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Na jaře roku 1871 doprovází Lizzie Rossová svou ctihodnou tetu Parryovou na ozdravné cestě k jižnímu pobřeží Anglie. Lizziein manžel Ben musí kvůli vyšetřování ve Scotland Yardu zůstat ve městě, a tak klade své ženě na srdce, aby na sebe dávala pozor a do ničeho se nezapletla. Když je však Lizzie spolu s tetičkou a dalšími hosty pozvána na večeři do sídla bohatého statkáře Sira Henryho Meagera, který je druhý den nalezen zastřelený ve vlastní posteli, je jasné, že Lizzie bude nakonec Benovu pomoc přece jen potřebovat. Společnými silami se totiž musí pokusit odhalit nejtemnější tajemství sira Henryho a dopadnout nemilosrdného vraha…

A body is found and a killer is on the loose in Where Old Bones Lie, Ann Granger's fifth English village murder mystery in the Mitchell & Markby series

Candle of a Corpse is the eighth mystery in the gripping English village crime series by Ann Granger, combining intelligent plotting with warmth and humour

Napínavý příběh v tradici té nejlepší anglické detektivky Píše se léto roku 1871, když inspektor Scotland Yardu Ben Ross navštíví Jacoba Jacobuse, nechvalně proslulého antikváře, přítele padouchů a policejního informátora. Ben doufá, že od něj získá informace o případných loupežích, k nimž by mohlo dojít, když se teď nejbohatší vrstvy společnosti vrátily na sezonu do Londýna. Netuší však, že k jedné troufalé krádeži již došlo – z toaletního stolku v sídle Roxbyů někdo odcizil smaragdový náhrdelník, rodinnou památku nevyčíslitelné hodnoty, a vdova Roxbyová požaduje jeho okamžité vrácení. Benův den se ještě zhorší, když ho a jeho ženu Lizzie večer zastihne zpráva, že byl Jacob Jacobus nalezen mrtvý ve svém pokoji s podříznutým hrdlem. Je možné, aby spolu tyto dva zločiny souvisely?

Dense fog masks foul play in the streets of London, as Ann Granger brings us her seventh Victorian mystery featuring Scotland Yard's Inspector Ben Ross and his wife Lizzie. It is March 1870. London is in the grip of fog and ice. But Scotland Yard's Inspector Ben Ross has more than the weather to worry about when the body of a young woman is found in a dustbin at the back of a Piccadilly restaurant. Ben must establish who the victim is before he can find out how and why she came to be there. His enquiries lead him first to a bootmaker in Salisbury and then to a landowner in Yorkshire. Meanwhile, Ben's wife, Lizzie, aided by their eagle-eyed maid, Bessie, is investigating the mystery of a girl who is apparently being kept a prisoner in her own home. As Ben pursues an increasingly complex case, Lizzie reveals a vital piece of evidence that brings him one step closer to solving the crime... Praise for Ann Granger's crime novels: 'Characterisation, as ever with Granger, is sharp and astringent' The Times 'Her usual impeccable plotting is fully in place' Good Book Guide 'A clever and lively book' Margaret Yorke 'This engrossing story looks like the start of a highly enjoyable series' Scotsman

Inspector Ben Ross is summoned to Newgate Prison by James Wills, a man about to face the gallows, Ben is shocked to hear his account of a brutal murder that he witnessed on Putney Heath, sixteen years ago. Unable to halt Wills's execution, Ben is ordered to forget the matter and instead to investigate the abduction of a wealthy London gentleman's wife and child. Meanwhile, Ben's wife Lizzie, and her maid Bessie take a trip to Somerset House followed by a cab ride to Putney Heath that convinces them that the testimony of the hanged man was true and a murderess is roaming free.

Investigating the murder of a teenage girl in Bamford, Chief Inspector Alan Markby seeks out the unknown companion who became the last person to see the victim alive and enlists the help of Meredith Mitchell, who works with another troubled teen.

When Meredith Mitchell's old friend Toby Smythe turns up on leave, she is delighted to see him. But Toby has a problem - or rather his relative Alison Jenner has - and he wants to enlist the help of Meredith's fiance, Detective Superintendent Alan Markby. Alison has been receiving anonymous hate mail which alludes to the murder of her aunt, Freda Kemp, of which Alison was acquitted when she was just twenty. Who is the writer, and how does he or she know about this secret in Alison's past? Markby is at first reluctant to become involved, especially as he and Meredith are busy planning their wedding, but enquiries into a poison pen campaign soon turn into a murder hunt. With the help of Inspector Jessica Campbell, a new member of Markby's team, the investigation unravels a twenty-five-year-old mystery and its dreadful legacy of violence.

The fourth Victorian crime novel to feature Scotland Yard's Inspector Ben Ross and his wife Lizzie