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Anne Cleeves
A Day in the Death of Dorothea CassidyA Day in the Death of Dorothea Cassidy
Murder in My BackyardMurder in My Backyard
A Lesson in DyingA Lesson in Dying


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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