Eric Brown
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A country house weekend in rural Cornwall ends in murder and mayhem for crime-writer sleuth Donald Langham and his wife Maria.
"It's time to let bygones be bygones. Water under the bridge, right? What happened ... happened a long time ago."
When Langham's literary agent receives a cryptic letter inviting him to spend the weekend at the grand Cornish home of successful novelist Denbigh Connaught, Charles Elder seems reluctant...
"It's time to let bygones be bygones. Water under the bridge, right? What happened ... happened a long time ago."
When Langham's literary agent receives a cryptic letter inviting him to spend the weekend at the grand Cornish home of successful novelist Denbigh Connaught, Charles Elder seems reluctant...
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Itâs the bitterly cold December of 1955, and Donald Langham has been asked by his friend, private detective Ralph Ryland, to assist him on a case. Ryland has been contacted by their old commanding officer, Major Cartwright, who has reasons to believe that his life is under threat at his remote castle in the Scottish Highlands. On arriving at the castle, Langham and Ryland learn that Major Cartwright is attempting to raise the wreck of a German...
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When Matt Hendrick's daughter Sam is kidnapped by his ex-wife Maatje and the malign Dr Hovarth, Hendrick embarks on a quest to track her down and return her to Earth. His journey from planet to exotic planet takes him to . . .Fomalhaut IV . . . What he finds on the easy going backwater world is a bizarre religion and a race of aliens whose rituals promise to bring to dead back to life...Spica III . . . where Hendrick stumbles across a cult whose charismatic...
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London, 1955. When crime writer Donald Langham's literary agent asks for his help in sorting out "a delicate matter," little does Langham realize what he's getting himself into. For a nasty case of blackmail leads inexorably to murder as London's literary establishment is rocked by a series of increasingly bizarre deaths. With three members of the London Crime Writers' Association coming to sudden and violent ends, what at first appeared to be a series...
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The theft of a painting takes crime-writer sleuth Donald Langham to a country house full of seething tensions, resentment and dark secrets.
November, 1956. Lord Elsmere, an old friend of Donald Langham's literary agent, Charles Elder, is in a pickle – his favourite painting, a Gainsborough, has been stolen from under his nose. What's more, there's no evidence of a break-in. The family heirloom was recently re-insured for a hefty price, and Elsmere...
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THE DISCIPLES OF APOLLO collects Eric Brown's finest short fiction, from the contemporary title story, in which the victims of a terrible malaise retreat to a sequestered island to see out their final months, to the far future of Dark Calvary, set on the dying world of Tartarus Major whose sun is about to go nova. Whether set is space of the future, or Earth of the here and now, Brown's stories are imbued with a passionate concern for the human condition...
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The search for a missing artist draws Donald Langham and Ralph Ryland into London's criminal underworld with deadly consequences.
London. April, 1957. Private investigator Donald Langham is approached by retired businessman Vernon Lombard to find his missing son, Christopher. But what appears to be a simple case of a missing artist becomes far more alarming when Langham realizes there's more to Christopher's disappearance than meets the eye, and...
8) Ace Doubles
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Ed Bentley's wife has left him and he's been dropped by his publisher. Still, it's not the end of the world. All he has to do is ghost-write a science-fiction novel for Tuppy Cotton, a YouTuber young enough to be his daughter… When Ed uncovers an unearthly mystery at Tuppy's Yorkshire retreat, everything changes. The world might not be ending, but it will be turned upside down.
Ace Doubles is Eric Brown's dazzling and moving tribute to his heroes:...
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1950's Private Investigator Donald Langham discovers that truth is stranger than fiction when he investigates a murder on an American movie set. 1956. Having just started work as a professional private investigator, Donald Langham's first client is American movie star Suzie Reynard, currently shooting a murder mystery film at Marling Hall, an Elizabethan manor house in the depths of the Norfolk countryside. The film's director – Suzie's lover –...
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Donald Langham and Maria Dupré must navigate a rocky road to find a killer when a body is found next to a standing stone.
Newlyweds Donald Langham and Maria Dupré have moved to the country. They're excited about starting a new life in the picturesque village of Ingoldby-over-Water – and about meeting their new neighbours.
But they've barely moved into Yew Tree Cottage when their new neighbour at Standing Stone Manor, Professor Edwin Robertshaw,...
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This collection gathers eight stories as varied in space and time as they are in theme, and features such tropes as alien visitors, space opera, near future satire, cloning, and even murder-mystery. 'Conway and the Aliens' is set in his popular Starship Seasons future, while 'Dimensions of Deceit' is the latest tale in the Salvageman Ed series. 'The Trees of Terpsichore Three' is a collaboration with Michael Coney. Three stories are original to the...
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‘Can You Walk the Plank in the Dark?’ will take you on a journey of an eight-year-old little boy who dreamed of escaping poverty and cruelty in his young life. Little Eric was watching "Soul Train," drooling over the dancers and asked his big brother where "soul train" was. His big brother said, "California." Little Eric declared that when he's grown, he's going to move to California.
Not only did he go to California, but he also, found riches...
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This traditional 1950s mystery series introduces crime writer Donald Langham and his sleuthing partner, literary agent Maria Dupre, as an engaging detective duo. When London's literary establishment is rocked by a series of bizarre deaths, Langham must draw on the skills of his fictional detective hero as he hunts a fiendishly clever killer with old scores to settle.
Murder by the Book
London, 1955. When crime writer Donald Langham's literary agent...
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And then there was one ... can Donald Langham and Maria Dupré stop a killer who's picking off victims one by one?
December, 1956. Donald Langham's wife Maria Dupré receives a chilling invitation to attend a death at the home of Maxwell Falwell Fenton in Essex. The once-prominent artist has a number of enemies, and has faded into obscurity since the war ended. Is the invitation to his own death or someone else's?
Arriving at Winterfield on a cold...
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Crime writer sleuth Donald Langham is faced with the classic locked-room conundrum in this historical mystery. July, 1955. Donald Langham has interrupted his romantic break in rural Suffolk with the delectable Maria Dupre to assist a fellow writer. Alastair Endicott has requested Langham's help in discovering what's happened to his father, Edward, who seems to have disappeared without trace from inside his locked study. Before he vanished, the elder...
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Targets — Eric Brown
Goddess with a Human Heart — Jeannette Ng
The Pink Life(La Vie En Rose) — Nathan Susnik
These Are the Ways — Premee Mohamed
The Black Tide — Laura Duerr
The Starchitect — Barry Charman
Arthur Kovic's Days of Change — Michael Teasdale
The Folger Variation — Chris Kelso
SF Poetry by Lauren Harwyn, Louise Peterkin, Colin McGuire
Cover — The Rescue of Sister, by Stephen Pickering
Flash Fiction Competition
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In 1931, the Olympics were awarded to Berlin. However the Germany hosting the event five years later would be a very different place. Adolf Hitler had come to power in the meantime and the Nazis eagerly grasped the propaganda opportunity the Olympics represented. The scale of the 1936 Games would amaze the world and begin Olympic traditions that remain to this day. Although some at the time tried to organise boycotts, all too few saw the rotting truth...
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Explore the history of England from start to end . . .
Are you fascinated by English history?
Are you studying for an exam or just have a passing interest in the subject?
This audiobook is a must listen for anyone who wants to know a bit more!
England is a fascinating and intriguing country. From its pre-Christian roots, through Roman occupation, Viking invaders, the Norman Conquest and the building of the largest empire the world has known, this...
20) Ancient History: A Concise Overview of Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, and Ancient Rome: Including
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Explore the history and mythology of Egypt, Greece and Rome!
*** Three books In 1 - Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome ***
Ancient Egypt:
Through exploring the ancient Egyptian ruins and tombs, we have been able to learn much about their way of life, views of the afterlife, religious beliefs, dynasties, invasions from foreign kingdoms, battle tactics, family, and more.
In this book you will find:
How Egypt came to become the first empire
The...