Peter Child: 10 books

One Sunday afternoon in July 1882, while Inspector James Hadley and his family are enjoying a walk in Regents Park, two young women are being randomly selected for their macabre murder in Whitechapel. Their naked bodies are discovered the next day with red roses stuffed into their mouths and vaginas...

A fast moving and unusual crime story set in Victorian London in March 1882. Inspector James Hadley, assisted by Sergeant Cooper, are assigned by the Commissioner to investigate the sudden and unexplained death of his good friend, Mrs Abigail Hook, a newly married widow. Mr Hook mysteriously disappeared...

One morning in May 1882, Inspector James Hadley arrived in his office at Scotland Yard and was immediately summoned by Chef Inspector Bell to a meeting with the Commissioner. In grave tones the Commissioner ordered an immediate inquiry into the hideous murder of an ex-army man living in Islington....

Doctor Pemberton, an eminent Doctor with a practice in Harley Street, is murdered during a performance of Tchaikovsky music at the Albert Hall. Inspector Hadley and Sergeant Cooper are assigned the case but as they begin their investigation, Lady Beatrice Maitland, a patient of Doctor Pemberton, is...

They followed the Sergeant, in sombre mood, through the Middle Tower and along to the Byward Tower, then passed Traitors Gate before turning left, passing through the arch of the Bloody Tower and up the slope to the White Tower. “It’s the devils work, sir” said Collins as they approached the...

After a short leave, Inspector James Hadley returns to Scotland Yard in September 1882 and is summoned to the Commissioner’s office, where he is informed that Charles Barrington, a high ranking official at the Foreign Office, has been found murdered alongside the naked body of a young man. The Commissioner...

A fast moving, racy and amusing story about identical and attractive twin sisters, who compete for the attention of men they meet at work or by accident. Samantha is more successful, as she is an extrovert character, while Kate is reserved, which is made worse by her mother, who always favours Samantha...

Do you believe in Angels? Divorce is a difficult situation for any one woman to cope with so when relatives offer their advice on what to do next and how to begin a new life, it is not always helpful. However, when a tall handsome stranger arrives unexpectedly on the scene to guide and offer...

After a short sightseeing trip to Cairo, Anthony Steele leaves the hotel and phones his wife in England on the way to the airport. He boards an Air Egypt Boeing at the same time as Captain Kominski passes through aircrew security and walks out to the aircraft. As the Captain nears the jet, a baggage...

Max Palmer arrived in Malta on business, and was soon entrapped in a dangerous situation by a young, glamorous American widow, who was searching for her long lost brother. Unbeknown to her, he is actually a CIA agent, who went missing, while in Libya. Palmer and the widow charter an old fishing boat...