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A Puppet for a Corpse

Dorothy Simpson
Dead And Gone (Worldwide Library Mysteries)

Dorothy Simpson

Serious crime isn't supposed to happen in elegant English country homes, especially not in such families as that of Queen's counsel Ralph Mintar, a prominent barrister who's destined to become a high-court judge.
So it's particularly shocking when Mintar's attractive wife, Virginia, goes missing just after a small dinner party. Her disappearance is eerily reminiscent of the day four years before, when the Mintars' adult daughter Caroline left the house, never to return.
Caroline seems to have vanished off the face of the earth, but Virginia's body is soon found at the bottom of a garden well, and Inspector Luke Thanet and his partner, Sergeant Mike Lineham, who are called in to investigate, quickly discard any idea of accidental death. Virginia was the perfect murder victim. Her outrageous flirting made her many enemies, several of whom were there on the night of her death. They had both reason and opportunity to kill her, but which one took the final, fatal step? Who wanted Virginia dead and gone?
Who was Virginia's latest lover? What does her mother-in-law have to hide? What about Caroline's younger sister and her womanizing fiancé? Thanet and Lineham wonder how they can even begin to unravel the morass of family secrets that complicate this case.
Distracted by his own daughter Bridget's dangerous pregnancy and pushed by his boss to find hard evidence in this high-profile homicide, Luke Thanet feels pressured as never before as he probes into the life and death of one of the most poignant and, finally, shocking cases of his career.
Always a skilled mistress of the classic British crime novel, award-winning author Dorothy Simpson is at the top of her form in this powerful novel of family love gone tragically wrong.
Suspicious Death

Dorothy Simpson
A Day for Dying (Inspector Thanet)

Dorothy Simpson
Dead on Arrival

Dorothy Simpson
The Night She Died

Dorothy Simpson
No Laughing Matter (Inspector Thanet)

Dorothy Simpson

Inspector Luke Thanet investigates the grisly death of Zak Randish, winemaker and owner of the Sturrenden Vineyard, whose jugular vein was severed when he was forced through a window pane.
Once Too Often

Dorothy Simpson
Six Feet Under (Inspector Thanet)

Dorothy Simpson
Dead by Morning

Dorothy Simpson
Element of Doubt

Dorothy Simpson
Wake the Dead

Dorothy Simpson

The shocking murder of the ailing, elderly mother of a British M.P. provokes a number of suppositions about the killer's motives--including the woman's imperious personality, the threat she might change her will, and possibly even revenge.
Last Seen Alive

Dorothy Simpson
Doomed to Die

Dorothy Simpson

Detective Inspector Luke Thanet investigates the murder of diminuitive artist Perdita Master and discovers that Perdita's secret life could have cost her her life. Reprint. PW.
Close Her Eyes

Dorothy Simpson
The Fourth Inspector Thanet Omnibus : "Doomed to Die", "Dead and Gone", "No Laughing Matter"

Dorothy Simpson

DOOMED TO DIE...Perdita, a solitary and beautiful artist, is found murdered in the home of a prominent local barrister. Finding release only in her art, she has been deeply unhappy in her marriage. But she seems doomed to die young and when she eventually finds the strength to leave her husband, she is murdered. WAKE THE DEAD...It is a perfect summer's day and Inspector Thanet is attending the annual fete in the grounds of local MP Hugo Fairleigh's Georgian mansion. But the idyll is rudely interrupted by the discovery that Fairleigh's bedridden mother has been murdered and with over 2,000 people present, where does Thanet begin? NO LAUGHING MATTER...Thanet is called in to investigate a particularly frenzied murder when Zak Randish, owner of a vineyard, is found dead in his laboratory amidst a sea of blood and broken glass. The man who seemed to have everything also harboured secrets ...and enemies...
Third Inspector Thanet Omnibus (Inspector Thanet)

Dorothy Simpson
The Fifth Inspector Thanet Omnibus

Dorothy Simpson

A DAY FOR DYING: A young man with everything to live for is tragically drowned in a swimming pool during his own engagement party. What began as a day for rejoicing ends as a day for dying. When Inspector Thanet of Kent CID arrives at the scene of the death, he soon realises that not everyone regards it as a tragedy - what seemed at first to be a terrible accident now looks like a callous murder...ONCE TOO OFTEN: When the husband of well-known Kent journalist Jessica Dander is found crouching over his wife's body, Inspector Thanet's suspicions are naturally aroused. But almost at once doubts creep in. Who, for instance, was the anonymous caller who rang for an ambulance some time earlier and who was the mysterious prowler Jessica had reported to the police...DEAD AND GONE: When the wife of a prominent QC is found dead at the bottom of a well, Inspector Thanet discounts accidental death. Virginia Mintar was no angel - her outrageous flirting knew no bounds and made her many enemies. But which one took that final step? Who wanted her dead and gone?
Harbingers of Fear

Dorothy Simpson
Close Her Eyes: An Inspector Thanet Mystery

Dorothy Simpson