Catalog Search Results
Author
Series
Description
On a dark November evening, Sir Wilfred Saxonby is travelling alone in the 5 o'clock train from Cannon Street, in a locked compartment. The train slows and stops inside a tunnel; and by the time it emerges again minutes later, Sir Wilfred has been shot dead, his heart pierced by a single bullet. Suicide seems to be the answer, even though no reason can be found. Inspector Arnold of Scotland Yard thinks again when he learns that a mysterious red light...
Author
Series
Description
Heir to Lucifer, first published in 1947, is book no. 35 in the series of British mysteries featuring amateur sleuth Desmond Merrion and his friend Inspector Henry Arnold by Miles Burton (a pen-name for prolific author Cecil Street [1884-1964]). Merrion and his under-the weather wife Mavis are on holiday in the quaint English seaside town of Croylehaven. The town is dominated by the wealthy Croyle family, who live in the large, grotesque Castle Croyle....
Author
Series
Description
Death Takes a Detour, first published in 1958 as a Crime Club Detective Story, features Inspector Henry Arnold and Desmond Merrion, no. 57 in the series of British mysteries by Miles Burton (a pen-name for prolific author Cecil Street [1884-1964]). From the dustjacket: Inspector Arnold and Desmond Merrion have tackled many curious and difficult cases in their time but never one which led them on a longer and more puzzling trail than the death of Donald...
Author
Series
Description
Legacy of Death, first published in 1960, was book no. 61 (and last in the series) of British mysteries by Miles Burton (a pen-name for prolific author Cecil Street [1884-1964]) featuring Inspector Henry Arnold and Desmond Merrion. The story centers on the residents of Forest House, a private nursing-convalescent home. An apparent drug overdose is later determined to be a case of murder, and another resident is discovered along a nearby railroad track...
Author
Series
Description
Found Drowned, first published in 1956 as a Crime Club Detective Story, features Inspector Henry Arnold and Desmond Merrion, no. 53 in the series of British mysteries by Miles Burton (a pen-name for prolific author Cecil Street [1884-1964]). From the dustjacket: This skillful detective story is set in Greycliffe-on-Sea, a holiday resort in the north of England. Mr. Merrion revisits his old preparatory school in Greycliffe and while reminiscing with...
Author
Series
Description
The Chinese Puzzle, first published in 1957 as a Crime Club Detective Story, features Inspector Henry Arnold and Desmond Merrion, no. 54 in the series of British mysteries by Miles Burton (a pen-name for prolific author Cecil Street [1884-1964]). The novel is set in a poor neighborhood of a British seaport, and a constable is summoned a lodging house, the scene of an assault. A Chinese boarder has been assaulted by another Chinese man using a carpenter's...
Author
Series
Description
Beware Your Neighbour, first published in 1951, is book no. 43 in the series of British mysteries featuring Inspector Henry Arnold and his friend Desmond Merrion by Miles Burton (a pen-name for prolific author Cecil Street [1884-1964]). The novel centers on the residents of a single street of a small English town; mistrust and suspicion grow when a series of strange warnings are received by the residents. The messages of death escalate into a number...
Author
Series
Description
Death Paints a Picture, first published in 1960, features Inspector Henry Arnold and Desmond Merrion, no. 60 in the series of British mysteries by Miles Burton (a pen-name for prolific author Cecil Street [1884-1964]). From the dustjacket: After the corpse of George Hawken had been found on the rocks near his Cornish home the coroner's jury brought in an open verdict. Hawken had been a respected but financially unsuccessful artist whose death benefited...
Author
Series
Description
Heir to Murder, first published in 1953, is book no. 46 in the series of British mysteries featuring amateur sleuth Desmond Merrion and his friend Inspector Henry Arnold by Miles Burton (a pen-name for prolific author Cecil Street [1884-1964]). The story centers on the seaside resort town of Carmouth, where Desmond Merrion is on holiday with his ailing wife. Merrion soon finds himself investigating several suspicious accidents that befall the heirs...
Author
Series
Description
Death in a Duffle Coat, first published in 1956 as a Crime Club Detective Story, features Inspector Henry Arnold and Desmond Merrion, no. 52 in the series of British mysteries by Miles Burton (a pen-name for prolific author Cecil Street [1884-1964]).
From the dustjacket: Two old ladies, Miss Price and Miss Marsland, lived together in the Lodge Cottage. Old Miss Price's death looked like a tragic accident: she must have slipped and fallen in the icy...
In Interlibrary Loan
Didn't find what you need? Items not owned by Ajax Public Library can be requested from other Interlibrary Loan libraries to be delivered to your local library for pickup.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request