Bøker av Catherine Moloney

AN UNPUTDOWNABLE COZY MYSTERY, PERFECT FOR FANS OF GRAHAM NORTON'S HOLDING AND RICHARD OSMAN.It's the final cut for Bromgrove's best-loved stylist!One sleepy Saturday morning, Becca Drew arrives at the Mane Event, the bijoux salon where she works. To find nothing is as it should be.The door's wide open. But inside the salon's deserted . . .Except for Becca's boss, slumped in a barber's chair. Handsome, enigmatic coiffeur Andrew Coxleyis dead! He's been attacked, with his own scissors. His perfect hair pulled out of shape.Who would do something so vicious?Becca's only too happy to tell Detective Markham and his team who she thinks might have done it. She's always been a bit in love with her boss. But Markham wonders how well she really knew him.The list of suspects is growing longer by the minute. And whoever killed the silky-smooth stylist isn't done yet . . .Can Markham catch the killer before more victims get the chop?Perfect for fans of Graham Norton's Holding, Faith Martin, Frances Lloyd, Clare Chase, Richard Osman and Sarah Yarwood-Lovett.

It's New Year's Day. But there's no rest for Detective Markham and the gang.Not when they've found a body down at Beauclair Drive allotments!Headteacher Catherine Leckie loved nothing more than pottering in her shed. This time, someone was there waiting - and left her strangled body lying on the floor!It's up to Markham to puzzle out who. But the deeper he digs into Catherine's secrets, the more dirt he finds.Little does he suspect the body count's about to rise . . .When Markham's prime suspect is found pushing up daisies - on the same allotments - the gang realize no one is safe from this elusive killer.Can Markham crack the case before more green-fingered victims die?Perfect for fans of Faith Martin, Frances Lloyd, The Rev Richard Coles, Richard Osman and Sarah Yarwood-Lovett.

Welcome to The Copse. A sleepy little cul-de-sac where nothing ever happens. Until . . . Sheila Craven, the widow at number 12, is found dead in her armchair. Smothered with one of her Liberty cushions. Detective Markham and the gang are on the case, following a twisty trail that leads straight to the high street - and Sheila's favourite Italian restaurant. But just when they think they've cracked the case, a second victim is found, floating in his own fishpond. Markham and his team realize they have a serial killer on their hands. And it's a race against time to stop them before more locals die.

A THRILLING CRIME MYSTERY WITH AN ENDING YOU WON'T SEE COMING. This twisted killer wants to make an exhibition of himself. Detective Markham visits the Reynolds Museum, Oxford, hoping to take in a little culture. Instead, he finds a grisly crime scene. Someone has been there after-hours. And they've left their own addition to the exhibit. A battered body, posed in a glass case for all to see. The victim is historian Dr Timothy Colthurst, golden boy of Sherwin College. His friends and peers - members of the academic elite - might seem respectable. But one of them is hiding a killer secret. Can DI Markham hunt them down before anyone else pays the ultimate price? WHAT READERS ARE SAYING ABOUT CATHERINE MOLONEY: "Gripped from the start!" Curly "A beautifully crafted book coming to a resolute finish." Rob "Utterly believable characters, beautifully described." Jacqueline Perfect for fans of P.D. James, Ruth Rendell, Ann Cleeves, Frances Lloyd or Richard Osman. DISCOVER A BRILLIANT NEW BRITISH CRIME MYSTERY SERIES. THE DETECTIVESDI GILBERT ("GIL") MARKHAM>DS GEORGE ("NOAKESY") NOAKES>DETECTIVE INSPECTOR GILBERT MARKHAM SERIESBook 1: CRIME IN THE CHOIRBook 2: CRIME IN THE SCHOOLBook 3: CRIME IN THE CONVENTBook 4: CRIME IN THE HOSPITALBook 5: CRIME IN THE BALLETBook 6: CRIME IN THE GALLERYBook 7: CRIME IN THE HEATBook 8: CRIME AT HOMEBook 9: CRIME IN THE BALLROOMBook 10: CRIME IN THE BOOK CLUBBook 11: CRIME IN THE COLLEGEBook 12: CRIME IN THE KITCHENBook 13: CRIME IN THE SPABook 14: CRIME IN THE CRYPTBook 15: CRIME IN OXFORD

DI Gilbert Markham and DS Noakes are back, investigating a series of horrific murders connected with a local psychiatric facility in a case which comes uncomfortably close to home. When his team is tasked with solving the mystery of patients who have gone missing from the Newman Hospital, Markham uncovers corruption in high places and a conspiracy of silence. It is only after four deaths and a shocking stand-off, which sees their colleague DS Kate Burton in peril of her life, that Markham and Noakes discover the chilling truth.

There's something deadly in the air at grand old Carton Hall. The sweet scent of revenge?Early one morning, the cleaner makes a shocking find in the tapestry room.A dead body lying among the priceless artworks.His handsome features are a mask of agony, but the cleaner would recognize him anywhere. Dashing perfumier Charles Larrain.His tangled love life is the talk of Old Carton village, but now his luck's run out.Someone has loaded his e-cigarette with poison.The handiwork of a jilted ex? A jealous lover? Or someone else connected with the hall?It's up to Detectives Markham and Noakes to sniff out the ruthless killer - before anyone else pays the ultimate price.