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Anne Morice
Full Series List in Order
Tessa Crichton & Robin Price
1 - Death in the Grand Manor (1970)2 - Murder in Married Life (1971)
3 - Death of a Gay Dog (Oct-2003)
4 - Murder on French Leave (1972)
5 - Death and the Dutiful Daughter (1973)
6 - Death of a Heavenly Twin (1974)
7 - Killing With Kindness (Jan-2003)
8 - Nursery Tea and Poison (1975)
9 - Death of a Wedding Guest (1976)
10 - Murder in Mimicry (1977)
11 - Scared to Death (1977)
12 - Murder by Proxy (1978)
13 - Murder In Outline (1979)
14 - Death in the Round (Nov-1980)
15 - The Men in Her Death (Jan-1981)
16 - Hollow Vengeance (Apr-1982)
17 - Sleep of Death (Jan-1983)
18 - Getting Away With Murder? // Murder Post-Dated (Feb-1984)
19 - Dead on Cue (Jul-1985)
20 - Publish and Be Killed (1986)
21 - Treble Exposure (1987)
22 - Fatal Charm (1988)
Book List in Order: 26 titles
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Death in the Grand Manor
- 1970
- / Police Procedural
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Universally disliked by the members of this community, are Mr. and Mrs. Conrford -- the nouveaux riches inhabitants of the Manor House at Roakes. This family ‘evinced no joy at their new surroundings, while growing daily more inimical to all their ...
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Murder in Married Life
- 1971
- / Police Procedural
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'Stabbed?' she repeated, in horror. 'Was he really?''I'm afraid so. From behind. He was sitting at his desk.'The soignée actress Tessa Crichton would rather be shopping and generally luxuriating in the pleasure of being newly married. However, she i...
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Murder on French Leave
- 1972
- / Police Procedural
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'What if he'd done it in reverse? Supposing the murder had already been committed by the time you saw him?'The elegant actress Tessa Crichton is starring in a film to be made in Paris. Her husband Robin (otherwise Detective Inspector Price of Scotlan...
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Death and the Dutiful Daughter
- 1973
- / Police Procedural
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'Going somewhere nice for lunch?' he enquired.'No,' I said. 'As a matter of fact, I'm going straight back to the country. Something tells me there isn't a minute to lose.'The scene of the crime is a large Victorian Rectory. An aged and famous opera s...
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Death of a Heavenly Twin
- 1974
- / Police Procedural
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She lay on her back, her head and shoulders at an unnaturally curved angle, as though she had arched herself in a last tremendous convulsion as death overtook her. The grass around her was stained with blood and a dart was sticking out above the neck...
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Nursery Tea and Poison
- 1975
- / Police Procedural
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When she turned round I saw that she had a carving knife in her hand.Why has Pelham Hargrave returned to his childhood home after twenty-five successful years in Canada and the United States, and is his beautiful and neurotic young American wife quit...
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Death of a Wedding Guest
- 1976
- / Police Procedural
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'Poor woman, how she must wish she had never come!'Prophetic words, if ever I heard any.The actress Tessa Crichton's cousin Ellen is engaged - but to someone she has known only a fortnight. The man appears rich, presentable and mad about Ellen, but T...
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Murder in Mimicry
- 1977
- / Police Procedural
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'He wants to see you, personally. He's Detective Meek, he's from Homicide, and chances are he's come to report a killing.'Tessa Crichton, actress and unwitting private detective, joins the cast of Host of Pleasures-a hit West End play opening its Ame...
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Scared to Death
- 1977
- / Police Procedural
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A Deadly Charade Tessa Crichton, actress wife of Scotland Yard Inspector Robin Price, comes to Storhampton to star in the local drama festival ... and finds her most challenging role in a masquerade that ends in murder. It begins when the insuffer...
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Murder by Proxy
- 1978
- / Police Procedural
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"I am absolutely certain that someone is trying to kill me," she announced, which was pretty run of the mill compared to most of her ghastly secrets over the years.Tessa Crichton is appearing in a West End play when her old school friend Anne reappea...
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Murder In Outline
- 1979
- / Police Procedural
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Dangerous secrets score high at an exclusive girl's school . . . but top marks belong to murder.Actress Tessa Crichton has mixed reactions to being on the panel of judges at the annual inter-house competition of the Waterside Drama and Ballet School,...
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Death in the Round
- Nov-1980
- / Police Procedural
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'So what tips do you need of a criminal nature?''Oh, nothing complicated. Just the basic rules for committing the perfect murder will do to be going on with.'The Rotunda in Dearehaven has a reputation as one of the most distinguished theatres in the ...
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The Men in Her Death
- Jan-1981
- / Police Procedural
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'I'm assuming that you want to see a murderer caught and getting what he deserves?''You bet I do. In fact, I hope he gets worse than he deserves.'When a young American girl disappears from her flat and usual London haunts, her friends and family aren...
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Hollow Vengeance
- Apr-1982
- / Police Procedural
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Some fast thinking would be required, if I were not to get my head chopped off on the coming Friday.When Mrs Trelawney, a much-married Australian of considerable fortune, bought the big house at Sowerley, the locals hoped her money would help enrich ...
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Sleep of Death
- Jan-1983
- / Police Procedural
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He was confronted by the sight of his wife sagging full length on the sofa, where she had been since approximately half past six, when she was strangled to death with one of her own silk scarves.Death isn't in the script of the comedy slated to open ...
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Dead on Cue
- Jul-1985
- / Police Procedural
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'Ever heard of the Alibi Club?,' Robin asked when he was driving me home after one of the most disastrous first nights in theatrical history.When Tessa's Scotland Yard husband Robin is invited to speak at the renowned and respectable Alibi Club, she ...
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Publish and Be Killed
- 1986
- / Law Enforcement
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'I don't give much for Baba's chances. Her days as an authoress must be numbered.'It is well known that the celebrated playwright, Sheridan Seymour, had three children by his mistress. The copyright to his plays was left to his legitimate daughters, ...
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Murder Post-Dated
- Feb-1986
- / Mystery
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"I should warn you that it is not a pretty story.""Stories about murder rarely are."Nobody knows who started the rumour that James McGrath murdered his wife Rosamund. Certainly no one had seen her in a while, and she had gone off to visit a sick cous...
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Treble Exposure
- 1987
- / Law Enforcement
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'How was she killed?''Strangled, I gather, with her own silk scarf.'A murder involving a group of Americans on an English 'Mystery Tour' has actress Tessa Crichton investigating members of the group, including a young lady recently released from a ps...
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Fatal Charm
- 1988
- / Law Enforcement
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'Rotten news, isn't it?''Rotten,' I agreed, taking it that he referred to the state of the national economy, 'but I daresay it will come all right in the end.'He stared at me as though I were either raving mad or drunk, which was excusable, since it ...
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Design for Dying
- May-1988
- / Suspense
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'I've got the details written down here for you. It's a little matter of a murderous assault, which took place in or near the Marshes' tea estate.'When Christine Marsh returns to live in the Sussex town where she grew up, the only person to greet the...
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Planning for Murder
- Feb-1991
- / Suspense
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It was unlikely that many had actually prayed for the murder of Mr Waddington, and they did not light beacons on the Downs or rejoice openly when it came about, but most had probably uttered a silent word of thanks.There is no shortage of murderous f...
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Killing With Kindness
- Jan-2003
- / Police Procedural
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With no sound at all, she pitched forward head first into the punch bowl, scattering canapés and glasses in all directions.By all accounts, Mike Parsons is a paragon: considerate, loyal and devoted to his awkward wife - rumoured to be an alcoholic. ...
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Death of a Gay Dog
- Oct-2003
- / Police Procedural
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'You'll be the death of me one of these days. I'm telling you.''I'll be the death of myself first,' I replied.The soignée young actress Tessa Crichton is in dazzling form when Robin, her husband and Scotland Yard detective, suggests sleuthing in the...
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Getting Away with Murder?
- Jul-2021
- / Police Procedural
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'Not complaining, are you? Right up your street, I should have thought. Solving the odd murder between professional engagements is your forte.'When the rare chance occurs for Tessa Crichton and her policeman husband, Robin, to have a three week holid...
