A Rinehart suspense novel

The beautiful redheaded model, Barbara Wentworth, is on trial for murder. All the evidence points to her, but her lawyer Antony Maitland is convinced otherwise. He's certain no one concerned with the case is telling the truth, including his client, but would she sacrifice herself for the sake of a cold-blooded killer?

Two policemen were on trial because of a crime two other men swore they did not commit. Except for the attractive daughter and astrologist mother of one of the policemen, no one wanted to talk about it. What was not being said in the small English town was more than mysterious; it was frightening. Antony Maitland sensed it when he took on the case. Something was going on, something wrong - and those who knew what it was were either lying, not talking, or dead.

Patrick Dawlish vs criminal gangs trying to destroy his reputation and his bosses trying to cut his budget.

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals calls Chief Superintendent Henry Tibbett away from a holiday to help search for a missing dog. A minor mystery takes on sinister overtones when Henry investigates.

In the twentieth novel in this series of detective/spy adventures, Milo March investigates the theft of millions of dollars in bonds and securities from a Wall Street brokerage house. Two young ladies who worked there as bonded secretaries are the prime suspects. When one of them turns up dead in the swamps outside Miami, Milo follows a trail that leads him to a rum-soaked race jockey with Syndicate connections. a beautiful but lonely blonde, ferocious Dobermans, and two gun-toting thugs with homicidal tendencies.

One night in 1968, on the eve of the Russian invasion, 13 year-old Ondrej and his younger brother Kamil are bundled into a coach bound for their father's birthplace, a mountainous, forested village in northern Bohemia. But when they arrive it becomes clear that this escape promises its own perils, and the boys find themselves stranded in a rural community riven with petty suspicion and stained by prejudice, a borderland over which fleeing peoples, victims of genocide, and trigger-happy armies regularly tramp. Growing up in this dark, chaotic landscape, the two boys struggle to make a home for themselves, until a series of unexplained deaths push them to make bold decisions to ensure their survival.

Antony Maitland #14 Antony Maitland has two problems to deal with: a friend has asked him to help an actor who is afraid he may be accused of arson, and a juror on Maitland's case has revealed that an attempt has been made to bribe him. When the actor's fears are realized, and the juror also commits suicide, Maitland can't help getting involved. Before the end, Maitland himself is suspected not only of being behind the attempted bribery, but is arrested for murder as well. And his Uncle Nicholas is away in New York, and will not be pleased to come back and find his nephew in the hands of the police.

Antony Maitland #18 To the citizens of Arkenshaw, Yorkshire, Mr and Mrs Alfred Baker and their twelve foster children represent the ideal family, respected for their closeness and mutual concern. When seventeen-year-old Joe Baker fatally assaults his father, barrister Antony Maitland finds himself with a new client -- a tight-lipped one at that. The bleak industrial town of Arkenshaw is not unfamiliar territory to Maitland, and as he begins to look for the motive that led to his young client's murderous act, he finds himself enmeshed in the tight-knit society of the town, its gossip, and its unwillingness to face the whispered-about activities of its younger generation. - from fictionDb.com

In an unusual departure, Sara Woods takes her latest suspense novel back in time to 1947, when Antony Maitland, recently discharged from the service, is reading law at the farm of a friend in Yorkshire. But the anticipated pastoral quietude is blemished by four seemingly disparate occurrances--the growth of gossip concerning the revival of local witchcraft, rumors of a treasure of gold plate hidden and then lost during the seventeenth-century Civil War, suspicions of lucrative black market activity in the vicinity, and the death of a woman from arsenic poisoning on a nearby farm. Weaving these incidents together against the rustic background of the Yorkshire countryside in what certainly must be Antony Maitland's first big case, Miss Woods tells a fascinating and entertaining story that will surely please her many fans.

This title marks the debut of anthropologist Ellen Christie, who lets an unknown man into her San Francisco apartment. His story of treasure leads them into Chinatown"despite Ellen!s misgivings. From the author of the Death on Demand and the Henrie O series.

From Amazon dot com: "Henry Tibbett is attending an international police conference intended to stop drug-smuggling. The conference is in Switzerland, and it's all a glittering whirl of attractive folks in their best early-1960s attire until one of Henry’s colleagues winds up dead and Henry becomes a suspect."

> When Hubert Denning, the avuncular figure behind a series of spectacular bullion robberies, is released from prison, he goes to stay with his godson, Roger Farrell, and Roger's wife, Meg. Concerned about possible danger with Uncle Hubert around once more, Meg alerts the Farrells' long-time friend, Antony Maitland. Thus, the barrister is not completely unprepared for a midnight call from Roger informing him that a corpse has turned up in the middle of the Farrells' hallway. Despite Roger's avowal of innocence, the police assume he is the prime suspect in the murder. In order to clear Roger's name, Antony must establish who had gained access to the Farrells' house to kill the intruder and who among their guests the previous Sunday might have taken Meg's key, now mysteriously missing, from her handbag. Was it Roger's own sister or brother-in-law, his business partner, his partner's wife, his friend, Victor Barham, the prominent banker, or Barham's daughter Terry? At the same time, the police assert that one million pounds of Hubert Denning's stolen gold is still unaccounted for, and a notorious criminal, improbably named Boney Nelson, is known to be looking for the missing bullion. Maitland's life is repeatedly threatened as he attempts to unravel this particularly hazardous case and recover a fortune in gold.

DEATH AND THE DUTCH UNCLE In which Henry Tibbett, now a full Superintendent, moves into the rarified atmosphere of international politics, following up the mysterious death of a small-time gambler in a seedy British pub. And in which an equally astute and gentle policeman. Inspector Van der Valk (see Nicolas Freeling) of Holland, first encounters the redoubtable Superintendent from New Scotland Yard.

Jane, a widowed sculptress and an old friend of the Tibbetts, settles in Switzerland after her husband's death. Gradually she gets to know people in the village, varying from the shopkeepers and ski instructors to wealthy celebrities. Her cleaning lady is then arrested on suspicion of murdering her philandering husband. Jane's evidence is an important element of the prosecution. Naturally, Jane finds all this very distressing and discusses the case with Henry and Emmy Tibbett, who do some investigation of their own.

From Goodreads: ""It seemed an easy enough scene for Bob Meakin to play. The handsome but aging star was to jam the eyeglasses on his nose as he rushed down the subway stairs, then look around wildly for his girl. The producer of Northburn Films thought they might be able to shoot it in one take. But with the crew in position and the camera rolling, Meakin tripped on the stairs, and fell directly beneath the wheels of the incoming train. At first this appeared to be no more than an appalling accident, but subsequent events convince Inspector Henry Tibbit that murder was added to the script."

Antony Maitland #20 Responding to an urgent call from friend and fellow lawyer Vera Lang Horne, Antony Maitland rushes to the town of Chedcombe only to find a client with a strong motive, but no alibi. Jeremy Skelron is accused of murdering his wife, Lydia, who had refused to divorce him. To complicate matters, there is another woman and, bizzarely, the method of Lydia's murder perfectly parallels the famous Wallace case, which Jeremy, a writer, has been researching.

Antony Maitland #17 The death of Cynthia Edison, an attractive young rising star of the London stage, is dismissed as suicide, but her sister Lynn disagrees. On a nationwide broadcast Lynn accuses a prominent television personality, Paul Granville, of deliberate and premeditated murder, and when the not-unexpected slander suit develops she turns to barrister Antony Maitland for help. Reluctantly Antony agrees to argue what seems to be an open-and-shut case, but when the body of Paul Granville is found and the charge against his client is changed to murder, Antony suddenly finds himself involved in a much more complex case than he bargained for. - from inside front cover

Antony Maitland #22 A suicide note prompts Mrs. Antony Maitland to visit mystery writer Emma Anstey for a few days in the small Yorkshire village of Burton Cecil. The picturesque countryside cannot disguise the bizarre and insidious goings-on she finds there -- poison pen letters, a shocking suicide, counterfeit coins, and murder that disrupt the closely knit community with wild rumors and vicious accusations.

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