Alan Grant

Outside a London theatre a throng of people wait for the last performance of a popular musical. But as the doors open at last, a man in the queue is found murdered by the deadly thrust of a stiletto. Inspector Alan Grant investigates and tenaciously pursues his suspects throughout the length of Britain and the labyrinth of London.

Marion Sharpe and her mother have their peaceful lives turned upside-down when a young woman turns up on their doorstep with a policeman and accuses them of kidnap and abuse. Something in her story doesn't ring true, but it takes solicitor turned amateur detective, Robert Blair, to solve the mystery.

It was rumoured that Hollywood stars would kill for the privilege of being photographed by the fashionable portrait photographer Leslie Searle. But what would bring such a gifted figure to the English village of Salcott St Mary? And why, and how, did he disappear? If a crime had been committed, was it murder, fraud, or simply a macabre practical joke? Inspector Alan Grant determines to uncover the truth.

To lighten the boredom of convalescence, Inspector Alan Grant investigates a crime of the time of Richard III by reconstructing it and considering it with his critical policeman's eye. The result is surprising. Was Richard III the monster the history books have portrayed?