This is the first book I've read by this author and it won't be the last as I thought it was well written with interesting characters and a complex plot. It is part of a series featuring John Coffin but it can be read as a standalone novel as it seems the reader does not get to hear too much abo...
Dine and Be Dead, originally published as Death Lives Next Door (1960), is the sixth mystery in Gwendoline Butler's John Coffin series--but it takes the reader back in time to Inspector Coffin's first case. It also takes us to the highly academic setting of Oxford for a little murder and psycholo...
A note found next to a murdered police officer read, Ask Coffin. But what is John Coffin, Commander of London's Second City Police, supposed to know? The victim was investigating counterfeit pharmaceuticals and internal police corruption. As Coffin probes into his colleague's investigation, he ma...
Two young detectives die in apparent accidents but John Coffin is not satisfied with that verdict especially when the widow of one of the detectives appears to have committed suicide on a bonfire. The detectives were both involved in investigating money laundering and he wonders whether they go...
Three little girls are reported missing in the same district of South London and Superintendent John Coffin suspects there could be more. A gripping crime novel from one of the most universally praised English mystery writers, perfect for fans of Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers.Three little gi...
David Obenet had just returned to his sister Stella's house from a mental rest home. But was he responsible for the murder and violence that shocked the small village?
He was speaking to his two trusted allies (only did one trust anyone in this game?), Phoebe Astley and Archie Young. It was late morning, and the room, his inner office, was full of a reluctant sunshine, with the rain clouds still hanging in the sky. Earlier Stella had sent round two bowls of swe...
As she typed it out she wished she had a lover, a man to pour it all out to in bed, but there was no one around at the moment. Her own fault, no doubt. Anyway, it would have to be another officer of high rank to pass on such information or the Chief Commander would go ballistic. Might do so anywa...
Charlie and Tom were washed and clean, and dressed in neat suits and boots, and the Major had taken them to the barbers in Covent Garden where the two boys had been given smart haircuts, whilst he had had a shave. The boys had washed the dog, who seemed to find this new experience enjoyable and f...
She called a meeting of her trusted lieutenants: Alison, Rebecca, and Albert, Frederico (who was not Italian but liked the name), Celia and Joseph. Stage manager, assistant stage manager, lighting supremo, wardrobe head, the exploitation manager and front of house manager. They were all young, al...