Maurice Procter
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The Chief Inspector's Statement
A small village is the scene of two brutal murders - and everyone is under suspicion. A classic of crime fiction The village of Pennycross…
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His Weight in Gold
Actor turned thief Rafe Tyrrel knows where more than two and a half million pounds is hidden, the proceeds of a Royal Mail train robbery…
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Two Men in Twenty
The XXC mob is giving Scotland Yard a run for its money, but the police have no idea who they are. As the gang is…
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Rich is the Treasure
US Federal agent John Dennison arrives in the UK to meet Chief Inspector Philip Hunter of Scotland Yard, and to find $300,000, smuggled ashore via…
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Exercise Hoodwink
Two Granchester constables find a wrecked, blood-soaked car. But there's no one in it, and no one has turned up at the nearest village. Then,…
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Rogue Running
One Saturday, DC Brabant walks into the CID office of Granchester City Police. He has been at the football, looking for pickpockets, and has had…
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Homicide Blonde
A young girl has been murdered. Then another. Both blonde. A serial killer at work - or a copycat? 'Maurice Procter is a born storyteller'…
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I Will Speak Daggers
Janey Elliott fails to return home one evening from a friend's, and her husband John goes out looking for her car. He and the friend's…
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The Spearhead Death
It looks like a trivial enough incident: a would-be petty thief makes his escape before he has stolen anything. But when the beat constable arrives…
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Three at the Angel
Lou Fingerhut's boxing career is finished, but a golden opportunity drops into his lap, one that could see him right for life. Soon he and…
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Hideaway
Classic police procedural by a 'born storyteller' (Sunday Times), who combined natural flair with his experience in the police to truly authentic effect. When a…
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Moonlight Flitting
A millionaire's sage-green Rolls Royce has been discovered, empty, beside a graveyard, and a little later the murdered body of the millionaire is discovered inside…
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A Body to Spare
Classic police procedural by a 'born storyteller' (Sunday Times), who combined natural flair with his experience in the police to truly authentic effect. There was…
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The Devil Was Handsome
When Sergeant Devery is allotted a female police office to assist him on a plain-clothes prowl he is concerned it will cramp his style. He…
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Devil's Due
An anonymous telephone call reports two murders and a bank robbery, and the following day an advertisement in the local paper reports that £10,000 in…
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Killer at Large
Imprisoned for seven years for killing his fiancée's lover, now Guy Rainer has escaped, and Detective Inspector Martineau is on his trail. Martineau had sent…
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Man in Ambush
Chief Inspector Martineau and Sergeant Devery have every motive for finding and pursuing a killer who murdered their friend and colleague Inspector Robert McQuade, especially…
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The Midnight Plumber
'Maurice Procter's Chief Inspector Martineau is one of fiction's best policemen' New York Times The Plumber's men are swift workers, who take murder in their…
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Hell is a City
Classic police procedural by a 'born storyteller' (Sunday Times), who combined natural flair with his experience in the police to truly authentic effect. Hell is…
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The Dog Man
A cunning burglar is on the loose, nicknamed the Dog Man by police. House after house is broken into while savage dogs remain quiet. Then…
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Devil in Moonlight
An open safe...a bloodstained coat ... a victim too close to home Classic police procedural by a 'born storyteller' (Sunday Times), who combined natural flair…
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The Pub Crawler
Bill Knight is disappointed when he receives his first assignment as a newly inducted policeman, fresh from college. He is asked to go undercover in…