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When Marcus Willoughby is found dead at his desk in his new home, no crocodile tears are shed. His demise is even presented on air, during his pre-recorded radio show Marcus having been 'choked off' for good while in full flow. His arrival in the village had obviously caused a few already guilty hearts to beat faster, and precipitates the hasty confessions of dark deeds thought long since buried.

Lady Amanda Golightly of Belchester Towers is a person in complete contrast to the stereotypical image of one of her breeding. She is short, portly, and embarrassingly forthright. If she wasn't calling a spade a shovel, it was only because she was calling it 'trumps'! On a visit to a local nursing home where an old business partner of her father's is residing, she unexpectedly discovers a long-lost friend, Hugo Cholmondley-Crichton-Crump—and stumbles upon murder as well.

Sebastian Snail has just finished decorating his hall. After he has scrubbed his shell clean, he decides he has done a magnificent job, and ought to advertise his services and good taste to others who would like to transform their homes. What he fails to realise is that his hall only looks fantastic because of all the hard work his butler Snodgrass Hopper has put in, while Sebastian is soaking in a nice bubbly bath. With his oldest and best friend, Caruthers Caterpillar, in tow, the over-confident snail starts another job that could land them in big - and expensive - trouble.

Sebastian Snail is a very bored snail, and has always wanted to be famous. At Halloween, after throwing a big party for all his friends and neighbours, he decides to go ghost hunting with his best friend, Caruthers Caterpillar. At dead-of-night, they set off into the dark, in search of witches and ghosts, and things that go bump in the night! And they're headed for Halloween House - a house that is said to he haunted.....!

A bored Sebastian Snail decides to look through all the junk in the attic of his stately home, Pail Manor. As he sorts through things long forgotten, he finds an old family map which, to Sebastian's eyes, looks like a treasure map. Along with his friend, Caruthers Caterpillar, he hatches a plan to find the family treasure, but without interference from his snooty butler, Snodgrass Hopper. And so, secretly, they set out with the map, with no idea of what lies ahead of them!

On Christmas Day DI Harry Falconer and DS Davy Carmichael are summoned to a block of apartments in Market Darley, to investigate the unexplained death of a young woman whose fiancé was due to move in with her on New Year's Day.

`A mischievously entertaining crime novel' SIMON BRETT Choked Off is the second instalment in The Falconer Files, Andrea Frazer's insanely gripping detective series chock-full of picture-postcard villages, dastardly deeds and a delightful slice of humour. Perfect for fans of Agatha Christie, Lillian Jackson Braun and Midsomer Murders. READER'S CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF ANDREA'S QUIRKY CRIME NOVELS! ***** 'Once I started to read this book I just couldn't stop. It's full of mystery, love and suspense. The 1st book of this series was great... I would recommend this book... Loved it!!!' Reader Review...

The Falconer Files Brief Cases follows DI Harry Falconer and DS Carmichael solving murders in and around Market Darley. Each story presents a unique murder mystery with a seasonal or thematic twist.

It's nearly Christmas in Belchester and the carol singers are out in full swing. So too are the thieves! A spate of burglaries is under way and the police are baffled. When Belchester Towers becomes a target, Lady Amanda Golightly is determined to get to the bottom of it all. None of the usual criminal types in the city seem to be involved, but after a bit of lateral thinking and old chum Hugo's help, Lady Amanda is off, sniffing after a totally unsuspected scent ...

Abigail Wentworth is looking forward to her reunion lunch with Alison Fairweather. They are old schoolfriends who met twice a year, usually for Alison to dish the dirt on the others they had known when they were younger—and for Abigail to gloat over their 'inferior' circumstances, in comparison to her own respectable existence.

The body of a woman has been discovered in Castle Farthing Woods, and it appears that although she had been dead for years, nobody had ever reported her missing. DI Harry Falconer of the Market Darley police is perplexed - and not only in his working life. He has recently resumed his relationship with psychologist Dr. Honey Dubois - but while visiting a local village in the course of his investigations, unsettling memories of a former love are revived.

In the village of Castle Farthing a mean-spirited, spiteful, curmudgeonly old man is found drugged and strangled in the kitchen of his cottage, with no obvious clues to the perpetrator of the crime. DI Falconer and Acting DS Carmichael are summoned from the police headquarters in the nearby town of Market Darley and begin to uncover a web of grudges against the old man and a sea of familial connections between those who knew him.

The town has recently opened it's new theatre and the Town's Women's Guild is to present it's first live performances of the pantomime 'Jack and the Beanstalk' - over Christmas. DI Harry Falconer has managed to duck two days spent over the festive season in the Carmichael household by pleading other commitments, but treating the whole family, himself included, to tickets to the first performance, on Boxing Day.

Follow the exploits of the eccentric Lady Amanda Golightly and her loyal friend Hugo as they stumble upon murder and mayhem whilst navigating English country life. In Strangeways to Oldham, Amanda discovers a long-lost friend in a nursing home and promptly falls into a murder mystery. Refusing to be seen as a "silly old biddy," Amanda and Hugo dust off their sleuthing skills to outwit the police.

A regional television programme, Get One Over, where amateurs search for and discover antiques and valuable objects in junk shops, has captured the nation’s zeitgeist and gone nationwide. The Christmas episode is to be filmed in Market Darley, and being antiques fans, Miss Emily Jarvis, and DI Falconer and DS Carmichael plan to be in town to bump into the stars of the programme. Carmichael loves the programme for its jokey narrator, but Falconer, along with a host of other viewers, hates the man’s rude and condescending commentary.

Une émission de télévision régionale, Get One Over, dans laquelle des amateurs recherchent et découvrent des antiquités et des objets de valeur dans des brocantes, a capturé l’esprit du temps du pays et s’est répandue dans tout le pays. L’épisode de Noël doit être tourné à Market Darley, et en tant que fans d’antiquités, Miss Emily Jarvis, l’inspecteur Falconer et l’inspecteur Carmichael prévoient d’être en ville pour rencontrer les stars de l’émission. Carmichael aime l’émission pour son narrateur plaisant, mais Falconer, ainsi qu’une foule d’autres ...

Stepford Stacey est un petit village sans prétention, dont le plus grand atout est sa petite mais excellente école primaire anglicane. Cet établissement délicieusement désuet, composé de seulement deux classes, l'une pour les tout-petits, l'autre pour les juniors, est dirigé par les mêmes dames depuis des décennies. C'est l'année où la directrice, Audrey Finch-Matthews, doit prendre sa retraite, que le bon fonctionnement de cet établissement scolaire établi de longue date est interrompu par un meurtre. Lorsque l'inspecteur-détective Harry Falconer et le sergent-détective ...

Le Royaume-Uni connaît son pire hiver depuis des années. Des nouvelles catastrophiques pour l'inspecteur Harry Falconer, qui a promis de passer Noël avec son sergent Carmichael et sa famille turbulente à Castle Farthing - pour finalement se retrouver coincé par la neige et passer beaucoup plus de temps chez Carmichael que ce qui serait souhaitable... Sans électricité ni téléphone, et Castle Farthing coupé du monde extérieur jusqu'à nouvel ordre, le jour de Noël les accueille... avec un meurtre dans l'église St Cuthbert, où le vicaire suppléant a découvert, à sa grande ...

Meurtre au Manoir le cinquième volet de Falconer Files d'Andrea Frazer, une série policière remplie de villages de cartes postales, d'actes ignobles et d'une délicieuse touche d'humour. Jefferson Grammaticus et ses partenaires commerciaux, Jocelyn et Jerome Freeman, ont passé deux ans à rénover en profondeur un bâtiment vieux de deux cents ans, situé dans un vaste parc, avec la rivière Darle comme limite nord. Les travaux de construction étaient désormais terminés, la décoration et l'ameublement étaient dans les pièces aménagées, de riches rideaux ornaient les fenêtres et...

TRADUCTION RÉVISÉE Le premier volet de The Falconer Files, la série policière villageoise incroyablement captivante d'Andrea Frazer avec une délicieuse touche d'humour. Parfait pour les fans d'Agatha Christie, de Lillian Jackson Braun et d'Inspecteur Barnaby. Dans le village de Castle Farthing, un vieil homme méchant, rancunier et grincheux est retrouvé drogué et étranglé dans la cuisine de sa maison, sans aucun indice évident sur l'auteur du crime. L'inspecteur Falconer et le sergent-chef intérimaire Carmichael sont convoqués au siège de la police de la ville voisine de ...