Toby Dyke (an ex-reporter of no fixed occupation) never did find out why poor, pathetic Lou Capell was so desperate to see him. Her body was found the next day – horribly poisoned! Now her house is brimming with suspects, most of whom have more than a passing acquaintance with poisons, and Toby's old adversary, Inspector Vanner. ..
Toby Dyke, of no fixed occupation, investigates a the death of a middle aged stranger, run over one night while drunk..Anna Milne who was driving is an attractive widow from South Africa.. by chance the victim is also from South Africa..
In the south of Scotland, residents get their chimneys vacuum-cleaned. But in the isolated villages in the very north of Scotland, the villagers rely on the services of the itinerant sweep, Pete Ray, and his old-fashioned brushes. Pete is always able to find work in the Scottish highlands, until one day when Police Constable Hamish Macbeth notices blood dripping onto the floor of a villager's fireplace, and a dead body stuffed inside the chimney.
When a convenience store robbery goes horribly wrong the three young men who perpetrated the crime make a run for it. Hotly pursued by the police they crash into the suburban home of an accountant and take the family hostage, and before they know it, an armed siege ensues. This is the last thing the local sheriff wanted after all, he left the force in L.A. because of the stress, and this is about as stressful as it gets. But the gang have chosen the wrong accountant to hold hostage. He works for the Mafia and he holds all the local Family's financial records.
Judith Tarr returns to Egypt, the setting of her Lord Of The Two Lands, to retell the greatest romantic epic in history: The story of Cleopatra, the last Queen of Egypt. "In this carefully researched, well-crafted novel about Anthony and Cleopatra, Tarr weaves . . . a marvelously entertaining tapestry
