Author : Michael Gilbert
Publisher : House of Stratus
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 11,84 MB
Release : 2012-09-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0755132386
Patrick Petrella finds himself dealing with arson, blackmail, fraud, forgery and murder. The Thames is a focus for some of the stories, as it is convenient for the dumping of a body and also for arrivals from abroad. This is a fitting accompaniment to the stories contained in the other Petrella volumes.
Author : Michael Gilbert
Publisher : House of Stratus
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 38,19 MB
Release : 2012-09-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 075514676X
The slaughter of World War I in the trenches continues unabated. Luke Pagan finds himself in the Intelligence Corps, investigating an illegal organisation controlled by a Belgian, which is encouraging British soldiers to desert and move across to the German side. Pagan enters dangerous territory and faces disaster.
Author : Michael Gilbert
Publisher : House of Stratus
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 33,67 MB
Release : 2012-09-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 075513222X
Oliver Nugent takes on a derelict pharmaceutical firm. He encounters ruthless opposition, and counteracts with some unscrupulous methods of his own. It seems no one is above blackmail and all is fair in big business battles. Then a threat, alluding to a time when Oliver was in charge of an SS camp, jeopardizing all that he has worked for.
Author : Michael Gilbert
Publisher : House of Stratus
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 48,69 MB
Release : 2012-09-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0755146700
A TV actress is murdered and it would seem that the alleged perpetrator has been framed. As the investigation progresses the reader is not fooled into taking an incorrect conclusion, but that is not to say the ending is perhaps one of the most ingenious and surprising to be found in this genre. Full of detail and strong rounded characters.
Author : Michael Gilbert
Publisher : House of Stratus
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 18,68 MB
Release : 2012-09-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0755146530
A gripping spy thriller with a deserved reputation. Philip sees an announcement in ‘The Times’ from an old friend who has instructed the newspaper to publish only if they don’t hear from him. This sets a trail running through Europe, with the Kremlin, defectors, agitators and the People’s Court setting the background to a very realistic story ...
Author : Michael Gilbert
Publisher : House of Stratus
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 20,53 MB
Release : 2012-09-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0755132211
On a commuter train, Paddy sees a man attempting suicide. Intervening, he prevents it. However, the next day the man is found dead, and Paddy believes it to be suspicious. Roping in a friend and lawyer, he determines to discover the truth. They become increasingly suspicious of the dead man’s employers who appear to hire very dangerous staff.
Author : Michael Gilbert
Publisher : House of Stratus
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 16,11 MB
Release : 2012-09-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0755146859
This novel once again features Inspector Hazlerigg. It is a gangster suspense thriller about the post-war black market. There is robbery, murder, and smuggling in a volume that contains all of the ingredients of a first class tale.
Author : Michael Gilbert
Publisher : House of Stratus
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 50,62 MB
Release : 2012-09-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0755146735
More short stories about the deceptively harmless but sometimes lethal pair of agents, Calder and Behrens. The first story deals with Behrens pre-Calder days inside wartime Germany, and the adventures progress through time to the late twentieth century. The pair are ruthless in disposing of wrongdoers and enemies of the state.
Author : Michael Gilbert
Publisher : House of Stratus
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 19,20 MB
Release : 2012-09-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0755146646
The Regional Crime Squad is after an organised crime empire involved with drug smuggling. David Morgan goes undercover and finds himself posing as a vagrant so as to track down a former employee who knows of the whereabouts of incriminating documents. This is a 'Snakes and Ladders' operation with twists and ranges from London to Florence.
Author : Michael Gilbert
Publisher : House of Stratus
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 11,25 MB
Release : 2012-09-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 075514659X
Victoria Lamartine is on trial for the murder of her lover. There are only five suspects including Lamartine. But evidence that doesn’t fit the police theory of the crime has been ignored, whilst all of the damming evidence is presented in isolation. There also appears to be links to gold smuggling. There is also a final twist and conclusion.
