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Those in Peril
Margaret Mayhew
A dramatic saga set during World War II.
France, 1940. Unwilling to witness the fall of his native soil to Germany, artist Louis Duval flees to England, finding lodgings with the beautiful widow Barbara Hillyard. Lieutenant-Commander Alan Powell, charged with sneaking boats across the Channel to gather vital information, recruits Louis, who agrees to return to his occupied homeland and establish a Resistance network there. Barbara's charm soon captures Alan's lonely heart, but will she ever love him, or does she only have eyes for Louis? . . .
UK edition
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Publication Date: 24 Jun 2010
ISBN: 9780727869159
Price: £18.99
Dimensions: 141 x 222
Extent: 432 pages
US edition
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Publication Date: 31 Dec 2006
ISBN: 9780727864444
Price: $28.95
Dimensions: 5.25 x 8.5
Extent: 432 pages
The Lifeline
When a chilling discovery is made in one of the manor's greenhouses, the Frog End villagers rely on the Colonel to reluctantly solve another baffling mystery.
Ruth Harvey has taken over the manor in Frog End, where she runs a successful business and provides gardening therapy. All seems to be going well - until a body is found among the tomato plants in one of the greenhouses. Once again, the manor is the scene of a brutal murder - and the Colonel reluctantly finds himself drawn into solving the mystery.
Bitter Poison
The Colonel turns reluctant sleuth once more when tragedy strikes at a Christmas party, in Margaret Mayhew's latest atmospheric village mystery
Frog End is preparing for its annual Christmas pantomime. Tragedy strikes however when a cast member collapses and dies at a Christmas party, having consumed a rogue mince pie. Was the death an accident - or a malicious revenge strategy masked as an allergic reaction? The Colonel makes it his business to find out.
The Seventh Link
The Colonel turns reluctant sleuth once more when tragedy strikes at a RAF reunion, in the latest atmospheric village mystery from Margaret Mayhew.
The Colonel is pleased when his old friend Geoffrey Cheetham invites him up to the village of Buckby for the weekend, to coincide with a RAF reunion event. His fellow guests at the Cheethams' B&B include a reunited Lancaster bomber crew. But the Colonel finds himself taking on the reluctant role of sleuth once more when tragedy strikes...
Dry Bones
The Colonel returns, in an atmospheric village mystery from best-selling author Margaret Mayhew.
In his time living in the peaceful village of Frog's End, the Colonel has learned that although the place looks as lively as a stagnant pond, there is plenty going on. When he receives a letter from an old friend of his late wife, telling him that 'something horrible has happened' and asking for his help, he is intrigued and happy to assist her. But when he travels up to see Cornelia, he is shocked by what he uncovers, and soon realizes that he must take the investigation into his own hands . . .
The Last Wolf
A thrilling Second World War saga from a much-loved author.
In the summer of 1936, a teenage German boy, Reinhard Richter, is sailing in his father's yacht, Sturmwind, off Scotland. Moored in an island cove, he meets Stroma Mackay and is captivated by her. He persuades her to write to him in Hamburg, and their correspondence continues until war is declared. Reinhard joins the elite U-boat service, while Stroma serves as a plotter in the WRNS, helping fight the desperate battle against the marauding U-boats - the wolf packs. It seems impossible that they will ever meet again . . .
Three Silent Things
A village mystery from a bestselling author
The colonel has been living in peaceful Dorset village Frog's End for nearly a year, and is well respected for his role in solving the murder of the late Lady Swynford. But then the colonel encounters another dead body that of the once-famous actress, Lois Delaney. As the police embark on their investigation, the colonel makes some enquiries of his own and comes up with a most surprising theory . . .