John Bude

A short story from British Library Crime Classic The Christmas Card Crime and Other Stories. A brutal murder and a shocking deathbed confession - the love triangle of Karen Garborg, Thord Jensen and Olaf Kinck proves deadly on the Norwegian ski slopes....

Along with Inspector Blampignon, an amiable policeman from Nice, Meredith must trace the whereabouts of Chalky Cobbett, crook and forger....

Luke flung the light of his torch full onto the face of the immobile figure. Then he had the shock of his life. The man had no face....

The reverend Dodd, vicar of the quiet Cornish village of Boscawen, spends his evenings reading detective stories by the fireside....

Two brothers, John and William Rother, live together at Chalklands Farm in the beautiful Sussex Downs....

Welworth Garden City in the 1940s is a forward-thinking town where free spirits find a home - vegetarians, socialists, and an array of exotic religious groups....

In the seeming tranquility of Regency Square in Cheltenham live the diverse inhabitants of its 10 houses. One summer's evening the square's rivalries and allegiances are disrupted....

Two of John Bude's finest Golden Age mysteries return to the limelight....

With some trepidation Nigel Derry approaches the country house of his enigmatic and unpredictable aunt Gwenny for an Easter holiday visit. After a tense few days in which her guests' interactions range from awkward dinners to a knife fight, a disgruntled aunt Gwenny departs for Europe....

Nella lussureggiante campagna del Lake District, un giovane viene ritrovato morto nella sua autofficina. Tutto farebbe pensare a un suicidio. Ma non è...