Marjorie Eccles

Retells the Greek myth in which the beautiful Pandora, created by the gods, was sent to Earth with a special box she was not to open, an instruction she was not able to follow.

Chief Inspector Lamb and his assistant, Detective Sergeant Cogan investigate two suicides in which neither victim left a note behind to explain what drove him to take his own life, and it appears that nothing untoward had occurred in the weeks preceeding their deaths. Having briefly met both victims, Lamb struggles to connect the impression he gained of the men with their final actions, and his close attention pays off when a postmortem reveals some surprising results.

(Malice Domestic #6) by Anne Perry (Contributor), Edward Marston (Contributor) , Lindsey Davis (Contributor) , Marjorie Eccles (Contributor) , Anthea Fraser (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) , Kerry Greenwood (Contributor) , Susan Moody (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) , Betty Nathan (Contributor) , more… 3.67 · Rating details · 129 Ratings · 21 Reviews Collects seventeen traditional mysteries by such contemporary writers as Marjorie Eccles, Jan Burke, Anthea Fraser, and Edward Marston. Contents: A Dance with Life, Death... and Laughter by Anne Perry The Corbett Correspondence by Edward Marston & Peter Lovesey Like to Die by Catherine Aird Immortality [Sebastian Grady] by Jon L. Breen Ways to Kill a Cat by Simon Brett Mea Culpa by Jan Burke The Gentleman’s Gentleman by Dorothy Cannell Malice Among Friends by Sarah Caudwell True Confessions by Kate Charles Abstain from Beans by Lindsey Davis Time’s Wingèd Chariot by Marjorie Eccles Alternative Reality by Anthea Fraser Come Sable Night by Kerry Greenwood Murder Mid-Atlantic by Edward Marston City Boy by Susan Moody One in Every Family by Betty Nathan The Two Ladies of Rose Cottage by Peter Robinson Sweet Fruition by David Williams

A stranger is murdered in a town in England and soon after a little girl is killed. Was she a witness to the killing, or is her death linked to the unsolved murder of two other girls. Detective Gil Mayo investigates.

"Lady Emily Fitzallan has returned to the country house where she spent her childhood for a family wedding. Leysmorton Manor brings back many memories, especially of her elder sister Clare, who vanished one day after going for a walk, never to return. But the disturbing discovery of a soldier's skeleton at the base of an ancient Yew tree brings the past shockingly into the present. Could the man's untimely death have its roots in Clare's disappearance, which occurred almost half a century ago ...?"--Jacket.