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In this, their ninth investigation, husband and wife sleuths, Antonia Darcy and Major Payne, search desperately for answers before the killer strikes again.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49564344451345,"sku":"GOR009035473","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0750958308.jpg?v=1751328819"},{"product_id":"death-of-corinne-book-r-t-raichev-9781849010733","title":"The Death of Corinne","description":"When death threats arrive in the post, Corinne takes refuge at Chalfont Park, country estate of her godmother Lady Grylls. Other house guests include Antonia Darcy and her husband Major Payne, Corinne's dominating agent Maitre Maginot, a private detective called Jonson, and Lady Grylls' nephew, Peverel de Broke... But why has millionairess socialite Eleanor Merchant travelled from the US with the sole intention of meeting Corinne?   Could it be because she believes it was Corinne's haunting voice that drove her son to suicide?  Praise for R. T. Raichev  'A whodunit that has more twists than a snake in a basket.' Robert Barnard  The intricate and inventive mystery is embellished by witty dialogue and a cast of gloriously eccentric characters.' Francis Wyndham  'Agatha Christie fans will find much to like in this traditional whodunit.' Publishers Weekly  'Fascinating and surreal.' Lady Antonia Fraser  'All so ingenious.' Emma Tennant  'Fans of cosies will love the light touch.' Kirkus Reviews  'This will be pleasing to more than traditionalists, because it adds a P. D. Jamesian subtlety to the comfortable Christie formula.' 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After all, it is their tenth wedding anniversary and Major Payne's aunt, Lady Grylls, has been trying to think of a truly original present for them... 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Twenty years on and Antonia Darcy, divorcee and assistant librarian at the Military and Naval Club, still puzzles over the disappearance of Sonya Dufrette and the bizarre behaviour of her father, the awful Lawrence Dufrette, his exotic wife, Lena and the intelligent but austere Lady Mortlock -- not to mention the strange absence of the nanny.   Ably assisted by her new admirer, Major Payne, she embarks on a mission to solve the labyrinthine mystery of the long-lost child's disappearance.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49622401024273,"sku":"GOR002124385","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1849010897.jpg?v=1751453207"},{"product_id":"murder-at-the-villa-byzantine-book-r-t-raichev-9781849014762","title":"Murder at the Villa Byzantine","description":"What role does the mysterious Miss Hope, former governess to the Bulgarian royal family, play in the bizarre murder at the Villa Byzantine? And does she in fact actually exist? Antonia Darcy and Major Hugh Payne attend a birthday party for one of their Hampstead neighbours, little knowing they will end up investigating the grisly death of one of Melisande Chevret's other guests. The ageing actress becomes a natural suspect when her love rival is killed. But after that first murder, another murder takes place at the Villa Byzantine. The owner of the exotically styled house is royal biographer Tancred Vane, but he swears he is innocent. And surely his new friend Catherine Hope, an elderly lady helping him with his research, can have nothing to do with it? It looks as though the victim's daughter is to blame - but how likely is it that a teenage girl should have a dainty silk handkerchief bearing her monogram? And would she drop it so conveniently beside her mother's dead body? Praise for R.T. Raichev: \"Deftly mixes dark humor and psychological suspense, its genteel surface masking delicious deviancy.\" (Kirkus Reviews\" (starred review)). \"Fascinating ...Recalls the best of the Golden Age of Detective fiction. \" (Lady Antonia Fraser). \"Mixes Henry James' psychological insight with Agatha Christie's whodunit plotting skills ...Raichev once again triumphs.\" (\"Library Journal\" (starred review)). \"I have read all of Raichev's books. They are very clever. I really am a fan.\" (R.L. Stine). \"A whodunit with more twists than a snake in a basket.\" (Robert Barnard, Golden Dagger winner). \"Adds a P. D. Jamesian subtlety to the comfortable Christie formula. 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This proves to be a distinctly sinister establishment, where they encounter the mysterious Doctor Fairchild and his albino manservant Madden. Does the solution to the puzzle lie in the past - there seems to be a link to the Nuremberg Trials? It looks as though a controversial royal figure might have secretly plotted to save one of Hitler's mot notorious henchmen from the hangman's noose. 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