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Agatha Christie

Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller, Lady Mallowan, DBE (15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976), commonly known as Agatha Christie, was an English crime writer of novels, short stories and plays. She also wrote romances under the name Mary Westmacott, b

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Charles Paris Series by Simon Brett

51DJHD8VMDL._SL300_.jpg Charles Paris, an unhappily separated (but not divorced, more than 30 years on), moderately successful character actor with a slight drinking problem who gets entangled in various crimes, and finds himself in the role of unwilling amateur detective.

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Dead Clever by Val McDermid

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Val McDermid's second "Dead" comedy crime drama.

DCI Alma Blair and DS Jason Trotter investigate the murder of Peter Piper, ancient incumbent of the Cecil Rhodes Chair of Geography at an unspecified Russell Group university in the North of England.

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Rumpole and The Quacks

Rumpole and The Quacks

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It's 1966, and Rumpole meets a delightful, wise and kindly Asian Doctor who, unexpectedly accused of unprofessional conduct, needs his help.

The case involves both Rumpole and Phyllid, Rumpole's dear friend andhis "Porti

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Rumpole for the Prosecution

Rumpole for the Prosecution

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Horace Rumpole's client asks him to do something he's always sworn he will not do - appear for the prosecution. It's a case where the injured party is dead and cannot speak for herself.

There's a piece of evidence t

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The Hatton Garden Heist

p04y5dt8.jpg?width=536Philip Palmer's drama explores one of the most audacious crimes of the last thirty years, in which a gang of thieves stole jewellery and cash with an estimated value of up to £200M from a secure vault in the heart of London.

The heist was a media sen

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Robert L Pike - Bullitt

p01gkhh5.jpg?width=518Dramatisation of Robert L Pike's gritty detective story, set in New York's rough 52nd Precinct in 1963.

Lieutenant Clancy, head throbbing from days without sleep, is assigned to protect important Mafia witness Johnny Rossi. But when he is found dead,

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