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Author
Series
Dorothy Martin mysteries volume 13
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Dorothy Martin and her husband, retired Chief Constable Alan Nesbitt, are invited to join their close friends Nigel and Inga Evans at a Welsh music festival. When a tragic accident takes the life of one of the choir, and the same fate befalls the star soloist, Dorothy and Alan find themselves in the midst of an investigation as tumultuous, passionate and complicated as any opera.
Author
Series
Dorothy Martin mysteries volume 15
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Dorothy Martins husband, Alan Nesbitt, is heavily involved in the complex and lengthy process of choosing a new bishop for Sherebury Cathedral. The very day that the short list is announced publicly, one of the candidates is found murdered in his own church. With a long list of possible suspects, including Alan himself, Dorothy and Alan start to delve into the history of the victim, hoping to find some clue to a motive for murder.
Author
Series
Dorothy Martin mysteries volume 19
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
When Dorothy goes to France, she is embroiled in mysteries: a woman drowning in quicksand; a man suffering a near-fatal fall; and a missing archaeologist all connected to a monk named Abelard, who has been dead for almost nine hundred years. When another body is found, Dorothys ability to think outside the box unravels a despicable scheme.
Author
Series
Publisher
John Daniel & Co
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
In 1904 South Bend, Indiana, recently married Hilda Johansson Cavanaugh struggles with her adjustment from being a servant to that of the wife to the affluent Patrick. Worse she finds herself isolated from her spouse's upper crust family and friends while her former working class peers snub her. Despite her unsettling circumstances, Hilda agrees to help her only remaining friend Norah O'Neill after the police arrest Norah's husband Sean, accusing...
Author
Series
Dorothy Martin mysteries volume 11
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Dorothy Martin and her husband, retired chief constable Alan Nesbitt, while on holiday in the English village of Broadway, discover the body of a man in a quarry, and as the police have no suspects Dorothy investigates.
Author
Series
Hilda Johansson mysteries volume 7
Publisher
Perseverance Press/John Daniel & Co
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
It's a heat wave in more ways than one in the summer of 1905, as strikes, arson, and train wrecks threaten the fabric of civilized society in South Bend, Indiana. In the tumultuous first years of the twentieth century, anarchy seems to rule, with the assassination of an American president and labor unrest.
Author
Series
Dorothy Martin mysteries volume 16
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
One late-summer's evening, before the beginning of the new term, Dorothy Martin and her husband, retired police detective Alan Newbitt, are guests at Sherebury University art department's drinks party to introduce the new teaching assistant sculptress Gillian Roberts. However, tragedy strikes on a tour of the art department, when the lift breaks down ans a corpse is discovered at the bottom of the shaft. Dorothy and Alan become involved in the ensuing...
Author
Series
Dorothy Martin mysteries volume 21
Publisher
Severn House Publishers, LTD
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Dorothy Martin and her husband Alan have been invited to rural Suffolk to take part in the christening of the newest member of the aristocratic Montcalm family. But on arriving at Dunham Manor, they discover the household in turmoil as the ceremonial dagger used in Montcalm family christenings for generations past has gone missing. Dorothy and Alan offer their help in locating the ancient heirloom, but when a stranger is murdered in the villagestabbed...
Author
Series
Dorothy Martin mysteries volume 24
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
While in the historic city of Bath to celebrate her birthday, Dorothy and her husband, retired chief constable Alan Nesbit, discover stolen items in the trunk of their car and are swept into a dark conspiracy as they seek to prove their innocence and catch a thief.
American Anglophile Dorothy Martin is celebrating her birthday in the historic city of Bath, but the discovery of a number of stolen artefacts throws her plans awry. Retired chief constable...
14) A deadly web
Author
Series
Dorothy Martin mysteries volume 25
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"When an 'unofficial' relative of Alan's arrives from the States, Dorothy and Alan are drawn into a tangled web of murder and lies. Dororthy Martin is more than capable of dozing during a raging storm in her snug house in Sherebury, but the loud ping of an unexpected text on her husband Alan's phone quickly wakes her up. Alan's unofficial great-niece, Lucy Bowman, is coming over from the States for a conference. When Lucy arrives, she gushes about...
Author
Series
Dorothy Martin mysteries volume 12
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Dorothy Martin and her husband, retired Chief Constable Alan Nesbitt, have just visited Buckingham Palace, where Alan was awarded the George Cross, when they and a friend, retired Chief Inspector Jonathan Quinn, stumble across the body of a young girl hidden in St. James Park. Wondering what led to the unfortunate girl's demise, Dorothy can't help but get involved in the case when Jonathan calls the next day and admits he knew who the victim was.
Author
Series
Publisher
Walker
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
When Swedish immigrant Hilda Johansson finds a dead body at the Studebaker estate she is working at, the family goes to great lengths to prevent Hilda from becoming involved in the investigation, but after doing some sleuthing on her own, Hilda discovers the family is hiding a deadly secret.
18) Blood will tell
Author
Series
Dorothy Martin mysteries volume 17
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
American Anglophile Dorothy Martin tackles a tricky puzzle in the historic university town of Cambridge. Dorothy Martin isn't overly enthusiastic when her husband, retired police detective Alan Nesbitt, invites her to accompany him to a conference in Cambridge, picturing cramped student accommodation. But St. Stephen's turns out to be recently renovated, and, bolstered by en suite facilities, Dorothy is looking forward to exploring the historic and...
Author
Series
Dorothy Martin mysteries volume 23
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
American Anglophile Dorothy Martin and her husband, retired chief constable Alan Nesbit, are enjoying a pleasant, albeit rain-soaked, stay in the historic university city of Durham with their old friend David Tregarth. Castle tours and cathedral services fill their days as they wander up and down the steep, cobbled lanes of the medieval city. But the holiday comes to an abrupt halt when David's elderly great-aunt is accused of the murder of a fellow...
Author
Series
Dorothy Martin mysteries volume 20
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"When Dorothy Martin and her husband Alan meet the wealthy Ahmad family, they are charmed by their courtesy, their perfect English, their delightful children and their commitment to peace. Following a concert at Sherebury Cathedral, the Ahmads offer to host a party afterwards at the Rose and Crown pub. But Mr and Mrs Ahmad don't show up. Their children are asleep upstairs at the inn, but the parents are nowhere to be found . . . With suspicions of...
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