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V. C. Clinton-Baddeley

    This author explores the depths of the human experience through their literary work. Their style is characterized by precision and sensitivity, drawing readers into complex themes. They emphasize the psychological depth of characters and their internal struggles. Their work is a significant contribution to contemporary literature.

    All Right on the Night
    To Study a Long Silence
    No Case for the Police
    Only a Matter of Time
    Death's Bright Dart
    • 2013

      Only a Matter of Time

      • 263 pages
      • 10 hours of reading

      Kings Lacey, like many an English country town, has a festival. As an opera lover Dr Davie would hate to miss it. Nearby at Bexminster Electronics, secrets are leaking to Japanese rivals. When two bodies are found savagely chopped down Dr Davie begins his scholarly investigations.

      Only a Matter of Time
    • 2008

      Dr. Davie turns detective when a conference at Cambridge College turns deadly after a lethal blowpipe is stolen from a local exhibition and it appears nearly everyone at the conference knows a lot about nasty poisons

      Death's Bright Dart
    • 1975

      An aging man with a restless young wife. An antique collector with a sinister new acquisition. A married couple with part-time lovers. There was definitely more than met the eye in the tranquil town of Tidwell St. Peter's. But Dr. Davie, the distinguished profesor with a penchant for puzzles, would find more than impropriety when he probed beneath the respectable facade. he would discover that one of its residents was a clever driminal who had gotten away with murder...and was perfectly prepared to try again!

      No Case for the Police