Skip to main content
Search Button
United States Kobo store Gift Cards Help

Rakuten Kobo

Wishlist

Shopping Cart

You're getting the VIP treatment!

Item(s) unavailable for purchase
Please review your cart. You can remove the unavailable item(s) now or we'll automatically remove it at Checkout.
itemsitem
itemsitem

Recommended For You

Loading...


Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “cecil waye”
Skip side bar filters

  • Murder at Monk's Barn

    A 'Perrins, Private Investigators' Mystery

    by Cecil Waye ...
    Series Book 1 - The 'Perrins, Private Investigators' Mysteries
    Burden, who had served in the war, and had considerable experience of death in its violent forms, took a pace forward. He saw at once that Mr. Wynter was beyond mortal aid.Gregory Wynter is shot dead through the window of his dressing room. There is no apparent motive for the crime, and it seems impossible for the murderer to have escaped before the police arrive. The dead man's brother, Austin, ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Figure of Eight

    A 'Perrins, Private Investigators' Mystery

    by Cecil Waye ...
    Series Book 2 - The 'Perrins, Private Investigators' Mysteries
    "Would it interest you to discover the identity of the man who boarded the bus at Piccadilly Circus with Lola Martinaes at about ten o'clock last Friday evening?"A woman is found sleeping on a London bus-so deeply asleep, in fact, that she cannot be woken. After being taken to hospital, the woman dies. She is identified as Lola Martinaes, a native of Montedoro-a Central American country whose ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The End of the Chase

    A 'Perrins, Private Investigators' Mystery

    by Cecil Waye ...
    Series Book 3 - The 'Perrins, Private Investigators' Mysteries
    Herr Berndt leant forward in his chair. "Have you ever noticed how if one speaks about a thing, one usually hears about it again within a few days?"Christopher Perrin, investigator, is on the track of Duggie the Locksmith, suspected of being behind a major robbery. When he is caught in Belgium, Perrin is astonished and puzzled to see in the crowd a certain Maurus Kaulin, "one of the most skilful ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Prime Minister's Pencil

    A 'Perrins, Private Investigators' Mystery

    by Cecil Waye ...
    Series Book 4 - The 'Perrins, Private Investigators' Mysteries
    "Terrible disaster at the House of Commons."Christopher Perrin, investigator, is drawing up a confidential report for a distinguished client, when he is interrupted by Miss Millicent Rushburton, daughter of leading politician Sir Ethelred Rushburton.Miss Rushburton is trying to trace her father's secretary, Cuthbert Solway, who has vanished following a visit to a Harley Street specialist. Perrin ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

People who read these also enjoyed

  • The Devereux Court Mystery

    by Miles Burton ...
    ''The Devereux Court Mystery'' by Miles Burton (John Rhode) is a Golden Age detective novel where amateur sleuth Desmond Merrion helps Scotland Yard's Inspector Arnold solve a complex case involving a gang, a river setting, and seemingly unrelated crimes that turn out to be connected to a clever criminal plot and an unfolding romance, highlighting intricate plotting and detailed landscape ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • Situation Vacant

    by Miles Burton ...
    ''Situation Vacant'' by Miles Burton (John Rhode) is a 1946 detective novel about a series of mysterious deaths in an English village, revolving around two secretaries to the same woman at a manor house, with Inspector Arnold and sleuth Desmond Merrion uncovering a cleverly poisoned plot after the local police rule the first death accidental and the second suspicious. The story features typical ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • Delayed Payment

    by John Rhode ...
    ''Delayed Payment'' by John Rhode (Miles Burton) is a 1950s mystery novel featuring Dr. Priestley, who helps investigators solve a complex "double puzzle" through his insightful, logical deduction. The story revolves around uncovering clues to a murder, with a focus on "how" the crime was committed rather than just "who". It is described as a, sometimes, less traditional puzzle plot for Rhode, as ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • Twice Dead

    by John Rhode ...
    ''Twice Dead'' by John Rhode is a classic Golden Age mystery where the eccentric Sir Francis Yordale fakes his own death to test his heirs' affection, only to be found genuinely dead soon after, leading Superintendent Jimmy Waghorn and Dr. Priestley to investigate his real murder by carbon monoxide poisoning, revealing hidden family secrets and ingenious criminal methods. ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • Death Leaves No Card

    by Miles Burton ...
    When Death pays a call he generally leaves a card behind... even if it sometimes takes a pathologist to find it. But on the morning that he visited the bathroom at Forstal Farm, he did it incognito. It took a man with a crowbar to break down the bathroom door, and there on the floor was Basil Maplewood, naked, with one foot still hanging over the edge of the bath. Basil was only twenty-one, and in ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • Murder in Absence

    by Miles Burton ...
    ''Murder in Absence'' by Miles Burton (John Rhode) is about two seemingly separate crimes: first, the baffling murder of estate agent Rufus Jones in English market town Hembury, followed by an investigation into suspicious activities on a Norwegian freighter in the Mediterranean, both eventually linked by amateur sleuth Desmond Merrion. The novel features classic Golden Age elements, including a ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • A Smell of Smoke

    by Miles Burton ...
    A distinctive smell of smoke presages a series of murders in the village of Lamsford, and it proves a puzzling case for Inspector Arnold and Desmond Merrion. ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • Something to Hide

    by Miles Burton ...
    Something to Hide (1953) by Miles Burton (John Rhode) is a classic British mystery novel featuring his long-running investigators, Desmond Merrion and Inspector Arnold. The story revolves around a complex, methodical investigation into a murder, involving clues found in a quiet rural setting. The narrative centers on the unraveling of a seemingly accidental death, which Merrion diagnoses as a ... Read more

    $0.99 USD