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Patricia Moyes Ordre des livres
Cette auteure est célébrée pour ses romans policiers captivants, qui se concentrent souvent sur l'énigmatique inspecteur C.I.D. Henry Tibbett. Son œuvre se caractérise par des intrigues complexes et une exploration pointue de la psychologie humaine. Au-delà de sa populaire série de détectives, elle a également démontré sa polyvalence littéraire en écrivant pour jeunes adultes et en créant des nouvelles. Son style narratif distinctif engage et captive constamment les lecteurs.
- 2012
- 1993
Collins Crime Club: Twice in a Blue Moon
- 192pages
- 7 heures de lecture
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.
- 1993
- 1992
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.
- 1986
Chief Inspector Henry Tibbett and his wife become enmeshed in a web of foreign intrigue and murder in the Netherlands.
