Patricia Moyes Bücher

Lady Crystal, einst ein berühmter Star, lädt zu ihrer jährlichen Geburtstagsparty ein. Diesmal fürchtet sie einen ungebetenen Gast. Chefsuperintendent Tibbett wird zu ihrem Schutz abgestellt, ahnt jedoch nicht, dass er in eine tödliche Intrige verwickelt wird.

When Susan Gardiner unexpectedly inherits an old country inn not far from London, she also inherits a long-lost distant cousin. A few years her senior and infinitely attractive, Cousin James is also very attentive. It isn't long before romance blooms.Youth and beauty, romance and country a frothy mix if ever there was one - but of course, this is Patricia Moyes and very soon, murder enters the picture. When Susan, who is a skilled restaurateur, reopens the inn as a posh gourmet eatery and, against all odds (and the dire predictions of the locals), makes a go of it, customers flock. Things are looking decidedly upbeat until one of the guests, on sampling the chef's plat du jour, suddenly keels over, the victim of mushroom poisoning.Enter Chief Inspector Henry Tibbett. And once again we are off on another wonderful - and in this case, wonderfully delicious - Moyes mystery. The nineteenth in a series that has won national acclaim and a large and loyal following, it finds Henry Tibbett in top form. And, in Susan Gardiner, it introduces a narrator as fresh and appealing as the menu she oversees. Long-term fans and new readers alike will not be This is Patricia Moyes writing at the very top of her form.

A crossword puzzle compiled by a mischievous group of mystery writers leads Chief Superintendent Henry Tibbett and his wife into a murder case involving a horrifying twenty-year-old secret.

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While visiting an Alpine ski resort during the Christmas holidays, Detective Chief Superintendent Tibbett and his wife become aware of a scandal threatening the French government

Two men claim to be Simon Warwick, nephew to the late Lord Charlton and heir to a vast fortune, but when one man is found murdered, Henry Tibbett of Scotland Yard must decide who is, or was, Simon Warwick

Chief Inspector Henry Tibbett and his wife become enmeshed in a web of foreign intrigue and murder in the Netherlands.

The death of a famous actor during the filming of the movie, Street Scene, appears to be an accident, but Inspector Henry Tibbett investigates and becomes convinced that he was murdered

Representing Britain at an international conference on drug smuggling, Inspector Henry Tibbett must investigate the fatal stabbing of an important conference official

Sir Edward Ironmonger, the ambassador to the United States from the newly independent island republic of Tampica, and his beautiful, temperamental wife, Mavis, are throwing a party for the Washington diplomatic corps. despite her promises to behave, Mavis manages to insult the Isreali ambassador and is quickly removed to her room, where her corpse is discovered a few hours later. Suicide is ruled out by an autopsy, and to avoid embarassing publicity Chief Superintendent Henry Tibbett is brought in to conduct a discreet investigation.

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