Download or read book Murders and Mysteries of the North York Moors written by Peter Walker and published by Pollinger in Print. This book was released on 2007-09 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this chilling investigation of foul deeds and mysterious deaths, former police inspector, Peter N Walker leads the reader through this native countryside in search of the truth behind many unexplained mysteries and unsolved murders. Isolated moorland inns and quiet dales conceal memorable tales of passion and despair from ancient times right up to the present day. This wide-ranging and breathtaking collection of murders and mysteries are intriguing and informative, whether you know the North York Moors or not.
Download or read book Murders and Mysteries from the North York Moors written by Peter Norman Walker and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Murders Mysteries of the North York Moors written by Peter N Walker and published by . This book was released on 2008-04-30 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this chilling investigation of foul deeds and mysterious deaths, former police inspector, Peter N Walker leads the reader through this native countryside in search of the truth behind many unexplained mysteries and unsolved murders. Isolated moorland inns and quiet dales conceal memorable tales of passion and despair from ancient times right up to the present day. This wide-ranging and breathtaking collection of murders and mysteries are intriguing and informative, whether you know the North York Moors or not.
Download or read book North Yorkshire Moors Murders written by Jeannette Hensby and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2018-10-15 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: North Yorkshire Moors Murders - An Anthology Of True Crime"North Yorkshire Moors Murders" is a collection of fascinating true crimes from this most picturesque part of England. With its quaint market towns, old fishing villages, rugged cliffs tumbling down to sandy beaches and the hidden bays of the East Coast, the stunning beauty of the North Yorkshire countryside and coast is hard to beat. Nowadays, many roads criss-cross the area, but in the 19th century, when the crimes in this book were committed, farms and villages were isolated and the beautiful wild moors were the perfect hiding place for those with murder in mind.
Download or read book The Yorkshire Moorland Mystery written by Joseph Smith Fletcher and published by Longmans, Green. This book was released on 1930 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Folk Tales from the North York Moors written by Peter Norman Walker and published by Robert Hale. This book was released on 1990 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A selection of folklore about the North York Moors, closely linked with the features of its landscape, and often providing explanations of place-names and landmarks. Meet the serpent of Sexhow, the mermaids of Staithes and learn how Robin Hood's Bay came to be named.
Download or read book The Yorkshire Moorland Mystery written by J. S. Fletcher and published by Rare Treasure Editions. This book was released on 2024-04-12T00:00:00Z with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in the US in 1930 by Alfred A. Knopf: New York, public domain. A famous American book collector is found dead, at the bottom of Herlesdem Scar on the lonley Yorshire moors, his body a mass of battered flesh. Was it just a terrible accident, as all evidences seem to suggest? His nephiew and captain Mannering think not - they understand that a sinister and mysterious murder has just taken place when they realise that the acquisition, by the victim, of a certain neglected volume, had some strange bearing on his death. And a breathtaking chase begins... J. S. Fletcher weaves the storylines of this riveting mystery with great dexeterity - a true page-turner.
Download or read book Yorkshire Witches written by Eileen Rennison and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2012-08-15 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stories and witches and witchcraft in Yorkshire.
Download or read book Malice on the Moors written by Graham Thomas and published by Fawcett. This book was released on 2009-03-04 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ERSKINE POWELL OF SCOTLAND YARD INVESTIGATES MURDER ON THE MOORS. On a remote, fog-enshrouded estate in the North York Moors, a murderer lays a cunning trap. The prey, it seems, is Dickie Dinsdale, the greedy landowner who bulldozes people's lives like so many old barns. Easily a dozen residents of Blackamoor would derive pleasure from Dinsdale's slow, painful death. But, Detective-Chief Superintendent Erskine Powell asks himself, which of them is bold enough to do the deed? Is it Dinsdale's old gamekeeper, dismissed without warning? The environmentalist he assaulted and humiliated? The sexy stepsister he spied upon? Suspects are as thick as grouse in summer, and bringing down a killer on the wing is very tricky--even for a pro like Erskine Powell. . . .
Download or read book Folk Tales from York and the Wolds written by Peter Norman Walker and published by Robert Hale. This book was released on 1992 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A selection of folklore from the city of York and the Wolds area. The book includes tales of the Haliwell Goblin, saints from Beverley and Bridlington, the devil's work at Filey, the fairy cup of Burton Fleming, the mysterious skull of Burton Agnes and Dick Turpin's arrest at a Wolds inn.
Download or read book Murder Under the Midnight Sun written by Nicholas Rhea and published by Constable & Robinson. This book was released on 2008 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When DS Mark Pemberton embarks on a cruise to the Arctic Circle he simply wants to experience the spectacle of the midnight sun and the splendour of the glaciers and fjords. But then a man is found stabbed and Pemberton is asked by the captain to assist in investigating the death without alarming the other passengers.
Download or read book The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Modern Crime Fiction written by Michael Ashley and published by Constable. This book was released on 2002 with total page 804 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A reference and overview of the genre of crime fiction, primarily covering the 1950s onwards, although major earlier writers, such as Agatha Christie and Raymond Chandler, also have entries.
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Download or read book Trods of the North York Moors written by Chris P. Evans and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title provides accurate and up-to-date mapping of remaining flagstone paths in North York Moors and charts their likely locations in the past; when, for what purpose, by whom they were built.
Download or read book Murder at Maddleskirk Abbey written by Nicholas Rhea and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After Constable Nick of Aidensfield and Heartbeat fame’s retirement, he helped create a small private police force of monk-constables serving Maddleskirk Abbey and its adjoining college. The body of an unknown man is discovered in a huge stone coffin in the crypt and Nick and DCS ‘Nabber’ Napier of the local constabulary welcome the assistance of the monk-constables or monkstables as they become known, as their knowledge of the abbey, its history, practices and personnel proves invaluable to the detectives. As the murder investigation hots up, a prominent pupil of the college goes missing and the monkstables find themselves pitched into an intense criminal investigation as they search for the missing boy. With help from retired Sgt Oscar Blaketon and ex-PC Alf Ventress, and some input from Claude Jeremiah Greengrass, Nick’s experience is put to the test as a killer stalks the hushed corridors of Maddleskirk Abbey.
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