Dorothy Simpson Books

Leo Martindale returns to Longford Hall after 20 years, and is soon found dead on a snowy February morning. Inspector Thanet suspects murder, but there are many suspects. This is the author's ninth Inspector Thanet novel, her fifth, Last Seen Alive , won the 1985 CWA Silver Dagger Award.

A murder story by a winner of the Silver Dagger Award. Innocent young Charity Pritchard is missing, and her family, strict religious fundamentalists, want to leave the matter in God's hands. Inspector Thanet's first thoughts on finding poor Charity's broken body are later proved to be mistaken.

On the face of it, Dr. Pettifer had everything to live for—a thriving country practice, a beautiful (and very pregnant) wife, rude good health in both body and bank balance. Everyone swore there was no reason why he should have taken an overdose.That’s what they all say, murmured Inspector Thanet, knowing how high was the suicide rate among the medical profession. Stress, overwork, worry—all took their toll.But he had to admit there were some curious features about this case, little things that aroused his suspicions. For a start, would-be suicides didn’t normally arrange for their cars to be repaired, or book expensive holidays for themselves, only hours before they reached for the tablets...

While Alicia was a schoolgirl a jilted boyfriend had killed himself, and her parents had moved from Kent. When she turns up after twenty years she is welcomed back although nobody knows why she has returned. Within hours Inspector Thanet has to investigate her murder.

Kriminalroman om inspector Thanets opklaring af et mord, der sker under den årlige havefest på herregården

Gentlemanly detective-inspector Luke Thanet is hard-pressed to discover who pushed beautiful but unpleasant Nerine Tarrant over the second-story balcony of her manor "High Gables" to her death below. There is no lack of suspects, and Thanet, with stolid, respectable Sgt. Lineham at his side, is kept busy interviewing them. — Did Nerine's husband Roland, although seemingly shattered by her death, finally seek revenge for her many infidelities? Could her senile mother-in-law, terrified at Nerine's threats to send her to a nursing home, have given her the fatal shove? What about Celia Speed, whose husband and son were both having affairs with the promiscuous Mrs. Tarrant? Even Nerine's 18-year-old-son Damon and her sister Daphne may have their own complicated reasons for wanting her dead. Kindly, pipe-smoking, utterly domestic Thanet gently probes into every aspect of village life, carefully gleaning leads from the most recalcitrant suspect.

During a small and uncomfortable dinner party, Virginia Mintar, wife of a prominent lawyer, disappears, and is found hours later in the garden well of her estate. Inspector Luke Thanet and his partner, Sergeant Mike Lineham, quickly discern that Virginia's scandalous behavior had earned her the rage of family, friends, and lovers. Who had been finally driven to kill her?

A title in a series featuring Inspector Thanet. When Max Jeopard, a charismatic writer is found dead, Thanet discovers he had several enemies, including his father-in-law and members of his own family. He uncovers jealousies which lay beneath Max's seemingly perfect life.

Thanet's beat remains the town of Sturrenden, his milieu the upper middle classes, his sleuthing style understated and shrewdly intuitive -- when he isn't beset by such family problems as his teenage daughter's posh new boyfriend. The inspector finds a diversion of sorts at a local fete hosted by the prominent Fairleigh family. But then death strikes: someone uses a pillow to suffocate the clan's tough old matriarch only days after she suffers a stroke. Suspects include the immediate family -- a son in politics, a daughter-in-law mourning her baby's death, a timid sister -- and the usual collection of odd servants beloved by British crime writers.

When a successful business woman is found drowned in the local river, the police are called in. There is no clear evidence that the woman was murdered, but to Inspector Thanet this is definitely a suspicious death. A lot of people had the motive to kill the woman, but who had the opportunity? This is a strange case, one that will tax Inspector Thanet to his limit!

Curiousity killed the cat. Did it also kill Carrie? Inspector Thanet is called in to investigate the murder of a singularly unprepossessing middle-aged spinster in a peaceful Kentish garden. The author is a winner of the Silver Dagger Award.

A novel by the author of Six Feet Under, The Night She Died, Puppet For a Corpse, Close Her Eyes, Last Seen Alive, Dead On Arrival and Element of Doubt.

The 12th crime novel featuring the Kent policemen, Inspector Thanet and Sergeant Lineham. This time they are investigating the murder of a ruthless, promiscuous local vineyard owner. This novel won the Crime Writers' Association Silver Dagger Award.

Pětatřicetiletý Zak Randish, zkušený vinař prosperující kentské vinice, byl nalezen mrtev uprostřed zdemolované laboratoře. Podezřelých je mnoho, protože Randish coby svůdník a problematická osobnost nebyl příliš oblíben. Svědkové mlčí a drží při sobě, což ztěžuje inspektoru Thanetovi a seržantu Linehamovi vyšetřo- vání. Případ je nakonec vyřešen po objevení tragických okolností sahajících až do minulosti. Sympatičtí detektivové nám přiblíží několik lidských osudů i pár zajímavostí z vinařského řemesla. Klasická oddechová konverzační detektivka pro ty čtenáře, kteří nemají v oblibě "drsnou školu". Detektivní román z anglického Kentu o násilné smrti mladého vinaře

Ze začátku je inspektor Thanet vraždou docela obyčejné staré panny středního věku v poklidné vesnici hrabství Kent zcela zmaten.Považuje ji za velmi neobvyklou.Brzy však odhalí,že tato žena měla několik překvapivých tajemství, a navíc také ideální příležitost špehovat ostatní.