SJT Riley's books
Genres: Cosy Mystery, Crime, Espionage
Formats: E-Book, Paperback
Winter 1953. Robert Lynnford, star crime-reporter of The London Herald, discovers - while investigating the murders of two nightclub croupiers and the fraudulent activities of an investment adviser in the City of London - a dead body with all the hallmarks of an assassination. First on the scene, Lynnford quickly becomes entangled in a much more complex affair, where not all is what it seems. Under Admiralty Arch is the third in a series of retro-detective mysteries by SJT Riley based on the investigations of Robert Lynnford. Newspaper colleagues and friends from the first two novels - The Sea Breeze and The Elephant's Sapphire - make their return against a captivating backdrop of early 1950s London. Ideal for fans of classic crime fiction.
Genres: Cosy Mystery, Crime
Formats: E-Book, Paperback
Late Autumn, 1950. Robert Lynnford, star crime-reporter for The London Herald, is alerted to the theft of an extremely valuable exhibit from the Queen's Fine Art Museum in London - the Elephant's Sapphire, a much-coveted historic heirloom from Nepal which has been held by the museum since the 1880s. A desperate curator asks Lynnford to recover the jewel before knowledge of its loss becomes public and the international reputation of the museum is damaged. A constitutional crisis in Nepal and the Prime Minister's imminent visit to London for urgent talks with the British government add a diplomatic imperative to Lynnford's task. Murder, double-dealing, and betrayal in London's Docklands and world of fine art surround the sapphire's disappearance from the museum, and Lynnford needs all the help he can muster to track it down. When rival gangs lock onto the hunt, the search becomes a deadly race that will lead him...
Genres: Cosy Mystery, Crime
Formats: E-Book, Paperback
It's Autumn, 1951. Robert Lynnford, star crime-reporter for The London Herald, is asked by a friend to investigate the mystery of a yacht - the Sea Breeze - found at anchor in an isolated cove on the Devonshire coast with one of its crew floating dead in the water and the others missing. When he arrives in the seaside town of Westcliff, Lynnford is alarmed to find his friend missing and his wife in fear for his life. Determined to set about to solve the case, Lynnford soon discovers that he's not welcome himself and the local police refuse to co-operate with him. But it takes much more than some threats to put off this reporter. When events quickly escalate, pieces of the puzzle snap into place and Lynnford uncovers a plan that has treachery at its heart and is yet more sinister than he could have imagined. The Sea...








