Bøker av Brian Flynn

';Hard luck to be murdered just after your horse has won the Derby! Don't you think so, Doctor?'Julius Maitland, the millionaire horse trainer is excited about his horse's chance to win the Derby. His wife's horse is also strongly fancied. In a neck and neck finish, Maitland's horse takes the race, his wife's in second.In a national sensation, the winner is disqualified. A telephone call the day after the race summons the police to a house where Maitland's murdered body is found and he has been dead for at least two days. When Sir Austin Kemble, Commissioner of Police is asked to investigate, he immediately summons his friend Anthony Bathurst. But can Bathurst make sense of a case when the stakes are this high?The Five Red Fingers was originally published in 1929. This new edition features an introduction by crime fiction historian Steve Barge.';Undeniably exciting and mysterious' Bystander';The detective interest and the sporting interest are skilfully interwoven.' Northern Whig';A well-told tale of crime and detection' Aberdeen Press and Journal

';This is not suicide, gentlemen. This is murder! Cold-blooded murder! The sooner we get the police here and find Sir Eustace Vernon, the better!'Christmas Eve at Vernon House is in full swing. Sir Eustace's nearest and dearest, and the great and the good of Mapleton, are all there. But the season of comfort and joy doesn't run true to form. Before the night is out, Sir Eustace has disappeared and his butler, Purvis, lies dead, poisoned, with a threatening message in his pocket. Or is it her pocket?That same evening, Police Commissioner Sir Austin Kemble and investigator Anthony Bathurst are out for a drive. They come across an abandoned car at a railway crossing, and find a body Sir Eustace Vernon, plus two extraordinary additions. One, a bullet hole in the back of his head. Two, a red bon-bon in his pocket with a threatening message attached.The Murders near Mapleton was originally published in 1929. This new edition includes an introduction by crime fiction historian Steve Barge.

"Anonymity is such a terribly strong position in which to entrench one's self. To you I am Sheila Delaney - to me you are - an unknown quantity."At the Hunt Ball in Westhampton, Sheila Delaney dances the night away with a stranger - a man who wanted only to be known as Mr X. At the end of the evening, he departs as mysteriously as he appeared.Months later, private investigator Anthony Bathurst is approached by the Crown Prince of Clorania over a nasty blackmail case.At the same time a sea-side dentist finds that the girl he was treating has been found dead, apparently injected with cyanide.The three events prove to be intimately related, and Anthony Bathurst and Chief Detective-Inspector Bannister find themselves on the trail of an exceptionally ruthless murderer.The Mystery of the Peacock's Eye was originally published in 1928. This new edition includes an introduction by crime fiction historian Steve Barge."One of the ablest pieces of misdirection one could wish to meet" Sutherland Scott

';Mr. Laurence P. Stewart was murdered last night in his library. He was found with his skull battered in!'Peter Daventry, a young lawyer, receives instructions from a rich client to purchase three valuable artefacts once belonging to Mary, Queen of Scots. It's a singular request, with no limit on the money to be paid at the auction. But the day after Daventry inspects the items, they are stolen from the auction house and a security guard is found horribly murdered.The next morning, Daventry and his colleagues are startled to discover that the client, miles away at his country house, has also been slain in a room locked from the inside. Faced with such a dilemma, there's only one thing that can be done call for Anthony Bathurst, detective extraordinaire.The Case of the Black Twenty-Two was originally published in 1928. This new edition includes an introduction by crime fiction historian Steve Barge.';Convincingly detailed' Birmingham Gazette';A skilful piece of work' Bystander';An exciting murder mystery' Daily Whig';A fine yarn, splendidly told' Western Mail';There is a realism and directness about this mystery story that ranks it among the best' Dundee Courier

I was awakened by a piercing scream that echoed and re-echoed through the house. It came from the floor below!';Murder! Murder! Help! Help! Murder!'The setting is Considine Manor in Sussex, where Sir Charles is holding his annual Cricket Week. But the house-party is marred by the discovery of a dead body in the billiard room, not to mention the fact that Lady Considine's pearls have been stolen. Can Inspector Baddeley catch the criminal, or will it take the super-sleuth Anthony Lotherington Bathurst to discover the diabolical truth?The Billiard-Room Mystery was originally published in 1927. This new edition features an introduction by crime fiction historian Steve Barge.';A classic of its type' Nottingham Herald';A very good yarn . . . off the usual lines and most ingeniously contrived' Bystander