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Product: The Case of the Black Twenty-Two: An Anthony Bathurst Mystery

“Mr. Laurence P. Stewart was murdered last night in his library. He was found with his skull battered in!”

Peter Daventry, a young lawyer, receives instructions from a rich client to purchase three valuable artefacts once belonging to Mary, Queen of Scots. It’s a singular request, with no limit on the money to be paid at the auction. But the day after Daventry inspects the items, they are stolen from the auction house and a security guard is found horribly murdered.

The next morning, Daventry and his colleagues are startled to discover that the client, miles away at his country house, has also been slain – in a room locked from the inside. Faced with such a dilemma, there’s only one thing that can be done – call for Anthony Bathurst, detective extraordinaire.

The Case of the Black Twenty-Two was originally published in 1928. This new edition includes an introduction by crime fiction historian Steve Barge.

“Convincingly detailed” Birmingham Gazette

“A skilful piece of work” Bystander

“An exciting murder mystery” Daily Whig

“A fine yarn, splendidly told” Western Mail

“There is a realism and directness about this mystery story that ranks it among the best” Dundee Courier

Product: Invisible Death: An Anthony Bathurst Mystery

Its favourite afternoon pastime was murder, and its favourite evening occupation was the same, only a trifle more so.

Anthony Bathurst reaches Swallowcliffe Hall, summoned by Constance Whittaker, to protect her husband, Major Whittaker, from an unnamed threat. Bathurst enlists his friend Peter Daventry, a crack shot and good in a fight.

One of the household suddenly drops dead, despite no one being anywhere near him. When poison is revealed to be the method of execution, Bathurst finds himself asking how someone can poison from a distance, or whether there is quite another solution to this fiendish mystery . . .

Invisible Death was originally published in 1929. This new edition includes an introduction by crime fiction historian Steve Barge.

“An excellent tale” Northern Whig

“The compulsion of the Ancient Mariner” Dundee Courier

Product: The Billiard Room Mystery Set between the Wars at an English country house, of course a dead body turns up in the billiard room, and even worse, Lady Considine’s pearls are missing. First in the Anthony Bathurst series.

Product: THE CASE OF ELYMAS THE SORCERER In Blue & White Dustjacket. Brian Flynn’s New Baffling Mystery, HBDJ, UNDATED. 1945. 52nd. Thousand, 176 pgs, paper reinforcement on reverse of DJ , else NEARFINE copy in GOOD condiiton DustJacket, AS-IS, Small Beige cloth titled in Black on Spine cvr with tiny stain Cvr light wear. 4 3/4 X 7 1/2 in.