Peter Turnbull: 17 books

When a man is found with his face blown off, the Glasgow P Division detectives quickly establish his identity. But the mystery surrounding his death only deepens. "When it comes to writing police procedurals, Turnbull has few peers. This low-key Scottish author writes refreshingly intelligent...

A Harry Vicary Mystery – the second novel in a brand-new crime series set in London from the author of the Hennessey and Yellich mysteries. - When the snow thaws on London’s Hampstead Heath after a harsh winter, a ghoulish discovery is made that marks the start of a very dangerous case for Detective...

The latest Hennessey and Yellich Mystery - When a woman\u2019s body is found frozen on a bench one winter\u2019s morning, it looks like a simple case of death by misadventure. On closer inspection, however, marks on her neck – and a piece of paper hidden inside her shoe – point towards foul play....

“Fans of Sally Spencer and Cynthia Harrod-Eagles will enjoy this one” Library Journal on Aftermath A note that is discovered hidden in a wall cavity of a London hotel leads Detective Inspector Harry Vicary and his team to a burial site containing the charred bones of two men. Their investigation...

Two bodies, two similar causes of death . . . Harry Vicary and his team are plunged into a complex investigation where all is not as it seems. When the bodies of two murder victims are discovered within twenty-four hours of each other at the same location, each with a similar cause of death,...

A tip-off leading to the discovery of a young woman’s body throws Harry Vicary and his team into another perplexing murder investigation. ‘Big Andy’ Cragg’s drunken disclosure to an undercover police officer in a West London pub that he was once party to the disposal of the body of...

The latest Hennessey and Yellich mystery - When five corpses in various states of decomposition are found chained to the walls of a kitchen garden, Hennessey and Yellich quickly begin their investigation. The recently deceased owner of the house was housebound for the last twenty-five years, and so...

DCI Hennessey and Sgt. Yellich return in “a cleverly plotted, absorbing yarn that crime-fiction readers will savor” from the author of The Altered Case (Booklist). When four postcards are sent anonymously to the staff of an advice center, each with the word “murder” scribbled in a foreign...

A skeleton-filled grave leads DCI Hennessey’s team back to the aftermath of the English Civil War in this gripping mystery - When a deep grave containing five skeletons is found in the corner of a field, DCI Hennessey and his team of officers from the Vale of York police station are called in to...

Who was Anthony Garrett? The murder of a reclusive local man draws DCI Hennessey and DS Yellich into a baffling new case. On a hot summer morning, Miles Law cycles into the village of Millington in the Vale of York, on his way to a few hours’ work as an under gardener at The Grange. But when he...

For years, a middle-aged, middle-of-the-road couple, Max and Amanda, had enjoyed each other's company in their modest home. With adult children, the two seemed to have everything they could want: health, some wealth and happiness. Until one day when they vanish, leaving behind no trace. Called...

Introducing Maurice Mundy, retired detective constable at the Met; a maverick who’s back and about to raise the temperature on a ten-year-old unsolved murder of a young boy. Maurice Mundy, recently retired detective constable at the Metropolitan Police, has returned to join Scotland Yard’s...

The discovery of a damaged vase takes Hennessey and Yellich back to a twenty-year-old murder case, with consequences for the present. A chance sighting of a vase for sale in an antique shop leads Detective Chief Inspector Hennessey and his team to take a fresh look at a twenty-year-old unsolved...

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