The Dartmoor Murders

The Dartmoor Murders
Author: Stephanie Austin
Publisher: Allison & Busby Ltd
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2021-06-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0749027959

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When Juno Browne purchases a wardrobe to stock in her fledgling antiques store, she doesn't expect to find a dead body inside. And when the man she bought it from, rascally farmer Fred Crick, is found battered to death in his blazing cottage, the hunt for a double murderer is on. Despite the police struggling to connect the two deaths, this time Juno is resolved to ignore her impulse to investigate. Until, that is, a stranger arrives who bears an uncanny resemblance to the dead man in the wardrobe. Determined to discover how his identical twin brother died and impressed by Juno's reputation in the local press as Ashburton's amateur sleuth, Henry tries to drag her into his quest to solve the mystery, with disastrous results.

The Dartmoor Murders

The Dartmoor Murders
Author: STEPHANIE. AUSTIN
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2021-07
Genre:
ISBN: 9780369368157

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The Dartmoor Murders

The Dartmoor Murders
Author: Stephanie Austin
Publisher: Devon Mysteries
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2021-11-18
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780749027018

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When Juno Browne purchases a wardrobe to stock in her fledgling antiques store, she doesn't expect to find a dead body inside. And when the man she bought it from, rascally farmer Fred Crick, is found battered to death in his blazing cottage, the hunt for a double murderer is on. Despite the police struggling to connect the two deaths, this time Juno is resolved to ignore her impulse to investigate. Until, that is, a stranger arrives who bears an uncanny resemblance to the dead man in the wardrobe. Determined to discover how his identical twin brother died and impressed by Juno's reputation in the local press as Ashburton's amateur sleuth, Henry Gillow tries to drag her into his quest to solve the mystery, with disastrous results.

The Sittaford Mystery

The Sittaford Mystery
Author: Agatha Christie
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 218
Release: 2009-03-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0061752207

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The Sittaford Mystery is Dame Agatha at her most intriguing, as a séance in a snowbound house predicts a particularly grisly murder. In a remote house in the middle of Dartmoor, six shadowy figures huddle around a table for a seance. Tension rises as the spirits spell out a chilling message: "Captain Trevelyan . . . dead . . . murder." Is this black magic or simply a macabre joke? The only way to be certain is to locate Captain Trevelyan. Unfortunately, his home is six miles away and, with snowdrifts blocking the roads, someone will have to make the journey on foot. . . .

Death Comes to Dartmoor

Death Comes to Dartmoor
Author: Stephanie Austin
Publisher: Allison & Busby Ltd
Total Pages: 298
Release: 2023-01-19
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0749029919

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Returning from a brief holiday, Juno Browne is relieved to find that no one has been murdered in the picturesque Dartmoor town of Ashburton while she was away. Though uncharitable friends suggest that the quiet was simply due to her absence. Just as she's settling back into her routine at the antiques shop and as domestic helper and dog walker, the brutal killing of local journalist Sandy Thomas shocks the town and Juno is swept up into a fresh murder inquiry. What was Sandy really investigating on the night she was killed? With a spate of dog kidnappings to contend with as well, the Devon countryside never felt less tranquil, and inevitably Juno's amateur sleuthing skills will be called upon once again .

Death on Dartmoor

Death on Dartmoor
Author: Bernie Steadman
Publisher: Open Road Media
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2018-06-25
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1913682838

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In Devon, England, two bodies in a bog send a police detective into the middle of a murky mystery . . . When an amateur archaeologist makes an unusual find, she calls a scholar at a local college. But this discovery—two headless, handless bodies buried in a bog on Dartmoor—doesn’t re-quire a professor but the police. DI Dan Hellier isn’t sure how he can identify the victims when nobody has reported them miss-ing. And the tension mounts when the death of a young man plunges Hellier into the murky world of the Garrett family. Could the peaceful, family-run Animal Rescue Centre really be a cover for murder and other criminal activity? Hellier is about to learn just how far people will go to get what they want. And this investiga-tion will challenge Hellier’s decisions as he races to catch a murderer before it’s too late. Previously published as Death and the Good Son by B.A. Steadman.

Death on Dartmoor Edge

Death on Dartmoor Edge
Author: Stephanie Austin
Publisher: Allison & Busby Ltd
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2024-09-19
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0749031239

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Juno Browne, self-proclaimed Domestic Goddess who can turn her hand to cleaning, dog walking or home help jobs, is feeling overworked and underpaid. Her elderly client, Maisie is demanding more of her time and staff absences at the Ashburton antiques shop she also owns are making business difficult. She is not the only one with problems, very serious problems however. Her friend Elizabeth is being blackmailed, and dear Ricky's errant nephew is on the run from criminals in London. Juno's attempts to help take her from an isolated manor house on Dartmoor to London's glittering theatreland. Can she avoid being fatally entangled in threads of deceit and murder?

The Formula for Murder

The Formula for Murder
Author: Carol McCleary
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Total Pages: 472
Release: 2013-08-27
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780765367105

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History, mystery, murder, and mad science accompany plucky Victorian newspaper reporter Nellie Bly when she travels to the haunted moors of England to investigate the mysterious death of another journalist alongside H.G. Wells, Oscar Wilde, and Arthur Conan Doyle.

Dead on Dartmoor

Dead on Dartmoor
Author: Stephanie Austin
Publisher: Allison & Busby Ltd
Total Pages: 318
Release: 2019-10-24
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 074902447X

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On the day Juno Browne's van goes up in flames and nearly cooks a dog, Juno meets James Westershall, owner of Moorworthy Chase, a large family estate. She is invited, along with her friends from Old Nick's, to bring along their goods for sale to an upcoming garden fete. Included in the invitation is the newest and most irritating member of the Old Nick's team, Gavin. During the fete Gavin wanders off and is later discovered dead in nearby woods, apparently the victim of a bizarre accident. A police investigation ensues, but results are inconclusive and Juno has a theory of her own. As she begins to investigate, she discovers that Gavin's is not the only strange death to have occurred at Moorworthy Chase, including that of an expert, researching colonies of rare bats in caves on the Moorworthy Estate. It soon becomes clear to Juno that there is something very wrong at Moorworthy and the caves contain a dark and dangerous secret.

Hymn to Murder (Hugh Corbett 21)

Hymn to Murder (Hugh Corbett 21)
Author: Paul Doherty
Publisher: Headline
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2020-07-23
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 147225919X

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Hugh Corbett returns in the twenty-first gripping mystery in Paul Doherty's ever-popular series. If you love the historical mysteries of C. J. Sansom, E. M. Powell and Bernard Cornwell you will love this. Secrets simmer in the lonely wasteland of Dartmoor. Spring, 1312. At Malmaison Manor, Lord Simon is concealing a dark secret - one he arrogantly assumes will never catch up with him. But someone knows about the crime he committed and they've found a way to make him pay. And he's not alone. When he is found mysteriously slain, other deaths soon follow. Meanwhile, ships on the Devonshire coast are being deliberately wrecked, their crews slaughtered, their cargoes plundered. Sir Hugh Corbett and Lord Simon are bound by the Secret Chancery and their search for one precious ruby - the Lacrima Christi. So, when Corbett learns of Lord Simon's death, he is once more dragged into a tangled web of lies and intrigue and it's not long before secrets of his own start to surface. As the Hymn to Murder reaches its crescendo, can Corbett confront his past and live to see another day? Praise for Paul Doherty's dark and suspenseful novels: 'His fascination for history comes off the page' Daily Express 'An opulent banquet to satisfy the most murderous appetite' Northern Echo 'Deliciously suspenseful, gorgeously written and atmospheric' Historical Novels Review 'Paul Doherty has a lively sense of history . . . evocative and lyrical descriptions' New Statesmen