On a stormy night in June, nine guests assemble at the home of wealthy Greek financier, Mr. Cupolis - nine guests who have heavy investments in their host's financial schemes. They soon learn that Cupolis is bankrupt and that their investments are lost. So when their host is found dead in suspicious circumstances, Superintendent Cobham finds no difficulty in amassing at least nine suspects with a vengeful desire for the man's demise. But whose hand committed the crime?  F...

When the body of a murdered deaf-mute vagrant is found in a West End square, Scotland Yard have trouble finding a motive for the deed. When the body of another deaf-mute, apparently a suicide, is found in the grounds of a Hendon hotel, the police are even more baffled. Are the crimes related? And did the first murder have anything to do with a recent spate of jewel robberies in the houses near where the body was found? These are the questions that Superintendent "Paddy" Mix and C...

In the midst of Corton Magna horse show, a man is struck down and killed by the hoofs of a horse. Why should a normally quiet animal suddenly have become a killer? Then a groom discovers a tiny wound in the horse’s hide, and when Inspector Chace is called in to investigate, he has a difficult question to answer—was the man’s death accidental or murder? Originally published in 1935 in Collins’s celebrated “Crime Club” imprint, this is a classic British mystery from the ‘golden...

Dansford, the wealthy financier, has arranged a meeting with seven fellow businessmen, to be held at his country residence, 'Colham Gorse'. Each of the seven men represent a failing concern, which Dansford is convinced he will be able to make good - if only his guests are willing to accede to his terms. Also present is the house's previous owner, Chauncey Colham, and his niece Letty, whom Dansford now employs as his host and hostess. Tensions run high, but when Dansford is found dead at th...

Old Dr. Purton has always been a mystery to the gossipers of Lower Plaine. His grandiose living arrangements at Rampole Manor hint at a hidden source of income, outside the remit of a simple country doctor. When Purton is found murdered, his head battered in, the local police, aided by Purton’s solicitor Mr. Gayte, get busy. What is the significance of the pages torn from Purton’s case-books? And how justified was the gossip about Purton’s unexplained wealth?Originally published in...

The little town of Martley is alive with gossip concerning Julius Hennessy, who has been spending a great deal of time on the golf links with the young and pretty wife of Mr. Holt the solicitor. Mrs. Hennessy, meanwhile, has also been exciting gossip, on account of the amount of time she has been spending on the river fishing in the company of Bill French. Thomas Brown, a man whose interest in criminology has led to a growing friendship with Captain Maylem of the local police, has also att...

When a policeman patrolling a country market in the sleepy village of Sulcote spots a car parked illegally on the Green, he knows he must wake the sleeping occupant and move him along. But the policeman is in for a shock. The Sulcote constabulary are about to encounter their first murder investigation for over a century - and the victim is a Chief Inspector from Scotland Yard...  Originally published in 1933 in Collins's celebrated 'Crime Club' imprint, this is an intrigu...

Crime novelist Edward Hope has recently purchased Fen Court, a beautiful country residence on the Essex marshes. However when he and his friend Nancy Johnson go to visit the new property, they find themselves caught up in a real-life murder mystery when three bodies are discovered in the ornamental fish-ponds.Finding himself high on the list of suspects, Hope must work in collaboration with Inspector Brews of the local police to unmask the true culprit behind this terrible deed...

When Colonel Coppe, an elderly bachelor, inherits a fortune from his father, he is keen to do right by his large extended family. As well as setting up his various nieces and nephews in appropriate professions, he takes care to make the necessary provisions in his will. Everyone is content - until, that is, the Colonel becomes engaged to a local widow, Mrs. Brown. On the evening the Colonel announces his engagement, and the terms of his new will, one of the family resorts to murder in orde...

Sir Leonard Craysh knows there'll be trouble when his wife announces that she has included Alexander McDowell, the radical Labour MP, on the list of guests that she has invited to stay at their country estate for the weekend. But when McDowell is found murdered in local woodland, even Craysh is taken aback. Could political differences really have provoked one of his house-guests to murder? Or is the motive altogether more personal?Originally published in 1932, this is a vintage Bri...

Mander's Stores is the newest department store in London. But when its owner and a young shop-worker are discovered murdered amongst the mannequins of the window display, the Store becomes the centre of a decidedly less savoury kind of sensation. Inspector Devenish of the Yard investigates and finds evidence of blackmail, fraudulent patents, tangled love affairs and embezzlement. Devenish is soon forced to admit that there might possibly be such a thing as too many clues...Original...

When Inspector Gibbs investigates the murder of Old Farson of Hance House, he faces one of the most difficult cases of his career. As a moneylender, all of Farson's debtors are under suspicion: but which of them knew that Farson had unexpectedly returned from London that night? And which of them possessed the medical knowledge necessary to deliver such a precise wound to the heart? The police are convinced that aspiring young archaeologist Harry Marish is the obvious suspect. Harry's uncle...