Carolus Deene is summoned to Suffolk to investigate the murder of Lillianne Bomberger, a writer of detective fiction, whose body was found buried in the sand in an upright position with only the head
When Ernest Rafter is murdered with a coal hammer in a seaside town, schoolmaster Carolus Deene becomes determined to solve the seemingly perfect crime
Carolus Deene becomes involved in his latest adventure when a famous restaurateur is threatened by a protection racketeer and a well-known writer of cookbooks is murdered under extraordinary circumsta
Richard Hoysden's body is discovered in his country flat, apparently a suicide. Missing from the room is a tape of Hoysden's last moments in which he confesses to the murder of a young woman. Lady Dro