Adrian Scarborough
Author
Series
Chelsea Detective volume 2
Language
English
Description
A woman at a luxury retirement home dies mysteriously, and with no signs of forced entry, suspicion falls on the staff and residents. But tensions within her family point to another cause, harking back to their time in Apartheid-era South Africa.
Author
Series
Chelsea Detective volume 1
Language
English
Description
When an art gallery manager is strangled during the robbery of an exhibition, it appears he was in the wrong place at the wrong time. But as the team delve into the elite world of Chelsea's art scene, Max soon wonders if the victim was an accomplice.
Author
Series
Chelsea Detective volume 4
Language
English
Description
Jack Felton, the charming owner of a fruit and vegetable delivery company, is found stabbed at home in what looks like a frenzied attack. The detectives must unravel romantic jealousies, family conflicts, and business rivalries to nab the killer.
Author
Series
Chelsea Detective volume 3
Language
English
Description
The most likely culprit in the murder of a psychotherapist is an ex-patient with a history of erratic behavior. As the team dig into the therapist's personal life, they uncover disturbing revelations that cast a new light on his killing.
Author
Series
Chelsea Detective volume 1
Language
English
Description
Stonemason Andrew Knightley is pushed under a London Underground train during the morning rush hour. DI Max Arnold and his partner, DS Priya Shamsie, together build a picture of a lonely, devout, and troubled man who believed a spirit was leaving him vengeful Biblical messages. But the killer is flesh and blood, and a more earthly explanation may be found in the truth of Knightley's life.
Author
Series
Chelsea Detective volume 2
Language
English
Description
Robyn Romano, social media sensation and wife of restaurateur Julia Romano, is reported missing. As the race to find Robyn alive pivots to a murder investigation, Max gets a taste of the combustible Romano clan, whose longstanding tensions and disagreements over the running of their eponymous Chelsea eatery may reveal how Robyn Romano met her fate.
Author
Series
Chelsea Detective volume 3
Language
English
Description
A well-liked security guard is found stabbed to death, leaving behind his terminally ill wife. Could this pillar of the community have been killed in a drug deal gone wrong, as the evidence initially suggests? Max and Priya discover that the victim had an unsavory past filled with violence, racism, and hooliganism, and that his death is the latest tragedy in a decades-old cycle of violence.
Author
Series
Chelsea Detective volume 4
Language
English
Description
At first glance, Oliver Cowie-devoted family man, respected educator, all-round good guy-seems an unlikely murder victim, until he's found in a pool of blood, bludgeoned to death in his study. But scratch the surface and it turns out there's no shortage of suspects, ranging from his own wife to feuding colleagues, a vengeful ex-pupil, disgruntled parents, and a rather too-familiar family cleaner.
Series
The Chelsea detective volume series 2
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
London's richest borough hides a dark side that Chelsea local DI Max Arnold knows all too well. Killers lurk among the art galleries and luxury homes, and it2s up to Max and new partner Layla Walsh to expose them.
Series
The Chelsea detective volume series 1
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
London's Chelsea neighborhood is a beautiful borough for beautiful people, but it has a dark underside of deception, violence, greed, and murder. Bodies have a way of showing up, and things are rarely what they seem. DI Max Arnold and his partner, DS Priya Shamsie, must root out the truth and bring those responsible to justice, no matter their wealth or status.
Publisher
British Broadcasting Corp
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
One of the most loved television series of all time is brought back to life with a fresh cast and sumptuous production values. It's 1936, and six years since parlor maid Rose left 165 Eaton Place, when fate brings her back as housekeeper to its new owners: Sir Hallam, his wife Lady Agnes, and Maud, Lady Holland, his mother. Rose soon finds she has her work cut out as she recruits a new 'downstairs' family to help run the elegance and finery of the...
12) On Chesil Beach
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
In 1962 England, a young couple find their idyllic romance colliding with issues of sexual freedom and societal pressure, leading to an awkward and fateful wedding night.
13) In Miniature
Author
Language
English
Description
Bestselling, award-winning writer Simon Garfield returns with an enthralling investigation of humans' peculiar fascination with small things-and what small things tell us about our larger world.
Simon Garfield writes books that shine a light on aspects of the everyday world in order to reveal the charms and eccentricities hiding in plain sight around us. After beguiling fans with books about everything from typography to time, from historic maps...
14) Delicious
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Language
English
Description
Recently released from prison, French chef Jacques pursues an obsession -- to leave his past behind and work for the great British chef Victor Ellwood. He knows Victor had an affair with his mother and may even be his dad. Working for iron-fisted Victor is back-breaking, but his existence is softened by the presence of a curious girl living in the downstairs flat. As he falls in love with her, he realises she not only has an aversion to restaurants,...
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Series
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English
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