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Sea Fever Killjoy A Day in the Death of Dorothea Cassidy Murder in My Backyard A Lesson in Dying

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Paperback - Allison & Busby (2000)

Sea Fever
Even if no murder had been committed, the last trip of a small band of dedicated bird-watchers aboard the Jessie Ellen would still have been news. For George Palmer-Jones and the other avid crew members achieve every bird-watcher’s dream: a sighting of a sea bird which has never before been recorded. In the subsequent excitement, however, no one notices the sudden absence of the most fanatical twitcher of all . . .
Later, Greg Franks’ corpse, the head bludgeoned, is found floating in the sea. Had it not been for Franks, amateur detective George Palmer-Jones wouldn’t have been on the bird-watching trip in Cornwall in the first place. He had been hired by Greg Franks’ anxious parents to persuade their errant son to return home; and the prospect of a free weekend’s bird-watching had been too good to turn down. Now he must shoulder the agonising burden of discovering why the young man had been murdered: Who had hated Franks enough to kill him? Almost everyone, it seems . . .

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Paperback - Allison & Busby (1998)

Killjoy
Gabriella Preston is found in the boot of a car, lying curled on her side like a child asleep. She is dead. The car belongs to Gus Lynch. Gus Lynch is the director of Hallowgate's Youth Theatre, Gabriella his female lead.
Inspector Ramsay and Sergeant Hunter are called into assist the local police who have their hands full with an outbreak of joy-riding. Another death and an escalation of violence among the joy-riders threaten mayhem.
Against a background of spiralling disorder Ramsay realises what could have provoked someone to kill - and to kill again.
'Ann Cleeves is a gifted recruit to the traditional detective novel and on her current form will continue to command attention' B.A.Pike, Twentieth-Century Crime and Mystery Writers

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Paperback - Allison & Busby (1997)

A Day in the Death of Dorothea Cassidy
Dorothea Cassidy, the vicar's wife, lies dead in the park's flower bed. The parishioners were daunted by her goodness. But one of them wanted her dead. Who? 0ld Mrs Bowman, dying of cancer; Clive Stringer, a disturbed adolescent; Theresa Stringer, a single mother with a child in care and a violent boyfriend - or was it someone in her own family?
'Perceptive, convincing, quietly compelling' Marcel Berlins, The Times
'The best detective novel I have read this year' Harriet Waugh, The Spectator
'Exciting' Susan Hill, Good Housekeeping
'She is already exceptional' B.A.Pike, Twentieth-Century Crime & Mystery Writers

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Paperback - Allison & Busby (1999)

Murder in My Backyard
First Paperback Publication of the second Inspector Ramsey Novel
In the second Inspector Ramsay novel, our hero faces a murder investigation on his own doorstep following his impulsive decision to buy a cottage in the quiet Northumberland village of Heppleburn.
When local uproar over a proposed housing development ends in murder, the pressure is once again on Ramsay to act from within and interrogate every possible suspect. But then tragedy strikes a second time, and Ramsay must test his true measure as a detective working against the clock.
'Taut slice-of-small-town-life police procedural underpinned by the wry premise that unrelenting goodness can be as lethal as evil' The Guardian
'Perceptive, convincing, quietly compelling.' The Times

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Paperback - Allison & Busby (1999)

A Lesson in Dying
First Paperback Publication of the first Inspector Ramsey Novel
Heppleburn, once a Northumberland pit village, has always been close-knit, friendly and safe - until the murder of headmaster Harold Medburn. Suddenly, the village seems unfamiliar, uncomfortable.
The school caretaker and his daughter pursue their own route of investigation, which should have made Inspector Ramsay's job a little easier. But hampered by false leads, powerless to pre-empt the killer's next move, and overshadowed by the evil atmosphere of All Hallow's Eve, Ramsay finds his own reputation is on the line…
'A fine debut' Susan Hill, Good Housekeeping
'A good debut for Inspector Ramsay; quiet, puzzled, very human' The Times
'A quietly entertaining mystery' Sunday Telegraph
'Perceptive picture of changing social pattern, cast strong' Guardian

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