Inspector Luke Thanet mysteries
Author
Author
Series
Description
British police detective Luke Thanet tracks a housewife’s killer in the debut novel of an award-winning mystery series “in the P. D. James manner” (Kirkus Reviews).
Luke Thanet is a British police inspector with a soft heart, bad back, and bloodhound’s nose for murder. When a young woman is found stabbed through the heart with a kitchen knife, Thanet and his partner, the brusque young Mike Lineham, rush...
Luke Thanet is a British police inspector with a soft heart, bad back, and bloodhound’s nose for murder. When a young woman is found stabbed through the heart with a kitchen knife, Thanet and his partner, the brusque young Mike Lineham, rush...
2)
Six feet under , Inspector Luke Thanet mysteries volume 2
Author
3)
Puppet for a corpse , Inspector Luke Thanet mysteries volume 3
Author
Author
Series
Description
A mystery about a missing girl and a secretive church in a small English village from an author known for "character and psychological insight" (The Washington Post). On a blistering summer weekend, as all of England rushes to the seashore, Det. Inspector Luke Thanet is looking forward to a few days off to putter around his garden and forget the stresses of his job. A famously soft-hearted detective, Thanet takes every crime personally, and he's overdue...
5)
Last seen alive: a Luke Thanet mystery , Inspector Luke Thanet mysteries volume 5
Author
6)
Dead on arrival , Inspector Luke Thanet mysteries volume 6
Author
7)
Element of doubt , Inspector Luke Thanet mysteries volume 7
Author
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c1988
Description
A compelling British police procedural starring the mild-mannered Detective Inspector Thanet from "a modern-day version of Agatha Christie" (Booklist). Change is coming to the Sturrenden police station. After twenty years at the helm, the superintendent has retired, and Det. Inspector Luke Thanet is now reporting to a brusque, ambitious upstart recently promoted from Cardiff. A new chief means turf wars and bureaucratic infighting. With the station...
Author
Series
Description
A snowstorm in a quiet English village ends in death in this "skillfully plotted" mystery starring the beloved Detective Inspector Thanet (Publishers Weekly). Over the last year, Superintendent Draco has turned the little police station at Sturrenden upside down. A hard-driving, fiery Welshman, he has breathed new life into a stagnant police force, and Det. Inspector Luke Thanet has been forced to admit that even if he's difficult to work with, Draco...
10) Doomed to die
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[1991]
Description
Detective Inspector Thanet uncovers the shocking secrets that led to an artist's murder in this captivating entry in the award-winning British mystery series. When a woman is found with a bloody gash on her scalp and a plastic bag over her head, there's no question that she was murdered. But Det. Inspector Luke Thanet, a veteran homicide investigator whose cases have carried him across the sprawling Kentish countryside, is about to discover a mystery...
11) Wake the dead
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[1992]
Description
"Inspector Luke Thanet and his wife, Joan, are among the guests when Member of Parliament Hugo Fairleigh opens the grounds of his beautiful Georgian mansion, Thaxden Hall, for the annual village fete." "It's a cloudless summer's day, an idyllic afternoon for innocent enjoyment. Then sudden death casts its shadow over the proceedings." "At first, nobody is particularly surprised when Isobel Fairleigh, Hugo's elderly mother, is found dead in her bed....
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c1993
Description
A country vineyard is tainted by murder in this "absorbing" English police procedural starring Detective Inspector Thanet (Publishers Weekly). Sturrenden Vineyard is a few miles west of town, a lovely piece of land where tourists come to sip wine, tour the grounds, and enjoy the exquisite Kentish scenery. But Det. Inspector Luke Thanet is too busy for such frivolous activities, so his first visit comes with the introduction of a an attraction far...
Author
Series
Inspector Luke Thanet mysteries volume 13
Pub. Date
1995
Description
In England, Inspector Luke Thanet investigates the death of a playboy during his engagement party. Suspects range from former girlfriends to a jealous brother, to the none-too-eager future in-laws.
Author
Series
Inspector Luke Thanet mysteries volume 14
Pub. Date
1998.
Description
In England, Inspector Luke Thanet investigates the death of a woman reporter who fell down a staircase in her home. Or was she pushed? There is a long list of suspects, lover, husband, and people connected to her work. By the author of A Day for Dying.
.png)