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  • Mr Finchley Discovers His England

    by Victor Canning ...
    Series Book 1 - Classic Canning
    Mr Edgar Finchley, unmarried clerk, aged 45, is told to take a holiday for the first time in his life. He decides to go to the seaside. But Fate has other plans in store…From his abduction by a cheerful crook, to his smuggling escapade off the south coast, the timid but plucky Mr Finchley is plunged into a series of the most astonishing and extraordinary adventures.His rural adventure takes him ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • The Runaways

    by Victor Canning ...
    Series Book 1 - The Smiler Trilogy
    On a night of wild storms, two troubled figures escape from captivity.One is a 15-year-old boy, Samuel Miles, a.k.a. ‘Smiler’, wrongly convicted of theft and sent to a young offenders institution. The other is a cheetah, Yarra, a restless resident of Longleat Wildlife Park.Both are in danger from the outside world – and each other – but somehow their lives become inextricably bound up as they ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • The Whip Hand

    by Victor Canning ...
    Series Book 1 - Rex Carver Mysteries
    A 1960s London PI's search for a missing au pair leads to sinister evil in this classic spy series opener by the author of The Rainbird Pattern.Meet Rex Carver, the suave and laconic private investigator.His job is to track down a German au pair, Katerina Saxmann, who has gone missing in Brighton. But when the security services show up at his apartment within hours of him accepting the assignment, ... Read more

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  • Mr Finchley Goes to Paris

    by Victor Canning ...
    Series Book 2 - Classic Canning
    Book 2 of the classic trilogy of humorous adventuresAn ebullient Mr Finchley is about to propose marriage to a lady he had rescued from mishap, when he is sent to Paris by his firm.There he manages to upset a boat, adopt a stray orphan and get himself kidnapped. The fine tangle he gets into takes some unravelling! Only when eventually back in London does he complete the proposal of marriage that ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Mr Finchley Takes the Road

    by Victor Canning ...
    Series Book 3 - Classic Canning
    Book 3 of the classic trilogy of humorous rural adventures through pre-war EnglandMr Finchley takes a fancy to a horse-drawn caravan that he sees for sale, but his new wife does not relish the prospect of a caravan journey so she goes to visit her brother, while he sets out to explore the countryside and go house-hunting.While learning to handle the horse and the caravan, he encounters a variety ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • The Uncertain Future of the Silvermans

    by Victor Canning ...
    Series Book 6 - Classic Canning
    A life-affirming story of family and personal self-discoveryWhen George, the eldest son of Matthew Silverman, announces he won’t follow his father’s footsteps as editor of the family-owned local newspaper, the family finds itself on a course for change. The newspaper has been going for nearly 100 years.With younger brother Alexander and sisters Loraine and Alison growing up fast too, and gradual ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Fountain Inn

    by Victor Canning ...
    Series Book 7 - Classic Canning
    What’s going on behind the doors of Fountain Inn?When her employer suddenly disappears, young Grace Kirkstall finds herself accepting a new job at a new company in the same building – an oasis of tranquillity off the streets of London.Ben and Helen Brown’s startup company’s pitch is that, for a small consideration, they will help people out of their major and minor fixes. Their first big ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Doubled in Diamonds

    by Victor Canning ...
    Series Book 2 - The Rex Carver Mysteries
    A suave 1960s London PI searches for a missing person who doesn't wish to be found in this high-stakes mystery by the author of The Whip Hand.When Rex Carver is taken on by a solicitor's firm to trace the sole beneficiary, one Arthur Finch, of an estate worth £6,000, he barely considers the job worth going out into the freezing weather for.But there is far more ice involved than Carver could have ... Read more

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  • The Melting Man

    by Victor Canning ...
    Series Book 4 - The Rex Carver Mysteries
    The London PI is sent to France in pursuit of some hot wheels in this "first-class professional thriller" from the author of The Python Project ( The Times Literary Supplement).Rex Carver wants a holiday—is determined to have one, in fact. So, when millionaire Cavan O'Dowda attempts to hire him to track down some stolen property, the answer is a flat "No." Until, that is, Cavan's beautiful ... Read more

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  • The Minerva Club

    by Victor Canning ...
    Series Book 8 - Classic Canning
    The Minerva Club might look like any other London gentlemen’s club but behind its respectable and discreet façade, some of the most ambitious schemes for heists, money-making and evasion of the law are being worked out. It’s an exclusive club for criminals. Entry qualification: members must have served a prison sentence of two years minimum. Though the club’s criminal ventures don’t always go as ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • The Aberdyll Onion

    And Other Mysteries

    by Victor Canning ...
    Series Book 9 - Classic Canning
    The collected short stories of the great Victor Canning, originally written and published in the 1950s and 1960s – full of humour, charm, and in true fashion of classic crime writing.Canning’s heart-warming vignettes and clever mysteries take us from a Welsh valley to a far-off island and across the French countryside – introducing unforgettable characters and stories along the way.Praise for ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • The Python Project

    by Victor Canning ...
    Series Book 3 - The Rex Carver Mysteries
    The case of a missing bracelet ensnares a 1960s London PI in the edge-of-your-seat third Rex Carver mystery from the author of Doubled in Diamonds.An antique gold python bracelet, with diamonds for eyes and emeralds for scales, has been stolen from the home of its owner. The insurance company accountable for the jewelry wants it found, sharpish, and hires private investigator Rex Carver to recover ... Read more

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