Death Drops The Pilot A Chief Inspector Littlejohn Mystery Book 22

Author : George Bellairs
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781541291027
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Death Drops the Pilot (a Chief Inspector Littlejohn Mystery Book 22) written by George Bellairs and published by . This book was released on 2017-01-07 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The last ferry, the Falbright Jenny, leaves from Elmer's Creek to Falbright across the River Hore. But the ferry is found nose-up on a sandbank. The pilot is missing from her bridge and is later found under Falbright pier, stabbed in his back. Scotland Yard is called in to investigate. But Detective-Inspector Littlejohn and Sergeant Cromwell find the case a challenging one right from the start. From the seedy gentry to the local villagers, it becomes clear that someone is trying to cover their tracks. Who wanted to kill the pilot of the Falbright Jenny and why? 'Death Drops the Pilot' is a witty crime thriller by one of the masters of the genre.,p>"One of the subtlest and wittiest practitioners of the ...British detective story" - The New York Times "Sure-fire, that's Bellairs." - New York Herald Tribune "When you get a George Bellairs story you get something worth reading." - Norfolk Ledger-Despatch. George Bellairs was the nom de plume of Harold Blundell (1902-1985), a crime writer and bank manager born in Heywood, near Rochdale, Lancashire, who settled in the Isle of Man on retirement. He wrote more than 50 books, most featuring the detective Inspector Littlejohn. He also wrote four novels under the alternative pseudonym Hilary Landon.

Author : George Bellairs
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1504089839
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Death Drops the Pilot written by George Bellairs and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2023-10-17 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Things get murky when a ferry captain is found dead in the water in this mystery starring Inspector Littlejohn, “the model of a calm, rational policeman” (Publishers Weekly). After a ferry to Falbright carrying forty people runs aground, the skipper is nowhere to be found. When the ferry pilot is discovered under a pier with a knife in his back, Inspector Littlejohn is called in. But he and Sergeant Cromwell are struggling to find clues. Some of the villagers seem to be going out of their way to mislead the police, and there are secrets dating back to the war that need to be unearthed or the entire investigation could be sunk . . . “When you get a George Bellairs story you get something worth reading.” —Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch

Author : George Bellairs
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781541259096
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book He'd Rather Be Dead (a Chief Inspector Littlejohn Mystery Book 8) written by George Bellairs and published by . This book was released on 2017-01-06 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mayor of the popular resort of Westcombe, Sir Gideon Ware, is no stranger to making enemies. What was once a quaint little harbour is now miles of level, concrete promenade, and acres of pleasure-beach, embracing every kind of device for human entertainment and sensation. Sir Gideon Ware has put Westcombe on the map through bribes, intimidation and threats. When Ware drops dead in the middle of his annual lunch, no one is surprised to hear that murder is suspected. But with so many enemies surrounding Ware, Inspector Littlejohn has his work cut out shifting through Ware's past to find the likely killer. Especially with the Chief Constable so keen on covering up vital facts in the investigation. It becomes clear that Ware was poisoned. But everyone else ate and drank the same things, and no one appeared to have been near enough to Ware to have done the deed. Before Littlejohn can get to the bottom of it, a second murder is committed... Can he crack the case before more lives are put in jeopardy? Or will the long list of suspects help the killer to get away with it...' 'He'd Rather Be Dead' is a classic detective mystery by one of the masters of the genre. George Bellairs was the nom de plume of Harold Blundell (1902-1985), a crime writer and bank manager born in Heywood, near Rochdale, Lancashire, who settled in the Isle of Man on retirement. He wrote more than 50 books, most featuring the detective Inspector Littlejohn, including 'Crime in Leper's Hollow', 'A Knife For Harry Dodd', 'Death Drops the Pilot' and 'Dead March for Penelope Blow'.

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Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Death in Room Five written by and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : George Bellairs
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Death in Room Five written by George Bellairs and published by . This book was released on with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : George Bellairs
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1448214459
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Death on the Last Train written by George Bellairs and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2014-08-26 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1948, Death on the Last Train is a Chief Inspector Littlejohn mystery full of false leads, dead ends and old-fashioned charm. Detective Inspector Littlejohn of Scotland Yard is travelling to an assignment, exhausted after an arduous journey of delayed connections, when he catches the last train. A murder occurs in his carriage, putting on hold any other plans he may have had. The local police, out of their depth, commandeer the detective to help them solve the case. Delving into unrequited love, betrayal, and poison pen letters, Littlejohn must pick apart a tangle of grudges. Many men and women seem primed with motives, but which of them has it in them to kill?

Author : George Bellairs
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Crime in Lepers' Hollow written by George Bellairs and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : George Bellairs
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1464207372
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Death of a Busybody written by George Bellairs and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2017-09-05 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mystery crime fiction written in the Golden Age of Murder "Fascinating period detail from the blackout days, a plot that keeps surprising, and contemporary crime novelist Martin Edwards' insightful introduction add to the fun." —Booklist Miss Tither, the village busybody, is not the best-loved resident of Hilary Magna. She has made many enemies: bombarding the villagers with religious tracts, berating drunkards, and informing the spouses of cheating partners. Her murder, however, is still a huge shock to the Reverend Ethelred Claplady and his parish. Inspector Littlejohn's understanding of country ways makes him Scotland Yard's first choice for the job. Basing himself at the village inn, Littlejohn works with the local police to investigate what lay behind the murder. A second death does little to settle the collective nerves of the village, and as events escalate, a strange tale of hidden identities, repressed resentment, religious fervour and financial scams is uncovered. Life in the picturesque village of Hilary Magna proves to be very far from idyllic.

Author : George Bellairs
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1504088425
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Corpse at the Carnival written by George Bellairs and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2023-06-27 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a seaside festival ends in murder, Superintendent Littlejohn gets caught up in a baffling investigation in this acclaimed British mystery series. It’s holiday time in Douglas and the town is alive with the local carnival. A brass band and bagpipes lead a procession down the promenade, and the cheering onlookers slowly make their way to the pier. But when the crowd thins and the promenade empties, a man is found dead at the center . . . Detective Littlejohn, who happens to be in town visiting a friend, now faces a perplexing case. In a small town that runs on gossip, nobody seems to know the victim. The waitress who identified him knew him only as ‘Uncle Fred.’ Who would want to murder an anonymous man? It soon becomes clear there is more to Uncle Fred than initially thought. As Littlejohn is pulled deeper into the mystery, the layers of Uncle Fred’s secretive life begin to unravel and the superintendent finds himself racing to prevent a second murder . . .

Author : Henry Brodribb Irving
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Book of Remarkable Criminals written by Henry Brodribb Irving and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: