Simon Langton
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Death in the slow lane: Detective Chief Inspector John Barnaby and his new partner Detective Sergeant Ben Jones investigate the death of a classic car show judge.
Dark secrets: Barnaby and Jones investigate the suspicious death of a social services employee.
Echoes of the dead: The detectives look into a series of copycat murders.
The Oblong murders: Jones goes undercover to investigate a local new-age cult.
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
This brilliant sequel to 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy' finds Smiley emerging from retirement to engage his lifelong nemesis, the Soviet spymaster Karla, in a final test of wits, nerves, and loyalties. Stellar ensemble casts bring John le Carre's thrilling tales of Cold War-era espionage to vivid life in these television classics.
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Amidst Robespierre's Reign of Terror, when the guillotine was always at the ready, the Scarlet Pimpernel defies the Revolutionaries to rescue the innocent. Yet the Pimpernel's wife, Lady Blakeney, the wittiest and most beautiful woman in London, is unaware of her husband's secret. When not disguised as his alter ego, Sir Percy Blakeley appears to be nothing but a handsome playboy. Join the Pimpernel as he risks his life for justice and Lady Blakeney...
Edition
Complete U.K. broadcast edition.
Language
English
Description
DCS Christopher Foyle investigates wartime crimes in the English coastal town of Hastings. With the end of World War II slowly but inevitably approaching, Foyle and his fellow citizens learn the price of victory and face a peace that will transform their lives in unexpected ways. Plan of attack: April 1944. DS Milner's investigation of a transportation fraud sets in motion a series of events that brings Foyle back to the force. As Hastings hosts an...
Series
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
English patriot and army vet Frank Jones is only mildly concerned when his son Bob, who works for the British Secret Service, says dirty dealings are afoot at the agency. But then Bob is murdered under mysterious circumstances. And Frank's inquiries thrust him in the middle of a rat's nest of government deceit that reaches up through the ranks to a traitorous spy whose secret could cost Frank his own life as well.
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
The bespectacled spymaster is once more called from retirement to come to the aid of the 'Circus'--and he returns with a vengeance. The murder of an emigre Soviet General who was also a British agent, sends him digging into the past on a twisted trail across Europe that moves, inexorably, towards a final showdown with his old adversary, Karla of Moscow Centre.
17) Rough diamond
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Aging criminal mastermind Des simply won't go gentle into that good night. Donning all manner of disguises, he can fool the authorities--and his marks--into thinking he's just another harmless old geezer. Behind his spectacles, though, Des always has his eye out for the next big score in diamonds, gold, or piles of cold cash. His intricately planned heists prove so daring and so outrageous that he always gets his target. And as for Des's victims--...
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Amidst Robespierre's Reign of Terror, when the guillotine was always at the ready, the Scarlet Pimpernel defies the Revolutionaries to rescue the innocent. Yet the Pimpernel's wife, Lady Blakeney, the wittiest and most beautiful woman in London, is unaware of her husband's secret. When not disguised as his alter ego, Sir Percy Blakeley appears to be nothing but a handsome playboy. Join the Pimpernel as he risks his life for justice and Lady Blakeney...
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
When Lucy Angkatell hosts a weekend get-together at her country estate, she appears to overlook the obvious fact that all her guests loathe one another. Poirot enjoys a ringside seat for the bizarre goings-on, but he is thrust into an active role when the proceedings suddenly turn deadly.
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
"Death on the Nile": A pleasure cruise down the Nile turns deadly when a murder is discovered on board. "Sad Cypress": The solution to a double-murder case appears to be cut and dried, but Poirot's instincts eventually lead him to the real truth. "The Hollow": A weekend retreat where all the guests appear to despise one another finds Poirot hard at work doing what he does best. "Five little pigs": Poirot agrees to help a young woman prove her mother's...
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