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Patricia Moyes

    Táto autorka je známa svojimi napínavými detektívnymi románmi, v ktorých sa sústredí na postavu inšpektora Henryho Tibbetta. Jej diela sa vyznačujú premyslenými zápletkami a prenikavým pohľadom na ľudskú povahu. Okrem detektívok sa venovala aj písaniu pre mladších čitateľov a poviedkam, čím preukázala svoju všestrannosť v literárnom umení. Jej štýl je často opisovaný ako vytriezvený a pútavý.

    Patricia Moyes
    Season of Snows and Sins
    Many Deadly Returns
    A Six Letter Word for Death
    Collins Crime Club: Twice in a Blue Moon
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    • Autorka ve své knize spojuje napínavé pátrání s důvěrnou znalostí problémů a zápletek z oblasti,v níž kraluje rozmarná paní móda. Čtivý příběh, poutavě popsány modely i modelky, čtenář je vtažen do atmosféry módního světa 60. let.

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    • Collins Crime Club: Twice in a Blue Moon

      • 192 stránok
      • 7 hodin čítania

      When Susan Gardiner unexpectedly inherits an old country inn not far from London, she also inherits a long-lost distant cousin. A few years her senior and infinitely attractive, Cousin James is also very attentive. It isn't long before romance blooms.Youth and beauty, romance and country a frothy mix if ever there was one - but of course, this is Patricia Moyes and very soon, murder enters the picture. When Susan, who is a skilled restaurateur, reopens the inn as a posh gourmet eatery and, against all odds (and the dire predictions of the locals), makes a go of it, customers flock. Things are looking decidedly upbeat until one of the guests, on sampling the chef's plat du jour, suddenly keels over, the victim of mushroom poisoning.Enter Chief Inspector Henry Tibbett. And once again we are off on another wonderful - and in this case, wonderfully delicious - Moyes mystery. The nineteenth in a series that has won national acclaim and a large and loyal following, it finds Henry Tibbett in top form. And, in Susan Gardiner, it introduces a narrator as fresh and appealing as the menu she oversees. Long-term fans and new readers alike will not be This is Patricia Moyes writing at the very top of her form.

      Collins Crime Club: Twice in a Blue Moon
      4,4
    • A Six Letter Word for Death

      • 241 stránok
      • 9 hodin čítania

      A crossword puzzle compiled by a mischievous group of mystery writers leads Chief Superintendent Henry Tibbett and his wife into a murder case involving a horrifying twenty-year-old secret.

      A Six Letter Word for Death
      3,9
    • Many Deadly Returns

      • 247 stránok
      • 9 hodin čítania

      Officer Tibbett investigates the death of Lady Crystal Balaclava who succumbs to an apparent heart attack shortly after receiving her birthday presents

      Many Deadly Returns
      3,8
    • Season of Snows and Sins

      • 217 stránok
      • 8 hodin čítania

      While visiting an Alpine ski resort during the Christmas holidays, Detective Chief Superintendent Tibbett and his wife become aware of a scandal threatening the French government

      Season of Snows and Sins
      3,7
    • Who Is Simon Warwick?

      • 168 stránok
      • 6 hodin čítania

      Two men claim to be Simon Warwick, nephew to the late Lord Charlton and heir to a vast fortune, but when one man is found murdered, Henry Tibbett of Scotland Yard must decide who is, or was, Simon Warwick

      Who Is Simon Warwick?
      3,7
    • Falling Star

      • 255 stránok
      • 9 hodin čítania

      The death of a famous actor during the filming of the movie, Street Scene, appears to be an accident, but Inspector Henry Tibbett investigates and becomes convinced that he was murdered

      Falling Star
      3,6
    • Death on the Agenda

      • 192 stránok
      • 7 hodin čítania

      Representing Britain at an international conference on drug smuggling, Inspector Henry Tibbett must investigate the fatal stabbing of an important conference official

      Death on the Agenda
      3,5