Briefcases
7 total works
Carsfold has recently opened its new theatre and the Town’s Women’s Guild is to present its first live performances – the pantomime `Jack and the Beanstalk’ – over Christmas.
DI Harry Falconer has managed to duck two days spent over the festive season in the Carmichael household by pleading other commitments, but treating the whole family, himself included, to tickets to the first performance, on Boxing Day.
But he seems to be able to do nothing straight forward, and when tragedy strikes in the very first Act, he is catapulted back into his professional role with a vengeance: and on a Bank Holiday, too.
The fifth of a series of short stories covering the elapsed time between the books in the Falconer Files series.
Abigail Wentworth is looking forward to her reunion lunch with Alison Fairweather. They are old schoolfriends who met twice a year, usually for Alison to dish the dirt on the others they had known when they were younger – and for Abigail to gloat over their `inferior’ circumstances, in comparison to her own respectable existence.
During one such lunch, though, Abigail recognizes a face from the past – and from that moment onward, her life skids completely out of control …
An insanely gripping village detective series with a delightful slice of humour. Perfect for fans of Agatha Christie, Lillian Jackson Braun and Midsomer Murders.
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A Falconer short story in a more sombre mood.
DI Falconer becomes involved in a gossip-fuelled hate crime, only to find himself questioning his own judgement when it comes to protecting Miriam Darling from her anonymous persecutors...
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Praise for Andrea Frazer's quirky and compelling crime novels:
***** 'I enjoy everything Andrea Frazer writes. The series of Falconer Files is very entertaining and I would recommend it to mystery buffs' Reader Review
***** '...if anyone likes Agatha Christie with a modern twist, an ongoing story in each book and great touches of humour amongst the murders this is the type of book you will enjoy' Reader Review
***** 'What a powerful way to show how gossip destroys people. I would recommend this to all readers. This book has a good message to share' Reader Review
***** 'Good plot, captivating character, always with a twist!' Reader Review
An insanely gripping village detective series with a delightful slice of humour. Perfect for fans of Agatha Christie, Lillian Jackson Braun and Midsomer Murders.
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On Christmas Day the two detectives are summoned to a block of apartments in Market Darley, to investigate the unexplained death of a young woman whose fiance was due to move in with her on New Year's Day.
At first, her death seems a complete mystery, then, something that Dr Christmas discovers on the internet indicates that her death could just have been a tragic accident, or was it?
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Praise for Andrea Frazer's quirky and compelling crime novels:
***** 'How does she do it - come up with these wonderful plots?... Well done, Andrea Frazer, yet again. Keep your wonderful books coming, please' Reader Review
***** '...a good read... Ms Frazer has a pleasant style of writing and her characters are well drawn' Reader Review
***** 'This short story is just as good as her longer books... a great read' Reader Review
***** 'Yet another great read from Andrea Frazer - looking forward to the next' Reader Review
The second of an occasional series of short stories covering the elapsed time between the books in The Falconer Files series.
This story covers events that occur between the books 'Inkier than the Sword' and 'Pascal Passion'
A young man and his girlfriend decide to celebrate their first St Valentine's Day together, with a cosy evening of cocktails at her house.
But as the evening progresses,events don't go quite as Malcolm Standing planned.
The next morning, DI Falconer and DS Carmichael are called in to try to sort out what really happened.
DS Carmichael is accompanying his step-sons on their `trick or treat’ rounds in Castle Farthing, while DI Falconer holds the fort at Market Darley police station this Hallowe’en. In fact, it is DC Roberts who has drawn the evening’s short straw and has been dispatched to the small town of Carsfold, to the south of the market town, for a second interview with a householder, without a clue that an unexplained explosion will not only land him in hospital yet again, but kick off another case of murder for his two colleagues.
Harry Falconer is summoned to an address in Carsfold on the evening of 31st October when a man is found dead in his garden, a hollowed-out pumpkin jammed over his head, and his garden shed blown-up and fire-damaged. Carmichael is immediately summoned to join him and, together, they interrogate the victim’s neighbours, uncovering a plethora of damaged and broken relationships, in their search for his killer.
The third of a series of short stories covering the elapsed time between the books in The Falconer Files series.
This story covers events that occur between the books 'Pascal Passion' and 'Murder at the Manse'.
DI Falconer and DS Carmichael are both enjoying a well-earned rest day, when they are summoned to a most distressing incident that has occurred at a chip shop on the parade of shops in Upper Darley.
It was obviously murder, but was it something to do with the robust behaviour of some of the more aggressive customers from the night before or was it closer to home?