Death has deep roots

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Elizabeth Ferrars

It was the first really nice day of the summer. The strawberries were ripe and Irene Cable was having a few friends over for cocktails in the garden. It happened so fast--the cry, the splash, the flailing of strong arms across the still water to what lay sprawled in the pool under the shade of the chestnuts--that Catherine Gifford afterwards was never certain what she had seen under those trees. It was Andie Manson who dived into the pool and emerged with the limp body of Douglas Cable. Douglas couldn't remember what had happened, and it appeared that he had been hit on the head before he fell into the pool. Attempted murder in this quiet country village? Unheard of. But, soon after, another body is found in the pool--very, very dead, and most definitely murdered.

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Paul McGuire

Tony Grant meets a lovely girl on the Spanish Steps in Rome. The encounter is mystifying, and when she leaves Tony fears he will never see her again. But then he receives an invitation to spend a weekend with a famous woman he has never met, and when he arrives at his host's dazzling villa, he once again encounters the girl from the Spanish Steps. Evil lurks within the halls of the sinister villa and the girl is involved, but Tony has to stay and confront the danger ahead for all of them.

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Anne Holt

It is only the beginning of May but in Oslo a brutal heat wave has coincided with an alarming increase in violent crime. In the latest instance, police investigator Hanne Wilhelmsen is sent to a macabre crime scene on the outskirts of town. An abandoned shed is covered in blood. On one wall an eight-digit number is written in blood. There is no body--nor any sign of a victim. Is it a kid's prank or foul play? Is it even human blood? As more bloody numbers are found in isolated locations throughout Oslo, Hanne's colleague Håkon Sand makes a startling discovery: the digits correspond to the filing numbers of foreign immigrants. All are female, all are missing. Is there a serial killer on the loose in Oslo? Meanwhile, as the trail heats up, the victim of a horrific unsolved rape case and her father have each decided to take justice into their own hands. Hanne and Håkon soon discover that they aren't the only ones on the hunt for the killer.

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Raymond Haigh

Whilst under police protection at Chequers, their official country residence, his widow, Helen Cosgrave, discovers her husband.s private and damning bank statements.