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Assassins at Ospreys
R.T. Raichev
Soho Constable
, 2008
fabulous whodunit
Mystery writer Antonia Darcy and her husband Major Hugh Payne attend a literary gala in Hay-on-Wye. At the festival they meet an odd couple, wheelchair bound seductive Beatrice "Bee" Ardleigh and her companion sober Ingrid Delmar. They enjoy the flirtatious sexy Bee, ...
Client-Centered Therapy: Its Current Practice, Implications, and Theory
Carl R. Rogers
Constable, 2003
A monumental work defining the non-directive technique.
Rogers, the father of humanistic psychology, has created a technique for assisting others to understand and deal with their problems. The non-directive approach relies upon empathy, reflection and clarification to enable the client (patient) to exercise his ...
Mad About the Boy?
Dolores Gordon-Smith
Soho Constable
, 2008
entertaining historical mystery
In 1923, mystery writer Jack Haldean attends the Silver Wedding Anniversary gala of his Aunt Alice and Uncle Philip at their country manor Hesperus. However the fete is dampened by the apparent suicide of Jack's friend Tim Preston. In financial trouble Tim served as ...
Death on the Holy Mountain (Lord Francis Powerscourt)
David Dickinson
Soho Constable
, 2008
Excellent historical thriller
In 1905, though semi retired, English private investigator Lord Francis Powerscourt accompanied by his wife Lucy travel to Ireland to look into some odd art thefts. Someone is stealing low valued familial portraits from the mansions of Protestant Lords, but ignoring ...
Love All the People
Bill Hicks
Constable, 2005
He was hilarious, brilliant, brave and right about everything
The quote from Henry Rollins on the back of this book says it all, "He was hilarious, brilliant, brave and right about everything' So sad that he died in his prime, this is a perfect memoir of the years leading up to his death with extracts of his performances. He ...
Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain
Sharon Begley
Constable, 2008
Folly du Jour
Barbara Cleverly
Soho Constable
, 2008
terrific 1920s police procedural
In 1927 Scotland Yard Detective Joe Sandilands attends the Interpol conference in Paris, but when he lands at the airport the local police meet him. They take Joe to a prison where they hold a countryman of his charged with murder. Joe is stunned to find the French ...
The Chorister at the Abbey (Norbridge Chronicles Murder Mysteries)
Lis Howell
Soho Constable
, 2008
Another wonderful British mystery...
for those of us who wish Veronica Stallwood and Kate Charles would write more mysteries...we can now welcome Lis Howell. A delightful story, filled with 3-dimensional characters and stories within stories. These folks take their church music seriously, appreciating ...
Bones in the Belfry
Suzette A. Hill
Soho Constable
, 2008
amusing British crime caper
In Molehill, Surrey, Vicar Reverend Francis Oughterard feels remorse and guilt for choking to death a parishioner (see A LOAD OF OLD BONES). He beat the rap thanks to his brilliant pets Maurice the cat and Bouncer the dog who removed revealing evidence from the crime ...
The Salisbury Manuscript
Philip Gooden
Soho Constable
, 2008
"Thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth"
Written with a Victorian sensibility, this compelling murder mystery uses the English town of Salisbury as a picaresque backdrop in tale of brotherly enmity where a mysterious manuscript threatens to shatter the reputation of a well-respected family if its elusive ...
The Rough Collier
Pat McIntosh
Soho Constable
, 2008
The Rough Collier
Continues on with this excellent series. Great period data. You feel like you are there.
Why the Chinese Don't Count Calories
Lorraine Clissold
Constable, 2008
Wobble to Death
Peter Lovesey
Soho Constable
, 2008
A very unusual venue for a murder
Lovesey puts Cribb and Thackery on the trail of a killer at a long distance walk race. An unusual setting for a murder but then passion and greed aren't very selective emotions. I read this book years ago and just read it again. It is just as good now as it was 15 ...
Death of a Pilgrim
David Dickinson
Soho Constable
, 2009
Praise for the Lord Powerscourt series: "Excellent."- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Dickinson textures his canvas with historical detail as thick as the oil paint on one of his favorite paintings by Turner."- Kirkus Reviews 1905. A pilgrim is killed in Le Puy-en-Velay, France, and Lord Francis Powerscourt is summoned to investigate. ...
The Domesday Book of Giant Salmon
Fred Buller
Constable, 2007
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