Jim Green: 39 books

Collection of six murder mystery stories from the urbane to the macabre: (1) Horror story set in 1930 when hanging was the norm for convicted murderers: Nine people involved in a recent murder trial are invited to dine at a forbidding old mansion on the pretext of hearing news to their advantage....

In this short murder mystery story Miss Tayke witnesses a fracas between two passengers on a delayed flight from Birmingham to London Heathrow.  Order is restored but towards the end of the in-flight meal a piercing scream is heard coming from the food preparation area. Miss Tayke investigates...

Miss Tayke, Cedric and Bunty travel to the highlands of Scotland to celebrate the New Year at her cousin’s hotel. On arrival they are greeted with the news that two villagers had been murdered by poisoning a few days earlier. Miss Tayke steadfastly refuses to become involved in the police investigation...

The ides of March was a date on the Roman calendar (Idus Martias) corresponding with our date of 15 March. It was a fateful date; best known as the date on which Julius Caesar was assassinated in 44 B.C. Friday 15 March 2013 AD was an equally fateful date at the Grand Theatre, Easter Village, where...

Sequel to "Adventures of a Feckless Serial Dater" this novella continues the exploits of serial dater Steve Rawlings after he leaves the theatrical profession and returns to Manchester to establish himself in a new career. He secures a position on the bottom rung of the publicity unit of...

The village postman delivers three valentine cards, each wrapped around a potholder containing a highly toxic plant; three females die as a direct result of handling the leaves. The postman is promptly detained for questioning and subsequently arrested on a murder charge. Miss Tayke disagrees with...

Miss Tayke is subjected to the shock of a lifetime when two plainclothes police officers arrive on her doorstep and arrest her on suspicion of committing wilful murder. Their only evidence is a diamond wristwatch inscribed with her name and address, which was found at the scene of the crime. She is...

A motley crew of actors gather together at the seaside town of Brightsea to form a pierrot troupe under the direction of an elderly actor-manager. Hardly have they got underway when their domain, a little ramshackle theatre at the end of the pier, is threatened with closure.

Following months of unemployment after the collapse of the Brightsea pierrot troupe, Celia Lipton and her husband sign up with a new agent who finds them engagements in the social entertainment circuit until their BBC contract comes into play. Broadcasting to the nation brings its own difficulties and the duo soon start crossing swords with the stuffed shirts at Station 2LO in Savoy Hill.

Tangled tales of a disparate crew of thirty-five to fifty-something singles who haunt the clubs in search of company, romance, riches, opportunity; anything to take them away from staring at the blank walls that constitute home for the lonely, the low in spirit, and in certain instances, the downright irresponsible.

More often than not, serial daters are either professional lounge lizards with finely honed pick-up techniques, or they are amateur Romeos who make a hash of their romantic pursuits through feckless inexperience. The protagonist in this story belongs in the latter category. He has the knack of attracting...