Pen Avram: 30 books

In 1911 the Mona Lisa disappeared. Two year’s later she was returned to the Louvre, but not before she had turned the art world on its head. Rumours of copies emerged, and other versions of the painting were revealed at museums in Spain, the United States, and in a Swiss bank vault; all claiming...

Kroupa and Hendrych face their toughest case yet when patients at a psychiatric hospital begin to die. Going undercover, Hendrych checks into the clinic. However, with his sidekick on the inside, Kroupa begins to fear for his friend's sanity as, one by one, more patients are found dead.

From the mind that brought us Hendrych and Kroupa comes another unconventional adult night at the theatre. They say, "In vino veritas"... and a student reunion puts the old saying to the test. But as the gathering gets drunker by the minute, the truth serum kicks in with devastating results for at least one person at the table.

Having survived two separate terrorist attacks, the intrepid team of Hendrych and Kroupa had hoped to put the horrors of their run-in with the extremist group, AVPW, behind them. However, the prospect of world domination is too strong and they're soon facing a nightmare from beyond the grave.

Hendrych and Kroupa take to stage again, in their second play. This time a quiet weekend's mushroom picking yields more than they expected. Their grizzly find of a decomposing body in a boletus patch sees small-town politics rear its ugly head. But, when the townsfolk accuse the baker of murder...

Both plays, "The Cemetery" and 'The Confession", should be performed together in one evening, as a double-bill. "The Cemetery" follows "The Confession". The MAN and TRENT are performed by the same actor. Each play is performed without an intermission. The scenes are changed quickly in full view of the audience to J.S.Bach’s "Art of the Fugue".

A seemingly accidental gas explosion destroys a suburban house. However, when Kroupa and Hendrych arrive on the scene their investigation leads them to two rival bikie gangs and a bloody feud, seemingly without end. As the death toll rises, the pair find themselves in a race against time.

Hendrych goes undercover to join a dangerous paramilitary group. Playing a dangerous game, he befriends one of the anarchists in an attempt to thwart their terrorist plot. This time however, the stakes are too high, and Kroupa is scared for the first time in his life, because not even he can pre-dict who lives and who dies.

Two co-dependent old ladies live next door to one another until one of them is brutally murdered and the other is found holding the murder weapon in her hands. It should be an open and shut case, but Hendrych and Kroupa soon learn otherwise, and it could cost them their lives. And why are Coke cans to be found, everywhere they go?

Ideally the play should be performed in a real pub, with the audience comprising regular patrons. This would ensure that he audience is appropriately mature.From the mind that brought us Hendrych and Kroupa comes another unconventional adult night at the theatre. They say, "In vino veritas"... and...

A mysterious death leads Kroupa and Hendrych to the hallowed halls of a music academy. Could a love of music hide a darker passion for murder? As they delve deeper in the lives of the students and the teachers, our intrepid duo uncover a web of deceit and jealousy.

Peaceful mountain getaway or terrorist target? When a mountain resort's reputation is threatened by an explosion at a supermarket opening, Hendrych and Kroupa are on hand to sift through the rubble. However, faced with the biggest body count in their careers, there's no shortage of suspects to choose from.

When Kroupa's faithful police dog, Sara, digs up an absurdly small human bone on an anthill, our dynamic duo have no idea what they're in for. A class reunion has clearly ended badly, but are they looking for a murderer, or a missing diamond watch? The trouble is, they simply don't know.

Truth is often stranger than fiction. A suburban hit and run should be an open and shut case for our intrepid duo. However Kroupa and Hendrych soon realise that things are far more complicated than they look and once again they find themselves plunged into the underbelly of the city. One clue leads...