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The Robert Barnard Reader
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Author : Robert Barnard
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1985
The Robert Barnard Reader written by Robert Barnard and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with categories.
A Little Local Murder
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Author : Robert Barnard
language : en
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Release Date : 2012-11-29
A Little Local Murder written by Robert Barnard and has been published by Pan Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-29 with Fiction categories.
The news that Radio Broadwich is to make a documentary on Twytching for broadcast in America spreads through the small village like wildfire. Mrs Deborah Withens, Twytching's resident doyenne and arbiter of good taste, takes it upon herself to control the presentation of her 'county town' and assumes responsibility for picking those that will take part, provoking fierce rivalry amongst the villagers. One resident who is reticent to participate in the fuss is Inspector George Parrish . . . until the murder of the first villager chosen, and a rash of poison pen letters uncovering secrets Twytching's leading citizens had fervently hoped were buried, force him to get involved. In this early classic, Robert Barnard skilfully demonstrates that no one is more cunning in preparing the reader to expect the totally unexpected and his incisive character portrayals in this early gem impart a dimension rarely found in English detective fiction.
Rogue S Gallery
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Author : Robert Barnard
language : en
Publisher: Allison & Busby
Release Date : 2011-11-28
Rogue S Gallery written by Robert Barnard and has been published by Allison & Busby this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11-28 with Fiction categories.
How far would a child go to rid himself of a despised parent? Or a man of the cloth to be elected pope? From murderous ministers and conniving cardinals to the dark imagination of a schoolboy and the suspicions of an ageing Mr Mozart, this unique collection of Robert Barnard’s highly acclaimed short stories takes the reader on a journey of murder, mystery and intrigue with some of his finest – and darkest – literary creations. Including the CWA Short Story Award winner ‘Sins of Scarlet’, a story of sudden death in the Vatican, this compelling collection proves that, whether re-imagining the life of cultural icons or spying an opportunity for morbid crimes amidst events grand and domestic, Robert Barnard is the master of the short mystery story.
The Bones In The Attic
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Author : Robert Barnard
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2002-04-24
The Bones In The Attic written by Robert Barnard and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-04-24 with Fiction categories.
Matt Harper, a television and radio personality and a former professional soccer player, has just bought Elderholm, an old stone house in Leeds in the north of England. It's ideal for him, his partner Aileen, and her three children. Even the attic space seems just right -- the perfect place for a game room or a children's retreat. But as Matt and his decorator tour the property, they find something that will put the attic off-limits for a long time to come: a tiny child's skeleton that has clearly been there for years. What happened to the child, and how did its skeleton get into the attic? Detective Sergeant Charlie Peace and his forensic team think the child's remains have been in the attic for thirty years. Thirty years? Matt remembers that time. It was 1969 and he was seven years old. He was in the neighborhood, spending the summer with an aunt. That was the summer that Elderholm's owner left her house empty when she went to visit a daughter in Australia. What happened that summer? What memories lie deep in Matt's consciousness? Where are the other children from that summer who now, of course, are adults? Who killed the little child and why was he or she never reported missing? And who has now written to Matt, assuring him that he had no part in what occurred, that he had gone home to London before it happened? As Matt struggles to recover his memory of that strange summer, both he and Charlie Peace ponder what it means to love and lose a child and how one thoughtless decision can change a life forever. Richly evocative and deeply poignant, The Bones in the Attic is crime writing at its best from one of the great contemporary masters of mystery.
Death By Sheer Torture
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Author : Robert Barnard
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2013-01-29
Death By Sheer Torture written by Robert Barnard and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-29 with Fiction categories.
Inspector Perry Trethowan reads in the obituaries that his estranged father has died under peculiar circumstances: he was fooling around with a form of self-torture called strappado. At the request of his supervisor, Peter returns to his ancestral home to determine if any of his cousins or siblings might have helped the old man to his bizarre end.
Hour 24
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Author : Robert Barnard
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-02-07
Hour 24 written by Robert Barnard and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-02-07 with categories.
Two years have passed since a horrifying virus ravaged North America. Those afflicted by the disease rotted from the inside out, turned into mindless monsters eager to eat the flesh clean off anyone who stood in their way. But hope survived, and the living won their war against the dead. As a result of a successful quarantine, the afflicted had perished, the outbreak had been contained, and society had rebuilt. The final death toll? In the millions. The cost of reconstruction? In the billions. Now, as the second anniversary of that awful autumn day draws near, a new threat is ready to emerge. It will cause devastation, terror, and panic. It will shake to the core all those survivors still picking up the pieces of ALL THAT'S LEFT. ***HOUR 24: ALL THAT'S LEFT is a standalone sequel to Barnard's top-selling 2015 release, HOUR 23, and is intended for mature readers. To celebrate the release of HOUR 24: ALL THAT'S LEFT, be sure to pick up a kindle copy of HOUR 23 for free (for a limited time only) at the following link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B014PNZ9QC***Praise for HOUR 23:"This book sunk its teeth into me from the start..." - Amazon Reader, US"Wouldn't mind seeing more from this author." - Amazon Reader, US"I have read a lot of apocalyptic fiction and this is one of the better ones." - Amazon Reader, UK"What a little gem! Highly recommended." -Amazon Reader, UK
Touched By The Dead
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Author : Robert Barnard
language : en
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Release Date : 2012-11-29
Touched By The Dead written by Robert Barnard and has been published by Pan Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-29 with Fiction categories.
Those two days in May seem to be a highpoint in Colin Pinnock’s life: a stunning election victory, a new government, and junior office for himself. But among the many congratulations he receives is one hostile message, a grubby card asking, ‘Who do you think you are?’ Is this merely someone putting him back in his place, or do the words have a more profound meaning? And who, indeed, is he? Who were his real parents? As Colin investigates these questions he is led back in time to an old political scandal: a murder case which led to a politician’s downfall and disappearance. Events in the present, however, start tangling with those of the past, and he finds himself the object of a series of incidents that at first seem designed to bring down his career with ridicule, but later actually threaten his life. A beautifully written and intriguing mystery form one of our foremost crime writers. ‘Robert Barnard has the habit of delighting his readers’ Sunday Times
Death Of An Old Goat
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Author : Robert Barnard
language : en
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Release Date : 2013-02-14
Death Of An Old Goat written by Robert Barnard and has been published by Pan Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-02-14 with Fiction categories.
Professor Belville-Smith had bored university audiences in England with the same lecture for fifty years. Now he was crossing the Australian continent, doing precisely the same. Never before had the reaction been so extreme, however, for shortly after an undistinguished appearance at Drummondale University, the doddering old professor is found brutally murdered. As Police Inspector Royle (who had never actually had to solve a crime before) probes the possible motives of the motley crew of academics who drink their was through the dreary days at Drummondale and as he investigates the bizarre behaviour of some worthy locals, a hilarious, highly satirical portrait of life down under emerges. ‘The perfect gem, one you wouldn’t change a word of’ Los Angeles Times
A Cry From The Dark
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Author : Robert Barnard
language : en
Publisher: Scribner
Release Date : 2007-07-01
A Cry From The Dark written by Robert Barnard and has been published by Scribner this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-07-01 with Fiction categories.
Master of mystery Robert Barnard, internationally acclaimed for his suspenseful, witty literary gems, cleverly mixes past and present in A Cry from the Dark, an intriguing tour de force sweeping from 1930s Australia to contemporary London. Bettina Whitelaw has come a long way from her childhood in the little outback town of Bundaroo, Australia. Many years have passed, a lifetime really, but she's never forgotten what happened there on the evening that changed her life forever. How could she forget the school dance, her taunting classmates, dancing with the strange but brilliant English boy, Hughie Naismyth? How could she forget what happened next, when, overheated and exhilarated by the music and the moment, she wandered off alone into a secluded, wooded area? Now a renowned, elderly author living in London's elegant Holland Park, Bettina faces a flood of memories as she works on her memoirs, even though her focus is more on the frightening things that are happening today. Someone has recently entered her home and gone through her desk. The intruder is clearly not an ordinary burglar. It must be someone she knows. She's been a little lax in handing out keys, so the suspects are many -- her nephew, Mark; her agent, Clare; her friends, Peter or Katie. Or it could be someone else. What does Bettina possess that this person would want to steal? A puzzle that at first seems mildly disturbing soon turns deadly serious. Someone is willing to kill -- but why? Does the answer rest in Bundaroo or nearer to home? A Cry from the Dark shows us vintage Robert Barnard as he slyly lays the clues that lead to his trademark surprise -- and poignant -- ending.
Death On The High C S
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Author : Robert Barnard
language : en
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Release Date : 2012-11-29
Death On The High C S written by Robert Barnard and has been published by Pan Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-29 with Fiction categories.
Opera singers are often described as being larger than life, and certainly this is true of Gaylene Ffrench. Her appetites—for men, for food, for attention—are gargantuan, and her ability to irritate is similarly outsized. So when someone electrocutes the bombastic Australian contralto, few tears are shed at the Northern Opera company (though it’s a pity her understudy’s so lousy). In fact, most of the company members are dancing a jig, and it falls on Superintendent Nichols to determine which of them might have helped Gaylene along to her just reward. The black tenor tired of being the butt of Gaylene’s bigotry? The soprano weary of jealous whispers in her ears? Gaylene’s many bedroom conquests, all anxious to avoid a repeat performance? With so many potential suspects, Nichols has his hands full, but Barnard and his readers have a deliciously malicious good time. ‘The wryest wit and most scathing satire’ Chicago Sun-Times ‘One of the deftest stylist in the field . . . goes about it with a quietly malicious sense of humor’ New York Times Book Review