(Paperback)

Tuesday nights have turned noisy in Chalmsbury.

First a drinking fountain is blown up, then a statue loses his head, and a giant glass eye is exploded. When a life is lostInspector Purbrightmust delve into the seamier side of this quiet town.

Witty and wicked, Watson's tales offer mordantly entertaining characters and laugh-out-loud wordplay.

(Paperback)

"I am in great danger..."

This letter is received by three eminent citizens of Flaxborough, including the Chief Constable. So when one of the town's charity workers is found the wrong way up in her pond, a connection seems likely.

Witty and wicked, Colin Watson's tales offer a mordantly entertaining cast and laugh-out-loud wordplay.

(Paperback)

In the respectable seaside town of Flaxborough, councillor Harold Carobleat is laid to rest. Cause of death: pneumonia.

But before longDetective Inspector Purbrightmust examine another death. This time it looks like foul play.

Witty and wicked, Colin Watson's tales offer a mordantly entertaining cast of characters and laugh-out-loud wordplay.

(Paperback)

The sight of four policemen manhandling a bath isn't one the residents of Flaxborough see every day.

When the inhabitants of 14, Beatrice Avenue disappear and a couple of government spooks turn up, the drama acquires overtones of a Bond movie!

Witty and wicked, Colin Watson's tales offer a mordantly entertaining cast and laugh-out-loud wordplay.

(Paperback)

Whatever can have happened to Lil

When Lilian Bannister vanishes, a link is traced to a local lonely hearts agency. Flaxborough'sD.I. Purbrightand Sergeant Sid Love follow the trail to a rendezvous with Daisy Teatime...

Witty and wicked, Colin Watson's tales offer a mordantly entertaining cast of characters and laugh-out-loud wordplay.

(Paperback)

Sergeant Love finds himself literally knocked out by a little plaster cottage at Flaxborough's antiques auction. DI Purbrightmust dig deep into the past of the local gentry to find out how the picture leads to heirlooms and murder.

Witty and wicked, Colin Watson's tales offer a mordantly entertaining cast and laugh-out-loud wordplay.

(Paperback)

An elderly sex-pest is at large in Flaxborough.

Leaping from bushes and scuttling away when challenged, he earns the nickname of the 'Flaxborough crab'. Suave Dr Meadow knows more than he is letting on, yet how canDI Purbrightget him to talk

Witty and wicked, Colin Watson offers a mordantly entertaining cast and laugh-out-loud wordplay.

(Paperback)

Flaxborough has its share of fat-cat businessmen...

Like the brash Councillor Henry Crispin and snobbish Arnold Hatch, whose bitter rivalry is well known.DI Purbrightis soon investigating a far-from-peaceful death...

Witty and wicked, Colin Watson's tales offer a mordantly entertaining cast and laugh-out-loud wordplay.

(Paperback)

In Mumblesbury, the local solicitor has suddenly died.

Natural causes it seems, butDI Purbrightand Miss Lucy Teatimeare taken aback by the quality of his art collection. All were acquired locally and the question of blackmail arises.

Witty and wicked, Colin Watson offers a mordantly entertaining cast and laugh-out-loud wordplay.

(Paperback)

A peculiar pornographic movie has been wowing viewers.

One of the more scurrilous papers gets a tip-off that this exotic production stars residents of Flaxborough. The mayor is ready to duel for his town's honour,but sinister events intervene...

Witty and wicked, Colin Watson offers a mordantly entertaining cast and laugh-out-loud wordplay.

(Paperback)

What could be more wholesome than the Folklore Society's "revels", with dancing, a bonfire and a quaffing bench

When freethinking Edna Hillyard goes missing that night,DI Purbrightwonders if he's really battling against evil forces...

Witty and wicked, Colin Watson offers a mordantly entertaining cast and laugh-out-loud wordplay.