A body is found in Broughton Ash churchyard - male, middle-aged, well-dressed, but with no identification. Only one fact is certain - he was murdered. Superintendent John Lambert and Detective Sergeant Bert Hook are engaged in a battle of wills on the golf course when the call comes in, but murde...
A young, novice prostitute is murdered in Brunton, Lancashire, and Inspector Peach finds himself with a complex and unpleasant case on his hands. He begins to interview local prostitutes and their customers, including a divorced policeman and a Catholic priest at odds with his beliefs. But did on...
‘Luke’s holding his own,’ he said. ‘The hospital people seem to think the worst might be over, but Eleanor’s waiting to see the specialist.’ Lambert and Rushton muttered their relief at this terse summary, and Hook said, ‘Now, can you bring me up to date with what’s been happening in the Durkin m...
For a moment, he didn’t even recognize her. That wasn’t good for a policeman. You needed a good memory for people you’d seen before. Bert usually prided himself on his memory for faces. He was off duty when he was at home; perhaps that’s why he’d switched off. He stirred his mind into reluctant a...
‘I’ve always liked this. I’m so glad you didn’t let that thief get away with it. I should have been very upset.’ Greta was Swedish, but she had lost all trace of her accent, save on the rare occasions when she was excited or angry. She was fourteen years younger than her husband. When she had mar...
You would expect to be able to relax when you reached the haven of the police station. Instead, as an undercover officer coming here from the most dangerous of all situations, he knew that he would be put through a series of tests and interrogations, most of which he did not understand and did no...
That wasn’t usual for Bert, who generally enjoyed his work, despite his routine protests on occasions at the dullness of it. Tonight he came into their home wishing heartily for a little of that dullness. ‘Supper won’t be long,’ she said. He looked at her for a moment as if he had not understood,...
M. Gregson © J. M. Gregson, 2014 J. M. Gregson has asserted his rights under the Copyright, Design and Patents Act, 1988, to be identified as the author of this work. First published in Canada by HarperCollins Publishers Canada, Ltd in 1997. ...
He had to see the dean of the faculty later that morning, and he had been told that the students had made complaints about his teaching. He did not know whether it was really so – you could never be sure when that young fool who taught psychology was serious – but it was worrying. When he had beg...