Hugh Longworth Books

A breezy, charming, and perfectly escapist mystery set in the heart of sun- and wine-soaked Aix-en-Provence--where murder investigations are always put on hold for lunch and the only thing more sweeping than the story is the Mediterranean coastline. Provençal Mystery Series #9 Watch the series! Murder in Provence is now on Britbox. Something strange has happened at the unassuming Musée de Quentin-Savary in Aix-en-Provence. When the director, Monsieur Achille Formentin, walks in one beautiful April morning, he is shocked to find the whole museum emptied of its contents--only a bench, the reception desk, and a lowly fern remain. Distressed, he calls the local police, and Aix's examining magistrate Antoine Verlaque sets out to discover the thief's identity. But it's the most baffling case Verlaque has ever encountered. Why would someone want to steal porcelain dessert plates, some old documents, and a few small paintings? Could this have something to do with the mysterious robbery of Madame de Montbarbon's apartment a few weeks earlier? And how can Verlaque possibly concentrate on the theft when he and his wife, Marine Bonnet, are going to have a baby?

In this latest tale in the A Provençal Mystery series, Antoine Verlaque and his wife and partner, Marine Bonnet, investigate the murder of an expat tour company operator

A comprehensive companion volume to Hugh Lonworth's British Railways Steam Locomotives 1948-1968, this latest title provides a locomotive-by-locomotive allocation record from 1948 to 1963.The follow-up to one of the most successful reference books produced by Ian Allan Publishing's OPC imprint in recent years, this book provides a class-by-class, locomotive-by-locomotive record of each steam locomotive that was in service on 1 January 1948 as well as all those that were built between that date and 1963. Drawing upon six vital years in the steam era, the book provides a locomotive-by-locomotive allocation record, including distribution maps to illustrate how each individual class was allocated during the relevant years and a shed-by-shed listing for each of these years. Although the book is primarily designed as a work of reference with detailed tabular matter, there will also be a range of illustrations portraying typical examples of the locomotive classes featured.