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Overview: Roger Ormerod was born in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire. He worked as a county court officer, an executive officer in the Department of Social Security, a postman, and a shop loader in an engineering factory.
Genre: Fiction > Mystery/Thriller > Crime > Suspense
By Death Possessed:
When Tony Hine whimsically took a painting by his grandmother to an Antiques Road Show, he wasn’t expecting to be told by leading art expert Dr Margaret Dennis that his painting was in fact one of the few surviving works of the now famous Frederick Ashe.Before the night is out, his marriage has broken apart and he finds himself deeply involved with Dr Dennis’s quest to prove the provenance of the painting – and further elevate her status in the art world.A long-overdue visit to his grandmother reveals a whole stash of unknown paintings, and a curious story about a pair of young lovers in early 20th-century France, painting the same scenes side by side.But who painted the canvases now seen by Tony and Margaret, and what has happened to the rest?As events become increasingly complex, a near fatal accident and a violent death create a whirl of suspicion around the paintings and those––until now hidden––who have an interest in the paintings’ existence.
Roger Ormerod – Dead Ringer:
Jerry Boyes used to be one of the most in-demand stuntmen in the business. That was, until a horrible car accident left him maimed and unable to work. So when ex-actor Stuart Tyson, for whom Jerry used to double, turns up with a job offer, Boyes jumps at the chance. It will be three thousand for just one week’s all Jerry has to do is hand over half a million in ransom money to the kidnappers of Howard Maxwell, a multimillionaire businessman.
Jerry must help Kathleen Maxwell, wife to the kidnapped millionaire, to collect the five hundred thousand. But it’s not as easy as it Howard Maxwell may have been rich in capital assets, but he has almost no cash. As Jerry agrees to help the distraught wife, he cannot help feeling that things are not what they seem.
In a bid to clear his name he investigates the situation himself and becomes entangled in a long standing rivalry which is escalating to deadly levels.
A rich man has plenty of enemies, and when a murder occurs, the case is thrown wide open.
Farewell Gesture:
Paul Manson hadn’t meant to kill his father. He’d just lost control. Now, back out in the world after four years in Gartree prison, Manson has information which could prevent a very different kind of crime – a cold-blooded, contract killing.
Tracking down the target, a young woman named Philomena Wise, he delays passing on his warning with fatal Philomena is found dead, strangled with her own scarf. Dismayed by his failure, Manson catches the first train to the scene of the crime.
But what he finds only lands him in the middle of a tangled web of crossed wires, fake identities and mixed motives. When another murder takes place a few days later, Manson realises he needs to find out what’s going on, and not just for his own curiosity’s a convicted killer and a stranger in town, he’s now the prime suspect for both killings.
Seeing Red:
On a lonely road on the borders of Wales, Gledwyn Griffiths crashes his car and dies. It seems like a simple road accident to everyone except the man’s grieving daughter, Angie. She becomes obsessed with the possibility of a conspiracy to murder her vulnerable, colour blind father. Detective Sergeant Harry Kyle had promised a favour to a friend – Angie’s exasperated husband.
He persuades Harry to visit Angie and convince her that her suspicious are groundless, lest she becomes mad. But the more that Harry probes into the circumstances surrounding Gledwyn Griffiths’s death, the more suspicious he in turn becomes and the fonder he grows of Angie…And the more credible a murder plot becomes.
The Key to the Case:
Richard Patton, an ex-Detective Inspector, has been around the block when it comes to seemingly unsolvable crimes.
So when a well-known crook, Ronnie Cope, asks him to help prove he is innocent of a burglary Richard sets aside his knowledge of Ronnie’s dubious reputation and agrees to look into it. He wants the facts, and he isn’t afraid to dig them out. But the facts come almost too fast for Richard to keep up. Ronnie’s alibi turns out to involve another burglary.
Meanwhile, Milo Dettinger, the surly proprietor of the local gaming club, also seeks out Richard’s expertise, believing his son’s alleged suicide was something more sinister. Richard complies, but soon discovers that the only possible murder suspect is Milo himself. And then there’s the recent rape and murder of a young woman, Ruby Carter.
Coincidences? Or are the three cases linked?
The Second Jeopardy:
Four years ago, a young woman named Angela Reed was murdered. The prime suspect at the time, Harry Hodnutt, had jumped into her car after Charlie Braine, his partner in crime, drove off with the jewels from a shop they had just robbed.
Charlie and his car were never found, while Harry insisted that he’d left Angela — alive — at the lay-by where her body was subsequently discovered. Though he was cleared of Angela’s murder, Harry spent four years inside for his involvement with the robbery. Now Harry is out, still haunted by Angela’s death, and a man who claims he was married to Angela is threatening Harry’s life.
When Virginia Brent, the daughter of the Assistant Chief Constable, offers to help Harry find the truth behind Angela’s murder, Harry is sceptical, but ultimately accepts her assistance and the two form an unlikely partnership. Virginia claims a relationship with Angela Reed that drives her interest in the case; Harry is anxious to not only clear his name for good but to rid himself of the threat to his life. Together, Harry and Virginia delve back into Angela’s murder, following leads, digging up dirt on Harry’s old partners in crime and Angela’s double life, and seeking answers.
What happened to Charlie Braine and his car? What part does mysterious criminal Sean O’Loughlin play?
Who really killed Angela Reed?
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