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Francis Duncan

    Cet auteur a trouvé sa voix dans la fiction policière, motivé par une "pure nécessité intérieure" et le désir de compléter un revenu modeste. Ses récits sont élaborés avec un accent sur le suspense et les énigmes complexes, typiques du genre. Parallèlement à son métier d'écrivain, il a consacré de nombreuses années à l'éducation, une profession qui a probablement influencé son style narratif méthodique et captivant. Son œuvre est appréciée pour sa construction habile au sein du genre policier.

    The Royal Artillery at War With Napoleon During the Peninsular War and at Waterloo, 1808-15
    Murder for Christmas
    So pretty a problem
    Behold a Fair Woman
    • Focusing on the artillery used during the Napoleonic Wars, this book explores the pivotal role of Wellington's guns and their operators in shaping battlefield outcomes. It delves into the technology, tactics, and training of the gunners, highlighting their contributions to military strategy. The narrative combines historical analysis with personal accounts, offering insights into the experiences of those who manned the artillery. Richly illustrated, the book captures both the machinery of war and the human stories behind it, providing a comprehensive view of this crucial aspect of military history.

      The Royal Artillery at War With Napoleon During the Peninsular War and at Waterloo, 1808-152020
    • Behold a Fair Woman

      • 240pages
      • 9 heures de lecture

      Amateur sleuth Mordecai Tremaine is back in another classic mystery from the author of Murder for ChristmasMordecai Tremaine's hobby of choice - crime detection - has left him in need of a holiday. With a killer stalking the sand dunes, it falls to Mordecai to piece together the truth about just who has smuggled murder on to the island idyll...

      Behold a Fair Woman2016
      3,6
    • So pretty a problem

      • 272pages
      • 10 heures de lecture

      Amateur sleuth Mordecai Tremaine is back in another classic mystery from the author of Murder for Christmas Adrian Carthallow, enfant terrible of the art world, is no stranger to controversy. But this time it’s not his paintings that have provoked a blaze of publicity – it’s the fact that his career has been suddenly terminated by a bullet to the head. Not only that, but his wife has confessed to firing the fatal shot. Inspector Penross of the town constabulary is, however, less than convinced by Helen Carthallow’s story – but has no other explanation for the incident that occurred when the couple were alone in their clifftop house. Luckily for the Inspector, amateur criminologist Mordecai Tremaine has an uncanny habit of being in the near neighbourhood whenever sudden death makes its appearance. Investigating the killing, Tremaine is quick to realise that however handsome a couple the Carthallows were, and however extravagant a life they led, beneath the surface there’s a pretty devil’s brew…

      So pretty a problem2016
      3,6
    • Murder for Christmas

      • 240pages
      • 9 heures de lecture

      Mordecai Tremaine, former tobacconist and perennial lover of romance novels, has been invited to spend Christmas in the sleepy village of Sherbroome at the country retreat of one Benedict Grame. Arriving on Christmas Eve, he finds that the revelries are in full flow - but so too are tensions amongst the assortment of guests.

      Murder for Christmas2015
      3,5