Francis Wheatley Winn, Senior Tutor at St Thomas' s College, is ready for a cosy night of dining, port, and pleasant company. Ernst Brendel, Viennese lawyer and crime specialist, has come to Oxford to lecture in Law, and the regular residents of St Thomas's are pleased to have such an interesting guest to liven up their after dinner chat. Talk soon turns to murder, and Winn finds the subject altogether unpalatable, even if his colleagues seem to relish the details of past cases Brendel has...

Late at night in the Senior Common Room of St Thomas's College, Ernst Brendel is persuaded by his companions to relate a tale of murder, blackmail, and corruption. A wager is made, half a crown to the first person to guess the murderer correctly. But the game is not so simple. The crime involves four friends, each with the potential to be the murderer – or the victim.Brendel employs the art of 'pre-detection', uncovering motive and cause before the crime has even been committed. Bu...

Anthony Newton has fallen hopelessly in love with the beautiful Cynthia, and feels desperate to secure her hand, putting an end to his carefree bachelor days. But there is one small problem. Cynthia is only nineteen, and Anthony, at thirty-six, is thought rather too old for her. Tearing himself from her side, Anthony goes on a great Arctic adventure, purely for the purpose of giving Cynthia time to be young, and test his own feelings towards her. For the three years he is away battling the...

Brigid Quinn, ancien agent spécial, replonge dans son pire cauchemar : l’ignoble tueur de jeunes femmes est-il de retour en Arizona ?Brigid, spécialisée dans les crimes sexuels, est chargée de l’enquête sur le meurtrier de la route 66, qui assassine des jeunes femmes selon un rituel atroce. Jusqu’au jour où Jessica, une jeune recrue, sert d’appât… et disparaît. Sous le choc, Brigid interrompt sa carrière.Des années plus tard, alors qu’elle mène une vie paisible à Tucson avec...