The Yard

The Yard
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 432
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ISBN-10 : 9781101588574
ISBN-13 : 1101588578
Rating : 4/5 (74 Downloads)

Synopsis The Yard by : Alex Grecian

As Jack the Ripper’s reign of terror in London comes to an end, a new era of depravity sets the stage for the first gripping mystery featuring the detectives of Scotland Yard’s Murder Squad. “If Charles Dickens isn’t somewhere clapping his hands for this one, Wilkie Collins surely is.”—The New York Times Book Review Victorian London—a violent cesspool of squalid sin. The twelve detectives of Scotland Yard’s Murder Squad are expected to solve the thousands of crimes committed in the city each month. Formed after the Metropolitan Police’s spectacular failure in capturing Jack the Ripper, they suffer the brunt of public contempt. But no one can anticipate the brutal murder of one of their own... A Scotland Yard Inspector has been found stuffed in a black steamer trunk at Euston Square Station, his eyes and mouth sewn shut. When Walter Day, the squad’s new hire, is assigned to the case, he finds a strange ally in Dr. Bernard Kingsley, the Yard’s first forensic pathologist. Their grim conclusion: this was not just a random, bizarre murder but in all probability, the first of twelve. The squad itself it being targeted and the devious killer shows no signs of stopping. But Inspector Day has one more surprise, something even more shocking than the crimes: the murderer’s motive.

An Affair with Mr. Kennedy

An Affair with Mr. Kennedy
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 404
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ISBN-10 : 9781451629002
ISBN-13 : 1451629001
Rating : 4/5 (02 Downloads)

Synopsis An Affair with Mr. Kennedy by : Jillian Stone

For years, the memory of a deadly bombing at King's Cross has haunted brilliant Scotland Yard detective Zeno "Zak" Kennedy. In London, 1887, his investigation zeroes in on a ring of aristocratic rebels campaigning for Irish revolution, and pulls him into the arms of free-spirited Cassandra St. Cloud, an impressionist painter with very modern ideas about life and love.

The Black Country

The Black Country
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Publisher : G.P. Putnam's Sons
Total Pages : 402
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ISBN-10 : 9780425267738
ISBN-13 : 0425267733
Rating : 4/5 (38 Downloads)

Synopsis The Black Country by : Alex Grecian

When members of a prominent coal-mining family go missing, Scotland Yard's Murder Squad teammates Inspector Walter Day and Sergeant Nevil Hammersmith investigate dark secrets and realize that the family's village is slowly sinking into underground mines.

Murder in Thrall

Murder in Thrall
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Publisher : Kensington Books
Total Pages : 336
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780758287922
ISBN-13 : 0758287925
Rating : 4/5 (22 Downloads)

Synopsis Murder in Thrall by : Anne Cleeland

After a horse trainer is found dead, Acton and Doyle try to find the culprit, a pursuit complicated by the jealousies and blunders of their coworkers.

Jack the Ripper: Scotland Yard Investigates

Jack the Ripper: Scotland Yard Investigates
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Publisher : The History Press
Total Pages : 401
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780752499253
ISBN-13 : 0752499254
Rating : 4/5 (53 Downloads)

Synopsis Jack the Ripper: Scotland Yard Investigates by : Stewart P Evans

In 1888 the dreaded figure of Jack the Ripper stalked London's East End murdering prostitutes. His crimes set in motion a huge police operation and have held a dark fascination over the public's imagination for over a century, yet his identity has never been proved. Now, for the first time, two leading Ripper experts have joined forces to treat the case like a police investigation. Drawing on their unparalleled knowledge of the Jack the Ripper murders and their professional experience as police officers, they uncover clues that have remained undetected for over a hundred years. There are five 'canonical' Ripper victims, yet Scotland Yard's 'Whitechapel Murders' files include another six suspected victims. Drawing the reader into the world of police investigation in Victorian London, Evans and Rumbelow reveal the conflict between the City and Metropolitan forces and the ridicule heaped on the police by the press. Investigating each murder, they conclude that only four of the eleven victims were actually killed by the Ripper. Perhaps most tellingly, they question the motives behind the destruction of evidence – particularly the message 'The Juwes are the men that will not be blamed for nothing', which was chalked on the wall near one murder site and rubbed out on order of the Chief Commissioner – and ask whether the enigmatic Dr Robert Anderson, officer in charge of the investigation, knew the Ripper's true identity. Jack the Ripper: Scotland Yard Investigates strips away much of the nonsense that has accumulated since 1888 and reopens files on a case that will perhaps never be fully solved but will always fascinate.

Lady Molly of Scotland Yard

Lady Molly of Scotland Yard
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Publisher : DigiCat
Total Pages : 227
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ISBN-10 : EAN:8596547115489
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (89 Downloads)

Synopsis Lady Molly of Scotland Yard by : Baroness Emmuska Orczy

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Lady Molly of Scotland Yard" by Baroness Emmuska Orczy. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Scotland Yard's Flying Squad

Scotland Yard's Flying Squad
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Publisher : Pen & Sword True Crime
Total Pages :
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ISBN-10 : 1526752174
ISBN-13 : 9781526752178
Rating : 4/5 (74 Downloads)

Synopsis Scotland Yard's Flying Squad by : Dick Kirby

Published to coincide with the Flying Squad's CentenaryNo-holds barred history of the most celebrated police unit in the CountryWritten by acclaimed ex-Scotland Yard author with unrivalled contacts.Gripping accounts of police investigations into notorious crimes and criminals.The Flying Squad's exploits have been frequently dramatised by TV, film and other media.Strong possibility of supporting TV documentary and serialisation

The Guv'nors

The Guv'nors
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Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Total Pages : 302
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ISBN-10 : 9781848849723
ISBN-13 : 1848849729
Rating : 4/5 (23 Downloads)

Synopsis The Guv'nors by : Dick Kirby

The ten Scotland Yard detectives, featured in The Guvnors, are unique. Such a group of intrepid crime-busters will never exist again. They possessed only the most rudimentary education; none had a degree. Intuition and knowledge of their manor counted for more than DNA and databases. They worked tirelessly in the pursuit of criminals, used informants, worked on hunches and grabbed hold of investigations and shook them until every piece of evidence was unearthed. Criminals trembled when these detectives were after them because, once they were nicked, they stayed nicked.The Guvnors covers legends such as Fred Wensley, who nailed strips of bicycle tyres to the soles of his boots when on the look-out for Jack the Ripper. He later formed the Flying Squad and became chief constable of the CID. Fred Sharpe would single-handedly confront forty of the worst racetrack gangsters and tell them to clear off, anyone who refused would collect a punch on the jaw. Sharpe later became head of the Flying Squad, as did Bob Fabian, who was awarded the Kings Police Medal for dismantling an IRA bomb.Bert Wickstead, known as The Gangbuster, literally terrorised the gangs who attempted to fill the void in Londons East End, after the demise of the Kray bothers.This is a book which will delight those who want to know what life was like when The Guvnors and others like them were in charge of law and order and the streets were far safer than they are today.

The Scotland Yard Puzzle Book

The Scotland Yard Puzzle Book
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Publisher : Black Dog & Leventhal
Total Pages : 272
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780762498253
ISBN-13 : 0762498250
Rating : 4/5 (53 Downloads)

Synopsis The Scotland Yard Puzzle Book by : Sinclair McKay

Pit your wits against the brilliant minds of Scotland Yard and see if you have what it takes to solve dozens of the world's toughest crimes. "Scotland Yard" conjures up so much more than just London's Metropolitan Police. Since it opened its doors in 1829, Scotland Yard has been synonymous the world over with the highest level of detective work and famous for its ability to solve the most macabre of murders and catch the most audacious of thieves. The Scotland Yard Puzzle Book mines the history of this famous institution to recreate some of the most complex conundrums its detectives have ever faced. Armchair detectives can now try their hand and keen powers of observation and deduction to solve for themselves dozens of the most difficult and challenging cases. Activities include: Anagrams and cryptograms Logic, linguistic, and mathematical puzzles Map puzzles Coded and visual puzzles Brainteasers Hidden messages And more (answers are provided in the back of the book)!

Lost and Gone Forever

Lost and Gone Forever
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 386
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780698407268
ISBN-13 : 0698407261
Rating : 4/5 (68 Downloads)

Synopsis Lost and Gone Forever by : Alex Grecian

The shocking conclusion to the battle between Scotland Yard’s Murder Squad and Jack the Ripper, from the bestselling author of The Yard and Red Rabbit. Many changes have happened to the Murder Squad. Rash actions have cost Sergeant Nevil Hammersmith his job, and in response he has set up his own private detective agency. Inspector Walter Day has been missing for a year, and no one knows where he is—though there is a strong suspicion that Saucy Jack has him. Hammersmith has made finding Day his primary case, and he has company—a pair of bounty hunters, a man and a woman. It is only gradually that he has come to realize that they are not what they seem. . . .