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Product: The Five Red Fingers: An Anthony Bathurst Mystery
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“Hard luck to be murdered just after your horse has won the Derby! Don’t you think so, Doctor?”

Julius Maitland, the millionaire horse trainer is excited about his horse’s chance to win the Derby. His wife’s horse is also strongly fancied. In a neck and neck finish, Maitland’s horse takes the race, his wife’s in second.

In a national sensation, the winner is disqualified. A telephone call the day after the race summons the police to a house where Maitland’s murdered body is found – and he has been dead for at least two days. When Sir Austin Kemble, Commissioner of Police is asked to investigate, he immediately summons his friend Anthony Bathurst. But can Bathurst make sense of a case when the stakes are this high?

The Five Red Fingers was originally published in 1929. This new edition features an introduction by crime fiction historian Steve Barge.

“Undeniably exciting and mysterious” Bystander

“The detective interest and the sporting interest are skilfully interwoven.” Northern Whig

“A well-told tale of crime and detection” Aberdeen Press and Journal

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