Miss Phoebe Gray was the model of a proper English nanny until she inherits a fortune. Then she is the model of a proper dead English nanny, and Superintendent Bone must discover if she was murdered for money—or something else.

A rare evening off for Superintendent Bone occasions another murder mystery when Miss Fairlie, a teacher at his daughter's school, is found murdered during the performance of a play

SOME GUESTS DON'T KNOW WHEN TO LEAVE... The party at the Manor had been a smash, and rock star Ken Cryer was feeling, well pleased... until he found golden Alix Hamilton in his bed. Despite her seductive pose, Alix didn't fancy Ken, or anyone else. She was dead—shot twice, with two different guns, in a room Cryer had specifically locked against intruders. For Superintendent Robert Bone, these were only the first complications in a case that would include champagne corks that masked the sound of gunfire, a missing, suspect, a stolen religious artifact, an orphaned cat, and the unexpected assistance of one very pretty biology teacher. But it would take a second body to lead Bone, at last, to the unrepentant murderer...

In the course of 24 hours, the eccentric Mrs. Clare, her son, and her brother are all found dead. Murder suspects seem to be everywhere, with the late Mrs. Clare's other son and bitter ex-husband leading the list. Now Inspector Bone is up to his professional neck in adventure trying to sort out the clues.

While investigating the seemingly accidental death of a housekeeper, Detective-Superintendent Robert Bone stumbles upon an eccentric family and a resolute killer who is secretly plotting the next nasty accident. Reprint.

Superintendent Robert Bone and his new bride are visiting friends Lord Benet Paisley Roke and his wife, when an unpopular tour guest takes a fatal tumble at Roke Castle, and Roke himself is brutally murdered. In the explosive aftermath of the reading of Lord Roke's will, Bone races to stop a killer who is poised to strike again.

Investigating a series of serial killings that has taken place in the reputedly haunted village of Biddinghurst, Kent, Superintendent Robert Bone uncovers an unlikely but disturbingly plausible scenario for the crimes. Original.

Superintendent Robert Bone must work his way through a maze of old deceptions, delusions, and secrets before groom-to-be and rock star Ken Cryer becomes the victim of a murderous plot