Robert Blair, a local solicitor, is called on to defend two women, Marion Sharpe and her mother, who are accused of kidnapping and beating a fifteen-year-old Betty Kane. As the Sharpes are about to be interviewed by local police and Scotland Yard, represented by Inspector Alan Grant, Marion calls Blair and, although his firm does not do criminal cases, he agrees to come out to their home, "The Franchise", to look out for their interests during the questioning. The case against them is quite strong. The Sharpe women are accused that one night they approached Betty while she was waiting for a...

This carefully crafted book collection is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: Inspector Alan Grant Mysteries: The Man in the Queue (Killer in the Crowd) A Shilling for Candles The Franchise Affair To Love and Be Wise The Daughter of Time The Singing Sands Other Mysteries: Miss Pym Disposes Brat Farrar (Come and Kill Me)

Alan Grant, Scotland Yard Inspector is feeling bored while confined to bed in hospital with a broken leg. Marta Hallard, an actress friend of his, suggests that he should amuse himself by researching a historical mystery. She brings him some pictures of historical characters, aware of Grant's interest in human faces. He becomes intrigued by a portrait of King Richard III. He prides himself on being able to read a person's character from his appearance, and King Richard seems to him a gentle, kind and wise man. Why is everyone so sure that he was a cruel murderer? With the help of other...

The body of a film actress known as Christine Clay is discovered at the edge of the surf on a beach in Kent. She is initially thought to be the victim of a drowning accident, but the presence of a button tangled in her hair leads Inspector Alan Grant to conclude she has been murdered. Suspicion quickly falls on her friend and house guest, Robert Tisdall. Tisdall was rescued from a life of poverty when Clay randomly encountered him in London and offered him hospitality out of kindness. The day before the murder, Clay wrote to her lawyer instructing him to add a codicil to her will bequeathing...

Inspector Alan Grant is a Scotland Yard detective who relies on his instincts and often goes against the evidence if his gut feeling says so. He is thorough and systematic in his investigations and always pulls through. Contents: - "The Man in the Queue" (or Killer in the Crowd) - Inspector Grant investigates a murder of a man who was stabbed in the ticket line in front of theatre. There are numerous witnesses, but nobody saw anything. - "A Shilling for Candles" - Inspector Grant investigates a drowning of a young actress which first seems like an accident, but as investigation moves forward,...

A festive atmosphere envelops the line of people waiting for one of the last showings of a popular London musical comedy. Excitement is so big, and crowd is so large that people are being carried rather than walking. As the line eventually reaches the box office one man drops on his knees and slowly spreads on the floor. People jump to help, thinking he had fainted, but get horrified when they see a knife stuck in his back. There are so many witnesses, but nobody saw anything and nobody can tell when it happened as the man has been held upright for a while, carried by the moving crowd....

"König Richard III. hat seine Neffen, die Prinzen im Tower, ermordet, um seine Herrschaft zu festigen. Die Beweise sprechen dafür, dass die Prinzen während seiner Regentschaft spurlos verschwunden sind. Dieses schreckliche Verbrechen wirft ein düsteres Licht auf Richards Charakter und seine Bereitschaft, zu drastischen Mitteln zu greifen, um an der Macht zu bleiben." So die offizielle Darstellung Richards des Dritten in den britischen Schulbüchern, wie Inspektor Grant sie kennengelernt hat. Aber als Inspektor Alan Grant im Krankenhaus ein Porträt von Richard III. erblickt, fühlt er...

Inspektor Grant wird auf das englische Land geschickt, um das mysteriöse Verschwinden eines jungen Amerikaners zu untersuchen, der beim Camping an der Rushmere spurlos verschwand. Dieser Mann hatte zuvor das ganze Dorf durcheinandergewirbelt, und nun stellt sich die Frage, ob er möglicherweise ermordet wurde. Verdächtige gibt es genug: Liz' Mutter, die Dorfbewohner, die sich von ihm gestört fühlten, oder die sensiblen Künstler, die sich möglicherweise missverstanden fühlten. Doch ohne Leiche ist der Fall knifflig. Inspektor Grant steht vor einer Herausforderung, die seine Fähigkeiten...

Der eigentlich ganz gewöhnliche Anwalt Robert Blair wird unerwartet in einen brisanten Fall hineingezogen. Eine Frau bittet ihn um Hilfe, denn sie und ihre Mutter werden beschuldigt, ein Mädchen entführt und misshandelt zu haben. Die Beweise gegen sie scheinen erdrückend zu sein, doch Blair zweifelt an der Geschichte des Mädchens. Während die Polizei und die Bewohner der kleinen Stadt sie verurteilen, beginnt Blair, den Fall zu untersuchen. Dabei entdeckt er ein Netz aus Lügen, Intrigen und verborgenen Motiven, das ihn tief in die Geheimnisse der beteiligten Parteien führt. In einem...

Westover, ein beschauliches Städtchen an der Südküste Englands. Hier wird an einem klaren, sonnigen Morgen die berühmte Schauspielerin Christine Clay tot an den Klippen gefunden. Was zunächst nach Selbstmord oder einem Badeunfall aussieht, entpuppt sich bald als Mord. Verdächtige gibt es wie Sand am Meer, allen voran der mittellose Tisdall. Er war zur Tatzeit vor Ort - und er profitiert von dem Tod des Weltstars: Kurz zuvor hat sie ihm ein stattliches Erbe zugedacht. Nachdem Tisdall spurlos verschwindet und ausgerechnet die Tochter des Polizeichefs ihn entlastet, wird der Fall noch...