Eric Brown
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This traditional 1950s mystery series introduces crime writer Donald Langham and his sleuthing partner, literary agent Maria Dupre, as an engaging detective duo. When London's literary establishment is rocked by a series of bizarre deaths, Langham must draw on the skills of his fictional detective hero as he hunts a fiendishly clever killer with old scores to settle.
Murder by the Book
London, 1955. When crime writer Donald Langham's literary agent...
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‘Can You Walk the Plank in the Dark?’ will take you on a journey of an eight-year-old little boy who dreamed of escaping poverty and cruelty in his young life. Little Eric was watching "Soul Train," drooling over the dancers and asked his big brother where "soul train" was. His big brother said, "California." Little Eric declared that when he's grown, he's going to move to California.
Not only did he go to California, but he also, found riches...
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THE DISCIPLES OF APOLLO collects Eric Brown's finest short fiction, from the contemporary title story, in which the victims of a terrible malaise retreat to a sequestered island to see out their final months, to the far future of Dark Calvary, set on the dying world of Tartarus Major whose sun is about to go nova. Whether set is space of the future, or Earth of the here and now, Brown's stories are imbued with a passionate concern for the human condition...
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When Matt Hendrick's daughter Sam is kidnapped by his ex-wife Maatje and the malign Dr Hovarth, Hendrick embarks on a quest to track her down and return her to Earth. His journey from planet to exotic planet takes him to . . .Fomalhaut IV . . . What he finds on the easy going backwater world is a bizarre religion and a race of aliens whose rituals promise to bring to dead back to life...Spica III . . . where Hendrick stumbles across a cult whose charismatic...
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And then there was one ... can Donald Langham and Maria Dupré stop a killer who's picking off victims one by one?
December, 1956. Donald Langham's wife Maria Dupré receives a chilling invitation to attend a death at the home of Maxwell Falwell Fenton in Essex. The once-prominent artist has a number of enemies, and has faded into obscurity since the war ended. Is the invitation to his own death or someone else's?
Arriving at Winterfield on a cold...
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Crime writer sleuth Donald Langham is faced with the classic locked-room conundrum in this historical mystery. July, 1955. Donald Langham has interrupted his romantic break in rural Suffolk with the delectable Maria Dupre to assist a fellow writer. Alastair Endicott has requested Langham's help in discovering what's happened to his father, Edward, who seems to have disappeared without trace from inside his locked study. Before he vanished, the elder...
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This collection gathers eight stories as varied in space and time as they are in theme, and features such tropes as alien visitors, space opera, near future satire, cloning, and even murder-mystery. 'Conway and the Aliens' is set in his popular Starship Seasons future, while 'Dimensions of Deceit' is the latest tale in the Salvageman Ed series. 'The Trees of Terpsichore Three' is a collaboration with Michael Coney. Three stories are original to the...
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1950's Private Investigator Donald Langham discovers that truth is stranger than fiction when he investigates a murder on an American movie set. 1956. Having just started work as a professional private investigator, Donald Langham's first client is American movie star Suzie Reynard, currently shooting a murder mystery film at Marling Hall, an Elizabethan manor house in the depths of the Norfolk countryside. The film's director – Suzie's lover –...
9) Ace Doubles
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Ed Bentley's wife has left him and he's been dropped by his publisher. Still, it's not the end of the world. All he has to do is ghost-write a science-fiction novel for Tuppy Cotton, a YouTuber young enough to be his daughter… When Ed uncovers an unearthly mystery at Tuppy's Yorkshire retreat, everything changes. The world might not be ending, but it will be turned upside down.
Ace Doubles is Eric Brown's dazzling and moving tribute to his heroes:...
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Targets — Eric Brown
Goddess with a Human Heart — Jeannette Ng
The Pink Life(La Vie En Rose) — Nathan Susnik
These Are the Ways — Premee Mohamed
The Black Tide — Laura Duerr
The Starchitect — Barry Charman
Arthur Kovic's Days of Change — Michael Teasdale
The Folger Variation — Chris Kelso
SF Poetry by Lauren Harwyn, Louise Peterkin, Colin McGuire
Cover — The Rescue of Sister, by Stephen Pickering
Flash Fiction Competition
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In 1931, the Olympics were awarded to Berlin. However the Germany hosting the event five years later would be a very different place. Adolf Hitler had come to power in the meantime and the Nazis eagerly grasped the propaganda opportunity the Olympics represented. The scale of the 1936 Games would amaze the world and begin Olympic traditions that remain to this day. Although some at the time tried to organise boycotts, all too few saw the rotting truth...
13) Ancient History: A Concise Overview of Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, and Ancient Rome: Including
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Explore the history and mythology of Egypt, Greece and Rome!
*** Three books In 1 - Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome ***
Ancient Egypt:
Through exploring the ancient Egyptian ruins and tombs, we have been able to learn much about their way of life, views of the afterlife, religious beliefs, dynasties, invasions from foreign kingdoms, battle tactics, family, and more.
In this book you will find:
How Egypt came to become the first empire
The...
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Discover The Largest Empire In The Americas!
Have you always wanted to learn about the great Inca Empire, but your schoolteachers refuse to listen? Are you confused between Inca, Aztec, and Maya? Do you want to learn how the Inca people were unique from their Mesoamerican predecessors? Could you even draw the Inca Empire on a map?
All this and more will be covered within the pages of Incas: A Comprehensive Look at the Largest Empire in the Americas.
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Explore the history of England from start to end . . .
Are you fascinated by English history?
Are you studying for an exam or just have a passing interest in the subject?
This audiobook is a must listen for anyone who wants to know a bit more!
England is a fascinating and intriguing country. From its pre-Christian roots, through Roman occupation, Viking invaders, the Norman Conquest and the building of the largest empire the world has known, this...
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Discover The Byzantine Empire History From Start To Finish!
If you asked someone today when the Roman Empire ended, they might tell you 476 CE, the year that the final Roman Emperor in the west died. If you had asked someone at the time though, they might have told you that Rome was still very much alive-in Constantinople. The Byzantines were not simply persistent Romans: they were their own distinct and long-lived society, both Roman and more. From...
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Explore the History of Great Britain From Start to End...
English History: In this book, you will learn about the country, its people and their rich history, including: The Medieval age The Reformation Kings and queens And much more…
Irish History: In this book, Irish History, you will find out about what has happened to Ireland through the ages, with chapters on: Early peoples and ages The advent of Christianity The Middle Ages And much more…
Welsh...
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Discover The Maya History & How They Lived!
This book's coverage begins with the development of the Maya through the ancient eras, starting with their founding in Belize as a hunter-gatherer society in the Pre-Classic Period all the way through the Classic and Post-Classic Period during which they had flourished into the civilization they are known for today. The Maya was composed of several city-states that spanned the area, all with soaring stone...
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It's the bitterly cold December of 1955, and Donald Langham has been asked by his friend, private detective Ralph Ryland, to assist him on a case. Ryland has been contacted by their old commanding officer, Major Cartwright, who has reasons to believe that his life is under threat at his remote castle in the Scottish Highlands. On arriving at the castle, Langham and Ryland learn that Major Cartwright is attempting to raise the wreck of a German fighter...
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London, 1955. When crime writer Donald Langham's literary agent asks for his help in sorting out 'a delicate matter', little does Langham realize what he's getting himself into. For a nasty case of blackmail leads inexorably to murder as London's literary establishment is rocked by series of increasingly bizarre deaths.