Dorothy Martin mysteries
Author
Author
Series
Dorothy Martin mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Walker and Company
Pub. Date
1995.
Physical Desc
205 pages : map ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
After she attends a Christmas service, Dorothy Martin, 60, an American widow living in England whose outrageous hats are the talk of the village, stumbles over the body of the local canon. She turns sleuth to help out the chief constable, also a widower.
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Series
Dorothy Martin mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Walker
Pub. Date
c1996
Physical Desc
208 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Dorothy Martin mysteries volume 3
Publisher
Walker and Co
Pub. Date
c1997
Physical Desc
184 p.
Language
English
Author
Series
Dorothy Martin mysteries volume 4
Publisher
Walker
Pub. Date
1998
Physical Desc
228 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Dorothy Martin mysteries volume 5
Publisher
Walker
Pub. Date
c1999
Physical Desc
208 p. : ill.
Language
English
Author
Series
Dorothy Martin mysteries volume 6
Publisher
Walker
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Desc
210 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Dorothy Martin mysteries volume 7
Publisher
Walker
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
229 p.
Language
English
Author
Series
Dorothy Martin mysteries volume 8
Publisher
Walker & Co
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
254 p.
Language
English
Author
Series
Dorothy Martin mysteries volume 10
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
183 p. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Dorothy Martin and her husband, retired Chief Constable Alan Nesbitt, are invited to a country house weekend at a lovingly restored old mansion, they expect nothing more explosive than the Guy Fawkes fireworks. Having read every Agatha Christie ever written, Dorothy should have known better, but even she could not have anticipated the terror that is unleashed by an epic storm and the discovery of a body among the roots of a fallen oak tree. Rendered...
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Series
Dorothy Martin mysteries volume 11
Publisher
Severn House Publishers Ltd
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
215 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Dorothy Martin mysteries volume 12
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st world ed.
Physical Desc
212 p. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
After finding a body in St. James's Park, Dorothy Martin investigates the murder of the young victim upon learning that her friend and ex-detective Jonathan Quinn knew the girl who was killed.
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Series
Dorothy Martin mysteries volume 13
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
1st world ed.
Physical Desc
202 p. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
When a mysterious murder is unearthed during a Welsh music festival, Dorothy Martin and her husband, retired Chief Constable Alan Nesbitt, find themselves in the midst of the investigation.
14) Shadows of death
Author
Series
Dorothy Martin mysteries volume 14
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First world edition.
Physical Desc
218 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
While on a trip to visit a Stone Age excavation, Dorothy and her husband, retired Chief Constable Alan Nesbitt, launch an unofficial investigation into the murder of the principal donor for the archaeological dig.
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Series
Dorothy Martin mysteries volume 15
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First world edition.
Physical Desc
211 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Dorothy Martin's husband, Alan Nesbitt, is heavily involved in the complex and lengthy process of choosing a new bishop for Sherebury Cathedral when one of the candidates is found murdered in his own church.
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Series
Dorothy Martin mysteries volume 16
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First world edition.
Physical Desc
215 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Dorothy and Alan investigate when a body is discovered at the bottom of an elevator shaft during an art department party at Sherebury University and the killer shows signs of striking again.
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Series
Dorothy Martin mysteries volume 17
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First world edition.
Physical Desc
215 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
American Anglophile Dorothy Martin tackles a tricky puzzle in the historic university town of Cambridge. Dorothy Martin isn't overly enthusiastic when her husband, retired police detective Alan Nesbitt, invites her to accompany him to a conference in Cambridge, picturing cramped student accommodation. But St. Stephen's turns out to be recently renovated, and, bolstered by en suite facilities, Dorothy is looking forward to exploring the historic and...
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Series
Dorothy Martin mysteries volume 18
Publisher
Severn House Publishers LTD
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First world edition.
Physical Desc
217 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
A holiday on the picturesque island of Alderney leads to a case of cold-blooded murder for American Anglophile Dorothy Martin. When Dorothy Martin and her husband, retired police detective Alan Nesbitt, decide to visit the beautiful island of Alderney in the English Channel, they hope for a pleasant, peaceful holiday. It's not to be. Taking a walk on their very first day, they discover a body, apparently the victim of an unfortunate accident, on a...
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Dorothy Martin mysteries volume 19
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First world edition.
Physical Desc
215 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Dorothy Martin goes to France - alone because Alan is stuck back home in Sherebury with a broken ankle - she worries about her ability to get along in a language she barely speaks, and in a country she hasn't seen for over fifty years. But by the time Alan joins her a week later, Dorothy has found herself embroiled in one mystery after another: a woman drowning in quicksand; a man suffering a near-fatal fall in the abbey at Mont Saint Michel;...
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Series
Dorothy Martin mysteries volume 20
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First world edition.
Physical Desc
217 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When Dorothy Martin and her husband Alan meet the wealthy Ahmad family, they are charmed by their courtesy, their perfect English, their delightful children and their commitment to peace. Following a concert at Sherebury Cathedral, the Ahmads offer to host a party afterwards at the Rose and Crown pub. But Mr and Mrs Ahmad don't show up. Their children are asleep upstairs at the inn, but the parents are nowhere to be found ... With suspicions of kidnap...
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Series
Dorothy Martin mysteries volume 21
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First world edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 215 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Dorothy Martin and her husband Alan have been invited to rural Suffolk to take part in the christening of the newest member of the aristocratic Montcalm family. But on arriving at Dunham Manor, they discover the household in turmoil as the ceremonial dagger, used in Montcalm family christenings for generations past, has gone missing. Dorothy and Alan offer their help in locating the ancient heirloom, but when a stranger is murdered in the village...
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Series
Dorothy Martin mysteries volume 22
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First world edition.
Physical Desc
218 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When Dorothy Martin and her ex-policeman husband Alan are asked by some good friends to look into a series of petty crimes that are perplexing the local Mounties in the picturesque Canadian city of Victoria, they immediately jump on a plane to British Columbia and settle themselves into the heart of the local community. Drinking champagne with the local businessman and would-be politician as well as cups of tea with the local recluse, they infiltrate...
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Dorothy Martin mysteries volume 23
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First world edition.
Physical Desc
217 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
American Anglophile Dorothy Martin and her husband, retired chief constable Alan Nesbit, are enjoying a pleasant, albeit rain-soaked, stay in the historic university city of Durham with their old friend David Tregarth. Castle tours and cathedral services fill their days as they wander up and down the steep, cobbled lanes of the medieval city. But the holiday comes to an abrupt halt when David's elderly great-aunt is accused of the murder of a fellow...
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Series
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First world edition.
Physical Desc
217 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Retired chief constable Alan Nesbit and his wife Dorothy Martin are in the beautiful historic city of Bath to celebrate Dorothy's birthday, enjoying the city's elegant surroundings, sightseeing, shopping - and champagne. But the celebrations are curtailed when they discover a curious assortment of loot in their car boot during a trip to Stonehenge - from precious artefacts to cheap jumble sale trinkets. The stolen items are linked to various historic...
25) A deadly web
Author
Series
Dorothy Martin mysteries volume 25
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First world edition.
Physical Desc
216 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
When an "unofficial" relative of Alan's arrives from the States, Dorothy and Alan are drawn into a tangled web of murder and lies. Dorothy Martin is more than capable of dozing during a raging storm in her snug house in Sherebury, but the loud ping of an unexpected text on her husband Alan's phone quickly wakes her up. Alan's unofficial great-niece, Lucy Bowman, is coming over from the States for a conference. When Lucy arrives, she gushes about her...
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Dorothy Martin mysteries volume 26
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First world edition.
Physical Desc
211 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
While visiting her husband's old friend in Grasmere, Dorothy Martin and retired chief constable Alan Nesbitt find their vacation plans interrupted by the murder of an unpopular egoist?-?disturbing case that leads them back in time to a terrible secret someone's determined to keep.
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