Vivien Armstrong Books In Order

Judith Pullen Books In Order

  1. Sleight of Hand (1991)
  2. Close Call (1994)
  3. Beyond the Pale (2002)

Roger Hayes Books In Order

  1. No Birds Singing (2003)
  2. Bird of Prey (2003)
  3. The Payoff (2005)
  4. Blue Murder (2006)
  5. Roll Over, Play Dead (2006)
  6. Gone to Earth (2008)

Novels

  1. The Honey Trap (1992)
  2. The Wrong Road (1997)
  3. Dead in the Water (1998)
  4. Fool’s Gold (1999)
  5. Fly in Amber (2000)
  6. Rewind (2001)
  7. Smile Now, Die Later (2002)
  8. Murder Between Friends (2004)

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Vivien Armstrong Books Overview

Sleight of Hand

Infuriated by the interference of Special Branch in one of his murder investigations, Ralph Arnott resigns from the force and turns the case over to Sergeant Judy Pullen, but he is soon helping her solve the case anyway. A first novel.

Beyond the Pale

Inspector Laurence Erskine’s girlfriend, Judy, is attending an art club when a murder occurs. Another murder takes place during the club’s course held near Bath. Judy suspects both deaths can’t be politically motivated, and enlists the help of the irascible Yorkshireman Ralph Arnott, her old boss.

No Birds Singing

Description When Tansy Robotham called in to see hairdresser Sandy Prentice that autumn afternoon, the last thing she expected to find was her friend’s long dead body lying in the middle of the conservatory. Shocked and terrified by the evidence of decay, and by the horrific way Sandy had been killed, Tansy ran from the house screaming for help. So, for the recently transferred DCI Roger Hayes, this is the beginning of a lengthy investigation not quite the welcome he had expected from the quiet little village of Newton Greys, but the perfect opportunity to prove himself. First though, he must discover the real story behind Sandy’s busy working and social lives, and finding her diary seems like just the breakthrough he needs. Soon DCI Hayes realizes that all is not quite as it seems in the peaceful Oxfordshire village, and finding the murderer is far from easy.

Bird of Prey

Fay Browne, a middle-aged solicitor from the small village of Renham, witnesses a woman’s apparent suicide in front of a train and becomes deeply involved with the inquest, convinced that the woman didn’t jump but was in fact pushed. Subsequent disastrous events lead Fay to suspect her husband for the first time in their marriage, while also beginning to doubt her own sanity.

The Payoff

A Detective Chief Inspector Roger Hayes Mystery. When the body of Lulu Starewski, an elderly eccentric antique dealer, is found in her home in an Oxfordshire village by her friend Tessa Cox, Detective Chief Inspector Roger Hayes is soon on the scene. A specialist in Russian Icons, Lulu owned a gallery in London, which its manager, Raoul Musset, seems destined to inherit, along with her London flat. That is, until an arson attack destroys the gallery. As Roger Hayes probes the case, a tangled network of shadowy Russian contacts emerges. Why should there have been a business connection between Lulu and Tessa Cox’s car dealer husband, Tony? Who tried to kidnap Alexei, his son from his former marriage? And who is the too good to be true Rory Smythe, who claims close connections with Lulu?

Blue Murder

A Detective Chief Inspector Roger Hayes mystery Hayes wakes up in hospital having been stabbed and knocked unconscious while trying to save an elegant lady from some muggers. While convalescing in the Isle of Man, he meets the woman’s brother, the owner of an exclusive spa hotel. But things aren?t quite as idyllic as they first appear on the island. There have been a series of attacks, and Hayes is pretty soon caught up in uncovering the motives and the perpetrators…

Roll Over, Play Dead

The new Detective Chief Inspector Hayes mystery Detective Superintendent Roger Hayes and his new partner Sergeant Prentice are investigating the murder of Lady Susan Brigham, wife of euro politician Sir William Brigham. With no signs of an obvious break in and startling family secrets coming to light, not to mention uncooperative locals and an interfering local police force, Detective Haines struggles to solve this case once and for all…

Fool’s Gold

Annie Gordon gatecrashes a designer sale in the hope of picking up a few bargains for her trip to Italy. A fire breaks out and in her panic to escape she snatches the wrong handbag. Her efforts to find the owner are thwarted and Annie leaves for Italy. She doesn’t know that the handbag contains something the real owners will kill for.

Fly in Amber

Briony Eastwood is looking forward to a glamorous Christmas, catering for movie star Roz de Taffort and her family. It turns out that Roz has a not so secret drinking problem, however, and a toy boy trainer on the premises. When Briony finds Roz’s dead body at the bottom of the cellar steps, suspicion immediately points to cuckolded husband, Carey. But Roz’s death is only the beginning…

Rewind

When Adele Morrison’s body is found in the swimming pool of the Crown House hotel, her estranged husband stands to inherit everything he had been fighting to claim as part of a divorce settlement. DI Ian Preston, however, is unable to get past the coroner’s verdict of accidental death until the body of Adele’s lover is found floating in the Thames.

Smile Now, Die Later

Zoe Templeman is a Londoner who works in the seemingly respectable world of antiques. One horrible day she discovers Max Loudon Fryer, her boss, hanging from the high rafter in his studio. He leaves behind the beautiful, Saba, and her son who had become dependant on him, plus his estranged wife Desiree, as well as Zoe, who is desperate for the money Max owed her. When a hammer complete with a bloody clump of hairs is discovered in Max’s car, this doesn’t seem like a straightforward suicide. As Zoe begins to realize who might be responsible for the ensuing deaths, she is left feeling very confused and very alone.

Murder Between Friends

A Detective Inspector Hayes mystery
Stella, Kate and Victoria are three schoolgirl friends, unexpectedly reunited after many years. Despite losing touch, their lives have become intertwined in a way none of them could have imagined. Detective Inspector Hayes finds himself with a string of incidents to investigate, as a tale of two cities, London and Paris not to mention a country cottage begins to unwind…

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