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Murder among Those Present
London
:
Hammond
,
1957
Z1239673
1957
single work
novel
crime
detective
"This is not a novel of the underworld, nor of hard-hitting, wise-cracking detectives. It is the story of ordinary, everyday people trying to live normally in the shadow of a menace they cannot understand.
Life was peaceful in the little town of Sutton in rural Tasmania, and attractive schoolmistress Noel Vicary looked forward with confident serenity to her future with her fiance, Dr. Tony Gray - until the unexpected death of pretty, wanton Joy Davis.
Although Noel had scarcely known Joy, she learned, with growing dismay, that more than one of her friends had had cause to hate and fear the dead girl. Soon, Noel found herself in a web of conflicting loyalties. She had neither the desire nor any particular aptitude for the role of amateur detective, but her conviction that Joy had been murdered, plus her impulsive nature, led her deeper and deeper into the morass of terror and suspicion.
And as death struck again, and yet again, with apparent meaningless fury, horror and panic spread throughout the township, and Noel was unwillingly forced to realise that among the faces of her friends she must select the mask of the murderer. Even so, she was unprepared for the tragic truth when she stumbled, quite by accident, on the solution of the mystery, and realised, too late, that her knowledge might cost her her life."
-Publisher's blurb.
London : Hammond , 1957 - y Now Seek My Bones London : Hammond , 1957 Z186620 1957 single work novel crime London : Hammond , 1957
- y House of Hate London : Hammond , 1958 Z1239676 1958 single work novel crime detective London : Hammond , 1958
- y Gently Dust the Corpse London : Hammond, Hammond , 1960 Z207708 1960 single work novel crime London : Hammond, Hammond , 1960
- y Let the Man Die London : Hammond , 1961 Z512870 1961 single work novel crime London : Hammond , 1961
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And Death Came Too
London
:
Hammond
,
1961
Z1239679
1961
single work
novel
crime
detective
"Dr Tony Gray and his attractive wife, Noel, had looked forward to a well-earned holiday. No premonition warned them that Death was to be their constant travelling companion, following them with relentless persistence from busy city to peaceful countryside.
Trouble began in a Melbourne cafe, when Noel impulsively went to the assistance of an appealing young stranger with an embarrassing situation.Those few steps across the cafe floor led Noel out of her normal well-ordered world into the nightmare jungle of the Melbourne underworld, and her spontaneous act of helpfulness earned her the bitter enmity of one of that jungle's denizens.
Bewildered, a trifle alarmed, and more than a trifle annoyed by the unwelcome attentions they had drawn upon themselves, Noel and Tony doggedly tried to enjoy their holiday as planned but found themselves becoming more and more deeply involved in the activities of law breakers on the one hand and the police on the other.
A fascinating Australian setting."
-Publisher's blurb.
London : Hammond , 1961 - y Night on Penwith London : Hammond, Hammond , 1961 Z806595 1961 single work novel London : Hammond, Hammond , 1961
- y Who Dies for Me? London : Hammond , 1962 Z810236 1962 single work novel science fiction crime London : Hammond , 1962
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Swing High Sweet Murder
London
:
Hammond
,
1962
Z810239
1962
single work
novel
crime
A murder takes place among a group of Australian tennis internationals, who are gathered at a luxury tennis benefit run by two brothers.
London : Hammond , 1962 - y Mimic a Murderer London : Hammond , 1964 Z810230 1964 single work novel crime London : Hammond , 1964
- y A Corpse Won't Sing London : Hammond , 1964 Z810233 1964 single work novel crime London : Hammond , 1964
- y Death of a Golden Goose London : Hammond , 1965 Z1239682 1965 single work novel crime detective London : Hammond , 1965
- y The Ringnecker London : Hammond , 1965 Z810242 1965 single work novel crime London : Hammond , 1965
- y A Corpse at Least London : Hammond , 1966 Z810245 1966 single work novel London : Hammond , 1966
- y Murder's Burning London : Hammond , 1967 Z810203 1967 single work novel London : Hammond , 1967
- y Death in Dream Time London : Hammond & Co. , 1959 Z77722 1959 single work novel crime London : Hammond , 1992