Inspector Cockrill Mysteries
5 primary works
Book 2
Set in a military hospital during the blitz, this novel is one of Brand's most intricately plotted detection puzzles, executed with her characteristic cleverness and gusto. When a patient dies under the anesthetic and later the presiding nurse is murdered, Inspector Cockrill finds himself with six suspects--three doctors and three nurses--and not a discernible motive among them.
Book 3
Book 5
Rosie, the naughty little nymphet around whom Christianna Brand weaves her witty and mysterious web, recounts to her family a series of fibs that results in their supposing the unfortunate suitor, Raoul Vernet, to be her base seducer. On a night of dense London fog, with everyone alibied, Raoul is discovered having been hit over the head with a blunt instrument.
Book 6
This fast-paced mystery features Inspector Cockrill of the Kent County Police, who is taking his vacation on an island off the coast of Italy. When a fellow tourist is stabbed to death, the Inspector's dim view of Latin culture reaches a new low as he assists the inept local authorities.
Book 7