Read Series: John Coffin Mystery
by Author Gwendoline Butler
Coffin's Dark Number (1989)
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...
The Coffin Tree (1997)
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...
A Grave Coffin (2001)
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...
Death Lives Next Door (1994)
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...
Coffin Underground (1989)
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...