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Jeffery Deaver

Jeffery Deaver was a lawyer before becoming a full-time writer. He divides his time between Washington, DC and California. His thrillers have been nominated for four Edgar Awards and an Anthony award. In 2001 he won the W.H. Smith Thumping Good Read Award for The Empty Chair and in 2004 he was awarded the Crime Writers Association Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award for Garden Of Beasts. Translated into 25 languages, his novels have appeared on a number of bestseller lists around the world. The Bone Collector and A Maiden s Grave (Dead Silence) have been made into films.

Books by this Author

And Thereby Hangs A Tale

Millions of readers around the world have relished Jeffrey Archer’s short stories. Taking inspiration from his favourite short story writers – F. Scott Fitzgerald, Maupassant, H. H. Munro, W. Somerset Maugham and O. Henry – Jeffrey Archer has written five bestselling collections over the years. Jeffrey has a natural aptitude for short stories which are stylish, witty and entertaining. His mastery of characterisation and suspense, combined with a gift for the unexpected, jaw-dropping plot twist, show him at the height of his powers and demonstrate why he is one of Britain’s bestselling authors. All of Jeffrey’s collections of short stories have been top ten bestsellers and he is undoubtedly the bestselling English-language short story writer of our times.

Seek For Justice

Alan Fearnley stood apart from mourners at his brother’s funeral, uncertain of his welcome in the Welsh valley after an absence of fifteen years. Alan was used to scrutinizing figures; now he was scrutinizing facts, for someone was claiming insistently that Jeff’s death was no accident. An unsuspected talent had brought Jeff fame and fortune in the competitive world of professional darts. But other people’s fortunes also depend on Jeff’s accuracy and skill in placing his darts. Was that why his game had recently deteriorated and why Jeff had to die?

Maxwell’s Crossing

At Leighford High, Peter “Mad Max” Maxwell is temporarily promoted to Head of History when his colleague is chosen for an American exchange. His counterpart is Hector Gold, who is accompanied by his eccentric family including his in-laws, Jeff and Alana O’Malley. Jeff O’Malley has been gate-crashing the local poker school. When Sarah Gregson, one of the poker school’s members, is found murdered, newly-promoted Inspector Jacquie Carpenter Maxwell and Henry Hall investigate, with the assistance of Maxwell. As it becomes apparent Sarah suspected Jeff of cheating and Jeff was sacked in LA for being a crooked cop, is this simply a case of murder as revenge for name-calling? Being quite the expert in solving murders, Maxwell believes there is more to it.

Mrs Jeffries Pleads Her Case

When Chief Inspector Barrows asks Inspector Witherspoon to investigate the supposed suicide of Harlan Westover, Mrs Jeffries and the staff are more than happy to suss out clues and determine if justice was miscarried during the inquest. Barrows has been approached by his former nanny, who is convinced that the inquest must have been mistaken, because her lodger had been a devout Roman Catholic. Westover was also an engineer who had just perfected a revolutionary new engine that was pulling in major sales from the mining community. Did someone from his employer’s firm have something to do with his death? Was the board meeting that Westover attended just before his death the impetus that pushed a killer into taking matters into his own hands? Mrs Jeffries must discover the truth before more ‘suicides’ occur…

Mrs Jeffries Pinches The Post

Mrs Jeffries keeps house for Inspector Witherspoon – and keeps him on his toes. No matter how messy the murder or how dirty the deed, her polished detection skills are up to the task, proving that behind every great man there’s a woman – and that a crime solver’s work is never done… Harrison Nye may have been involved in some dubious business dealings, but no one ever expected him to be murdered. Now Inspector Witherspoon must root out the perpetrator of the underhanded deed. Nye’s business associate visited him just hours before the murder and seems to know more than he’s letting on. And when his maid disappears, the business gets even deadlier. Now, Mrs. Jeffries and her staff must dig through the sins of Nye’s past to discover which one caught up with him…