Linford Mystery
3 total works
Theodora Thistleton was not at all popular. Gaunt, rich and embittered, she bullied her secretaries, used her wealth to cause trouble in her family, was rude, sarcastic and 'in one of her really nasty moons would even go so far as to use bad language.' Passionately addicted to showjumping, and equally passionately determined to win, she made enemies all around her. 'I'm sure there are dozens of people queueing up to murder her,' said one rider. And someone did, in spectacular fashion, at a local horse show. The county police have their hands full with an arsonist; it's time to call in the Yard. It's lucky that D.C.I. Flecker's sergeant is such a fan of showjumping. Originally published in 1963.
The pony book grows up! In the villages of West Wintshire, deep in 'Horse and Hound' territory with their colonels, captains and brigadiers, a good-looking, rich, horsey young man keels over and dies. Local Inspector Hollis, a burly man with a low forehead, an aggressive nose, very little chin and an unfortunate manner, proves unequal to the challenge of finding the killer. Enter D.C.I. James Flecker of the Yard, whose amiable and unkempt appearance belies the fierce intelligence that suffers fools not at all. Originally published in 1959.
