Blogs in January 1970

Behind the Night Bazaar 1st January 1970

Australian Jayne Keeney works as a PI in Bangkok. Shaken by a serious incident, she heads north to visit her close friend Didier in Chiang Mai, though there’s no relief for her there. Murder is in the air and...

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The Helper 1st January 1970

From the back cover: A grisly murder in a New York bookstore seems to hold a special significance for Detective Callum Doyle: the victim’s been marked with a message… Then the sinister phone calls start. Doyle is told more...

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Murder on the Isle of Bute 1st January 1970

The corpse of Cameron Petrie, a successful business consultant, is found washed up on a small island in the Kyles of Bute on the west coast of Scotland. Because of the nature of his death, the killer could have...

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The Strangler Vine 1st January 1970

Calcutta 1837. The East India Company rules India – or most of it: and its most notorious and celebrated son, Xavier Mountstuart, has gone missing. William Avery, a down-at-heel junior officer in the Company’s army, is sent to find...

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Death of an Englishman 1st January 1970

Introducing Marshal Salvatore Guarnaccia of the Florentine carabinieri, a Sicilian stationed far from home. He wants to go south for Christmas to spend the holiday with his family, but he is laid up with the ‘flu. At this awkward...

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