Murder Most Immoral

After a series of murders of gynaecologists, CID suspects enigmatic triplets, Spencer, Bruce, and William Costello. DS Amy Hornby becomes romantically involved with Spencer, but inwardly suspects he may be a serial killer. Her estranged father, a notorious London crime lord complicates matters by becoming embroiled in a personal vendetta against the brothers. This psychological thriller journeys to London, Gambia, Mauritius, Algarve, the Caribbean, and Mexico, before a thrilling finale in Scotland. Frightening, absorbing, complex, and a guaranteed page-turner, this book will remain with you long after you have read it.

A FICTION HOUSE FACSIMILE REPRINT: Murder really shouldn't be taken too seriously. Spike Tracy, who has figured in several homicidal high-jinks, is all for good, clean, bloody fun, so if you haven't met him before, make his acquaintance now. He's an insouciant young man with plenty of money, good looks, and a sense of humor. The only blight on his life is his stodgy brother, R. Montgomery Tracy, the district attorney. His boon companion is Pug Beasley, a former bantam weight pug now in training to become a gentleman's gentleman in the Wodehouse manner, and there's a sister-in-law who goes in for committees and uplift. Oh yes, there's a murder, too. Don't giet impatient. Two of 'em in fact. It all starts when a beautiful woman stumbles over Spike's threshold one evening and collapses on his hearth. The next morning he reads that she's wanted for murder. His good sense tells him he ought to turn her over to the police and brother Richard. But Spike Tracy is not a young man who ever let good sense lead him astray. And anyway, he's sure brother Richard wouldn't appreciate her. Richard's that way. So, believing that the lovely woman who lies in his bedroom raving in delirium is guilty of murder, he sets out to make Richard and the police believe she isn't. If you insist on international spy rings, and rubies taken from the eye of a Burma idol, or blood spilling all over the lot, better pass this one up. But if you'd like a really intelligent mystery story, with a lot of fun thrown in, "A Most Immoral Murder" is your meat.

A fascinating look at the shifting meanings of murderous gay characters in American theater over a century

How a society defines crimes and prosecutes criminals illuminates its cultural values, social norms, and political expectations. In Murder Most Russian, Louise McReynolds uses a fascinating series of murders and subsequent trials that took place in the wake of the 1864 legal reforms enacted by Tsar Alexander II to understand the impact of these reforms on Russian society before the Revolution of 1917. For the first time in Russian history, the accused were placed in the hands of juries of common citizens in courtrooms that were open to the press. Drawing on a wide array of sources, McReynolds reconstructs murders that gripped Russian society, from the case of Andrei Gilevich, who advertised for a personal secretary and beheaded the respondent as a way of perpetrating insurance fraud, to the beating death of Marianna Time at the hands of two young aristocrats who hoped to steal her diamond earrings. As McReynolds shows, newspapers covered such trials extensively, transforming the courtroom into the most public site in Russia for deliberation about legality and justice. To understand the cultural and social consequences of murder in late imperial Russia, she analyzes the discussions that arose among the emergent professional criminologists, defense attorneys, and expert forensic witnesses about what made a defendant's behavior "criminal." She also deftly connects real criminal trials to the burgeoning literary genre of crime fiction and fruitfully compares the Russian case to examples of crimes both from Western Europe and the United States in this period. Murder Most Russian will appeal not only to readers interested in Russian culture and true crime but also to historians who study criminology, urbanization, the role of the social sciences in forging the modern state, evolving notions of the self and the psyche, the instability of gender norms, and sensationalism in the modern media.

Dr Sawyer travels to Florida after the disappearance of his daughter and friend. Celebrated journalist, Jess Hopkins covers the investigation with permission of the local police. FBI joins the taskforce after suspecting links with another four missing girls on the East Coast. So begins a manhunt, which throws up several suspects after the doctor offers a reward. A link between billionaire, Sylvester Fitzpatrick and wealthy recluse, Penelope Vipond suggests them as possible suspects. The destiny of the girls shocks even the most seasoned detectives. A frightening psychological novel, concluding in Havana.

All is far from quiet on the home front in USA Today bestselling author Anna Lee Huber’s captivating mystery series, in which former Secret Service agent Verity Kent receives a visitor—who is being trailed by a killer . . . November 1919.A relaxing few weeks by the seaside with her husband, Sidney, could almost convince Verity Kent that life has returned to the pleasant rhythm of pre-war days. Then Verity’s beloved Great-Aunt Ilse lands on their doorstep. After years in war-ravaged Germany, Ilse has returned to England to repair her fragile health—and to escape trouble. Someone has been sending her anonymous threats, and Verity’s Secret Service contacts can only provide unsettling answers. Even deep in the Yorkshire Dales, where she joins Verity’s family for the holidays, Ilse encounters difficulties. Normally peaceful neighbors are hostile, seeking someone to blame for the losses they’ve endured. When Ilse’s maid is found dead, Verity must uncover whether this is anti-German sentiment taken to murderous lengths, or whether there is a more personal motive at work. Could Verity’s shadowy nemesis, Lord Ardmore, be involved? And if so, how much closer to home will the blow land when he inevitably strikes again? “…A treat for WWI buffs and the legion of fans who have grown fond of Verity.” —Publishers Weekly Praise for Anna Lee Huber’s Penny for Your Secrets “A historical mystery to delight fans of Agatha Christie or Daphne du Maurier.” —Bookpage “Stellar mystery . . . a great read for fans of the series and all who enjoyDownton Abbey-era fiction.” —Booklist

DC Vicky Smullen's CID team investigate a series of child abductions in Cornwall. Her obsession with the case intensifies with the abduction of her five-year old son. Ben Orton, an ex-SAS soldier metes out revenge on former members of the IRA who murdered his brother and are released as part of the Good Friday agreement. Living in a secluded location in Scotland, a stranger approaches Orton and blackmails him into joining The Disciples of Retribution, a select band of vigilantes. The abductors of the children share an unusual fantasy, their frightening and abnormal behaviour provoking punishment for the youngsters. Hush Little Children, a tale of revenge and indignity, will frighten and captivate you.