Ann Granger Livres

Lorsque Thomas Tapley, voisin de Benjamin Ross, est retrouvé mort dans son salon, l’inspecteur de Scotland Yard se rue sur la scène de crime. Tapley est revenu récemment de l’étranger et on connaît peu de choses à son sujet. Quand son cousin, Jonathan Tapley, conseiller de la Reine, se présente, la vérité au sujet de son passé tragique remonte doucement à la surface. Benjamin et Lizzie découvrent que plus d’une personne a tiré les bénéfices de cette mort.

Londres, 1867, le mal rôde dans les rues… Un soir d’octobre, alors que l’inspecteur Ben Ross de Scotland Yard rentre chez lui un samedi soir, le fog tourbillonne et l’enveloppe comme une bête vivante. Lorsque le brouillard se lève lendemain matin, une femme gît assassiné dans Green Park. Allegra Benedict était la belle épouse italienne d'un marchand d'art de Piccadilly. Mais qu'avait-elle été faire à Londres cet après-midi, et pourquoi avait-elle été vendre sa broche dans Burlington Arcade quelques heures avant sa mort ? Alors que Ben commence son enquête, son épouse Lizzie – avec l'aide de leur bonne Bessie – se penche sur la vie privée d'Allegra et découvre plus d'une raison pour laquelle quelqu'un pourrait vouloir sa mort…

A body is found and a killer is on the loose in Where Old Bones Lie, Ann Granger's fifth English village murder mystery in the Mitchell & Markby series

Candle of a Corpse is the eighth mystery in the gripping English village crime series by Ann Granger, combining intelligent plotting with warmth and humour

Dense fog masks foul play in the streets of London, as Ann Granger brings us her seventh Victorian mystery featuring Scotland Yard's Inspector Ben Ross and his wife Lizzie. It is March 1870. London is in the grip of fog and ice. But Scotland Yard's Inspector Ben Ross has more than the weather to worry about when the body of a young woman is found in a dustbin at the back of a Piccadilly restaurant. Ben must establish who the victim is before he can find out how and why she came to be there. His enquiries lead him first to a bootmaker in Salisbury and then to a landowner in Yorkshire. Meanwhile, Ben's wife, Lizzie, aided by their eagle-eyed maid, Bessie, is investigating the mystery of a girl who is apparently being kept a prisoner in her own home. As Ben pursues an increasingly complex case, Lizzie reveals a vital piece of evidence that brings him one step closer to solving the crime... Praise for Ann Granger's crime novels: 'Characterisation, as ever with Granger, is sharp and astringent' The Times 'Her usual impeccable plotting is fully in place' Good Book Guide 'A clever and lively book' Margaret Yorke 'This engrossing story looks like the start of a highly enjoyable series' Scotsman

Inspector Ben Ross is summoned to Newgate Prison by James Wills, a man about to face the gallows, Ben is shocked to hear his account of a brutal murder that he witnessed on Putney Heath, sixteen years ago. Unable to halt Wills's execution, Ben is ordered to forget the matter and instead to investigate the abduction of a wealthy London gentleman's wife and child. Meanwhile, Ben's wife Lizzie, and her maid Bessie take a trip to Somerset House followed by a cab ride to Putney Heath that convinces them that the testimony of the hanged man was true and a murderess is roaming free.

Investigating the murder of a teenage girl in Bamford, Chief Inspector Alan Markby seeks out the unknown companion who became the last person to see the victim alive and enlists the help of Meredith Mitchell, who works with another troubled teen.

Mickey Allerton has a problem. The best dancer at his night club has deserted him, and he wants her back. Which means amateur sleuth Fran Varady has a problem too. Unless she agrees to find Lisa, Fran's dog Bonnie will be for it, courtesy of one of Mickey's bouncers. Following Lisa's trail to Oxford, Fran stumbles on a floating corpse. Suddenly she's got the full attention of the Thames Valley police - they want to know why she's been sneaking around. When Fran meets Losa she realises there's more to her disappearance than Mickey let on, and decides to help her. But Fran's got herself mixed up in something dangerous, and if she doesn't want to end up in a watery grave, she'd better watch her back...

That Way Murder Lies is the fifteenth cosy English village mystery in Ann Granger's Mitchell & Markby series

Ann Granger is the author of four highly accliamed crime series. This gripping collection of 18 short stories has been brought together for the first time to mark her 30th anniversary as a hugely popular crime writer.