The Detective Budd Classic Mysteries (Books 1–10)

By Gerald Verner

Deal Ends: Fri 5th September

GET *TEN* GOLDEN AGE BRITISH MURDER MYSTERIES IN THIS GREAT-VALUE BOX SET.Perfect for fans of S.J. Bennett, Margery Allingham, and Agatha Christie.READERS LOVE THE ROBERT BUDD MYSTERIES:⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A great story with many twists and turns.’ Robert M.G.⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘This is a delight. Read this if you enjoy briefly living in another time.’ Ruby M.⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A period Mr. Budd mystery that kept me happily enthralled.’ StuartIN THIS TEN-BOOK BOX SET:BOOK 1: THE GRIM JOKERHamilton Lorne is sent a threatening card with the grotesque picture of a fool. Superintendent Robert Budd believes the message is a practical joke.But no one is laughing when Lorne is found stabbed through the heart. Budd could’ve prevented his death if he’d taken the threat seriously. Now he’s scrambling to find the killer before more end up dead.BOOK 2: THE JOCKEYCrooked bookmaker Simon Corbett is blackmailed for thousands of pounds for tarnishing the image of horse racing. When Corbett is found stabbed in the neck, surely the blackmailer is to blame? But nothing in this case is straightforward as Budd soon realises.BOOK 3: THE SILVER HORSESHOEIf Irish Fancy hadn’t won the Lincolnshire Handicap, the crime mob, The Silver Horseshoe, would never have come into existence. The brutal murders of racegoers wouldn’t have happened. Budd must unmask the criminal mastermind before any more fall victim.BOOK 4: THE WITCHES’ MOONBudd returns to the scene of an unsolved case to investigate another brutal murder in similar circumstances. He agrees to take part in a re-enactment of the unsolved crime, joining fellow house guests who were there. But when they start getting picked off, Budd wonders if he can finally find the truth before he becomes the next victim.BOOK 5: THE FOOTBALL POOL MURDERSMost would think winning a fortune on the Football Pools was a stroke of good luck. But when that week’s winners are murdered, winning a fortune becomes a losing gamble. Budd must work out if this was a poor attempt to steal the winnings or if something more sinister is behind their deaths.BOOK 6: THE HUNTSMANThe villagers of Chalebury are living in fear. A series of robberies, gruseome deaths, and the alleged sighting of a ghostly huntsman. Budd is only called to investigate the murders but with few clues, he is getting nowhere. Are the villagers’ ghostly sightings far-fetched or do they hold the key to cracking the case?BOOK 7: THE TWELVE APOSTLESLew Cator is deliberately struck in a hit and run and left for dead in a gutter. Budd arrives as Cator takes his last breath, uttering a cryptic message about priceless treasure and a missing key. This is just the start of a killing spree that won’t stop until Budd solves the mystery.BOOK 8: THE SEVEN LAMPSJill Hartley was only supposed to deliver important papers to her firm’s client, an Egyptian scholar. Instead, she finds the man at the foot of the stairs in a pool of blood. His head battered to a pulp. Could his murder be linked to Ancient Egyptian death rituals? Budd must look to the past to solve the present.BOOK 9: THE ROYAL FLUSH MURDERSJohn Brockwell is found impaled to a tree by a pitchfork. A playing card pinned to his body — the ten of diamonds. When the body of John’s sister is discovered with another playing card, Budd knows this is personal. The Brockwell family are strongly disliked, but who hated them enough to kill?BOOK 10: THE TIPSTERThe Tipster telephones the Daily Clarion and announces his intention to commit five murders starting with Lord Latimer. No one takes it seriously, until Lord Latimer is shot dead exactly as described. Budd is in a race against time to prevent more murders.GET *TEN* BRITISH MURDER MYSTERIES IN THIS BOX SET.