] of New Zealand
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Insp. Roderick Alleyn & Insp. Fox series: series books
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"Inspector Alleyn Mysteries" [1993-94] starring Patrick Malahide, William Simons & Belinda Lang; series credits from IMDb B.B.C. & P.B.S.'s Mystery Theater made 9 episodes based on Ngaio Marsh's Insp. Alleyn novels; the 1990 pilot episode "Artists In Crime" starred Simon Williams (omitted from the DVD sets); the five episodes in 1993 and three episodes in 1994 starred Patrick Malahide Volume 1: Acorn Media color DVD [2/2004] 4 disks for $53.99 includes "A Man Lay Dead"; "The Nursing Home Murder"; "Death At The Bar"; and "Final Curtain" Volume 2: Acorn Media color DVD [2/2006] 4 disks for $53.99 includes "Death In A White Tie" [1993]; "Hand In Glove" featuring Sir John Gielgud; "Dead Water"; and "Scales of Justice" |
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Sarah J. Mason + Trewley & Stone series
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(writing as Hamilton Crane)
octagenarian Miss Seeton of Scotland Yard series
browse books (1991-99; mostly out of print)
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Herman C. McNeile [1888-1937] aka 'Sapper'
books & audio
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Capt. Hugh 'Bulldog' Drummond series
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Denise Mina + mysteries in Scotland
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Patrick Neate: all books author's website Wikipedia
 | "City of Tiny Lights" [2005] Ugandan-Indian P.I. Tommy Akhtar of London in a comic neo-noir mystery: A hooker hires Tommy to find her missing flat-mate, leading to competition with Britain's MI5 and the C.I.A. in solving the murder of a Member of Parliament. Riverhead 8x5¼ pb [4/2006] for $11.90 Viking hardcover [6/2005] out of print/used |
Anne Perry {real name Juliet Marion Hulme}
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Ellis Peters {real name Edith Pargeter} [1913-95]
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Brother Cadfael in XIIth Century Britain series
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Insp. George Felse series: series books
Edith Pargeter entry at U.K. Literary Heritage
Bastulli's Felse Family fanpage
AW's Brother Cadfael fansite
SC's "Cadfael Chronicles" fansite
AK's Brother Cadfael fansite {in German or English}
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Ian Rankin
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Insp. John Rebus of Edinburgh, Scotland series
videos/DVDs
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Derek Raymond {real name Robert William Cook} [1931-94]
all books
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The Factory Series
"He Died With His Eyes Open" [#1=1984]
"The Devil's Home On Leave" [#2=1985]
"How The Dead Live" [#3=1986]
"I Was Dora Suarez" [#4=1990]
"Dead Man Upright" [#5=1993]
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Ruth Rendell, CBE
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U.K. publisher's Ruth Rendell page
Gusworld's Ruth Rendell fansite
Bastulli's Ruth Rendell fansite
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"The Ruth Rendell Mysteries" [1987-2000]
76-episode series credits from IMDb Set 1 includes "The Double" [1997] starring Jason Flemyng; "Master of The Moor" [1994] starring Colin Firth; "The Secret House of Death" [1996] starring Amanda Redman; "Vanity Dies Hard" [1995] starring Eleanor David, Jane Gurnett & Mark Frankel; plus a Ruth Rendell bio & other bonus features Set 1: Acorn Media color DVD [2/2007] 3 disks for $31.49 Set 2 includes "A Case of Coincidence" [1996] starring Keith Barron, Pip Torrens & Kate Buffery; "A Dark Blue Perfume" [1997] starring Susannah York & John Castle; "Bribery and Corruption" [1997] starring James DArcy, Paul Freeman, Tim Woodward & Abigail Cruttenden; "Front Seat" [1997] starring Edward Hardwicke, Janet Suzman & Richard Johnson; "May & June" [1997] starring Phoebe Nicholls & Christine Kavanagh; "The Orchard Walls" [1998] starring Sylvia Syms & Honeysuckle Weeks; plus a Ruth Rendell biography & other bonus features Set 2: Acorn Media color DVD [10/2007] 3 disks for $44.99 Set 3 includes "The Fallen Curtain" [1999] starring Ben Brazier; "The Going Wrong" [1998] starring James Callis & Josephine Butler; "Harm Done" [1997] starring George Baker {as Insp. Wexford}; "The Lake of Darkness" [1999] starring Jerome Flynn & Sadie Frost; "You Cant Be Too Careful" [1998] starring Serena Evans & Jane Hazlegrove; plus a Ruth Rendell bio & other bonus features Set 3: Acorn Media color DVD [6/2008] 3 disks for $44.99 Set 4 includes "Simisola" [3 parts Jan-Feb 1996] and "Road Rage" [2 parts Nov 1998] both starring George Baker & Christopher Ravenscroft; plus the Ruth Rendell bio, documentary "Super Sleuths: Inspector Wexford" featuring George Baker, and other bonus features Set 4: Acorn Media color DVD [4/2009] 2 disks for $35.99 |
 | "Ruth Rendell Mysteries Collection" DVD Box Set [2010]
Acorn Media color DVD set [3/2010] 11 disks for $69.99 contains all 17 feature-length mysteries on 11 disks {same as four sets above} |
Insp. Reginald Wexford & Det. Burden of Kingsmarkham
series books
Wikipedia
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writing as Barbara Vine: all books
Gusworld's Barbara Vine fansite
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Robert Richardson
+ amateur sleuth Augustus 'Gus' Maltravers series
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Michael Robertson + Heath Brothers of Baker Street series
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"The Baker Street Letters: A Mystery" [2009]
Two attorney brothers rent office space on Baker Street and are required to receive delivery of any mail addressed to Sherlock Holmes. When an eight-year-old girl in Los Angeles writes to Holmes for help in finding her missing geological surveyor father, hapless Nigel decides to investigate; he flies off to California, and Reggie follows with an actress friend. When Nigel is arrested, Reggie and Laura engage in solving the case. St. Martin/Minotaur 8x5¾ hardcover [6/2009] for $16.47 Blackstone Audio UNABR audio CD [6/2009] for $19.77 |
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Peter Robinson + Yorkshire Insp. Alan Banks series
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Dorothy L. Sayers [1893-1957]
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Dorothy L. Sayers Society
MEG's Dorothy L. Sayers fansite
Lord Peter Wimsey series: series books Wikipedia
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"Dorothy L. Sayers Mysteries: The Lord Peter Wimsey - Harriet Vane Collection" [1987]
includes "Strong Poison", "Have His Carcass", and "Gaudy Night" starring Edward Petherbridge, Harriet Walter & Richard Morant B.B.C. Video color DVD [5/2002] 3 disks for $43.99 B.B.C./Warner color VHS set [5/2002] 3 tapes out of prodn/used |
octagenarian Miss Seeton of Scotland Yard series
created by actor-author Heron Carvic [d. 1980]
browse books (1968-75; out of print)
IMDb listing
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by Hampton Charles
browse books (three in 1990; mostly out of print)
IMDb listing
by Sarah J. Mason {as Hamilton Crane}
browse books (1991-99; mostly out of print)
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Scottish author Josephine Tey [1896-1952]
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"Young and Innocent" [Gaumont British Pictures Nov 1937]
USA Title "The Girl Was Young"; a writer finds the body of his ex-lover, a married film actress, on the beach and is arrested for the murder. He escapes with the help of the police constable's infatuated daughter, and they set out to prove his innocence. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock; based on Tey's 1936 novel "A Shilling For Candles"; starring Nova Pilbeam, Derrick De Marney, Percy Marmont, Edward Rigby, Mary Clare, John Longden, George Curzon, Basil Radford, Pamela Carme & George Merritt M.G.M. Home Video b&w DVD [2/2009] for $17.99 Diamond Ent. b&w VHS [5/95] for $19.98 full credits at IMDb movie entry at Wikipedia 11"x17" "The Girl Was Young" poster available for $14.99 at AllPosters.com |
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Charles Todd of Delaware, USA
+ Scotland Yard Insp. Ian Rutledge series
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Minette Walters
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Colin Watson [1920-83]
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"Murder Most English" TV mini-series [BBC-TV 1977] /B001ROVUTI/
Directed by Ronald Wilson, starring Anton Rodgers, Christopher Timothy
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Ethel Lina White [1876-1944]
one of the best known crime writers in Britain and the USA during 1930s & 1940s
all books
entry at Wikipedia
most famous for "The Lady Vanishes" [1938]
filmed by Alfred Hitchcock & based on her 1936 novel "The Wheel Spins"
stage adaptation of "The Lady Vanishes" toured the U.K. in 2001
B.B.C. broadcast an abridged version on BBC Radio 4
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Jacqueline Winspear
+ Maisie Dobbs in post-WWI England series
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Sara Woods [1922-85]
+ barrister-sleuth Antony Maitland series
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 | "Women of Mystery: The Lives & Works of Notable Women Crime Novelists" [2000] by Martha Hailey DuBose featured women authiors (half British, half American) include Margery Allingham, Lilian Jackson Braun, Agatha Christie, Patricia Cornwell, Sue Grafton, Anna Katharine Green, Patricia Highsmith, P.D. James, Emma Lathen, Ngaio Marsh, Margaret Millar, Anne Perry, Ruth Rendell, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Dorothy L. Sayers, Josephine Tey & Minette Walters St Martin/Minotaur 9½x6½ hardcover [12/2000] out of print/used |
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