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A native of Argyll, Scotland, Jill McGown has lived in Corby, England, since she was ten. She wrote her first novel, A Perfect Match, in 1983. Among those that have followed are Gone to Her Death, Murder at the Old Vicarage, Murder . . . Now and Then, The Murders of Mrs. Austin and Mrs. Beale, The Other Woman, A Shred of Evidence, and Verdict Unsafe.
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Unlucky for Some
Format: Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: March 28, 2006
Price: $6.99
Selected by The Times (London) as one of the twentieth century’s “100 Masters of Crime,” Jill McGown writes mystery-suspense novels with plots that defy second-guessing. In Unlucky for Some, her thirteenth book featuring Detective Chief Inspectors Lloyd and Hill, the quiet life of an English town scarcely conceals the deadly menace... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: March 28, 2006
Price: $6.99
Selected by The Times (London) as one of the twentieth century’s “100 Masters of Crime,” Jill McGown writes mystery-suspense novels with plots that defy second-guessing. In Unlucky for Some, her thirteenth book featuring Detective Chief Inspectors Lloyd and Hill, the quiet life of an English town scarcely conceals the deadly menace... Read more >
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Plots and Errors
Format: Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: September 5, 2000
Price: $6.99
When the owners of a struggling detective agency are found asphyxiated in their car, Detective Chief Inspector Lloyd rejects the majority opinion that they committed suicide. And his theory--that they were murdered--becomes even more likely when the doomed couple's one client, wealthy Mrs. Angela Esterbrook, is found shot to death.
Why... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: September 5, 2000
Price: $6.99
When the owners of a struggling detective agency are found asphyxiated in their car, Detective Chief Inspector Lloyd rejects the majority opinion that they committed suicide. And his theory--that they were murdered--becomes even more likely when the doomed couple's one client, wealthy Mrs. Angela Esterbrook, is found shot to death.
Why... Read more >
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Death in the Family
Format: Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: April 27, 2004
Price: $6.99
When Dean Fletcher fell for a blonde nymphet named Kayleigh Scott, he managed to ruin his life. Kayleigh had told him she was eighteen. In truth, she was not quite thirteen—and poor Dean was soon off to prison, a convicted sex offender, still smitten with his adolescent lover.
Now he’s finally free... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: April 27, 2004
Price: $6.99
When Dean Fletcher fell for a blonde nymphet named Kayleigh Scott, he managed to ruin his life. Kayleigh had told him she was eighteen. In truth, she was not quite thirteen—and poor Dean was soon off to prison, a convicted sex offender, still smitten with his adolescent lover.
Now he’s finally free... Read more >
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Shred of Evidence
Format: Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: March 30, 1997
Price: $7.99
"McGown's style is uniquely hers, engrossing, poignant, with effectual characterization."
--Mystery News
When the body of fifteen-year-old Natalie Ouspensky is found strangled near a public park in Stansfield, England, Detective Inspector Judy Hill and Detective Chief Inspector Lloyd have their work cut out for them. For Natalie wasn't quite the innocent her mother... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: March 30, 1997
Price: $7.99
"McGown's style is uniquely hers, engrossing, poignant, with effectual characterization."
--Mystery News
When the body of fifteen-year-old Natalie Ouspensky is found strangled near a public park in Stansfield, England, Detective Inspector Judy Hill and Detective Chief Inspector Lloyd have their work cut out for them. For Natalie wasn't quite the innocent her mother... Read more >
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Verdict Unsafe
Format: Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: May 27, 1998
Price: $7.99
Detective Inspector Judy Hill anxiously watched the trial of serial rapist Colin Arthur Drummond from the public gallery--never forgetting his chilling threat that she would be his next victim. The prosecution should have an open-and-shut case.
But sixteen months later Drummond is back on the streets, threatening Judy once more. And... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: May 27, 1998
Price: $7.99
Detective Inspector Judy Hill anxiously watched the trial of serial rapist Colin Arthur Drummond from the public gallery--never forgetting his chilling threat that she would be his next victim. The prosecution should have an open-and-shut case.
But sixteen months later Drummond is back on the streets, threatening Judy once more. And... Read more >
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Scene of Crime
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: February 26, 2002
Price: $19.00
Real-life crime has engulfed the domestic life of the Riverside Theatre players. For starters, there’s the violent death of Estelle Bignall, the beautiful, neurotic wife of a well-to-do doctor (and aspiring resident playwright). In truth, suicide seemed more Estelle’s line—especially during the Christmas holidays—but a thief saved her the trouble, stealing... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: February 26, 2002
Price: $19.00
Real-life crime has engulfed the domestic life of the Riverside Theatre players. For starters, there’s the violent death of Estelle Bignall, the beautiful, neurotic wife of a well-to-do doctor (and aspiring resident playwright). In truth, suicide seemed more Estelle’s line—especially during the Christmas holidays—but a thief saved her the trouble, stealing... Read more >
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Death in the Family
Format: eBook
On Sale: February 4, 2003
Price: $6.99
With a plot that defies the most inspired second-guessing and with menace ticking quietly away on every page, Jill McGown’s Death in the Family firmly establishes her as a master of mystery and psychological suspense. This gritty, sophisticated novel is the twelfth in the author’s internationally acclaimed series starring Chief Detective... Read more >
Format: eBook
On Sale: February 4, 2003
Price: $6.99
With a plot that defies the most inspired second-guessing and with menace ticking quietly away on every page, Jill McGown’s Death in the Family firmly establishes her as a master of mystery and psychological suspense. This gritty, sophisticated novel is the twelfth in the author’s internationally acclaimed series starring Chief Detective... Read more >
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Scene of Crime
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: June 10, 2009
Price: $19.00
Real-life crime has engulfed the domestic life of the Riverside Theatre players. For starters, there’s the violent death of Estelle Bignall, the beautiful, neurotic wife of a well-to-do doctor (and aspiring resident playwright). In truth, suicide seemed more Estelle’s line—especially during the Christmas holidays—but a thief saved her the trouble, stealing... Read more >
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: June 10, 2009
Price: $19.00
Real-life crime has engulfed the domestic life of the Riverside Theatre players. For starters, there’s the violent death of Estelle Bignall, the beautiful, neurotic wife of a well-to-do doctor (and aspiring resident playwright). In truth, suicide seemed more Estelle’s line—especially during the Christmas holidays—but a thief saved her the trouble, stealing... Read more >
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Shred of Evidence
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: December 24, 2008
Price: $7.99
"McGown's style is uniquely hers, engrossing, poignant, with effectual characterization."
--Mystery News
When the body of fifteen-year-old Natalie Ouspensky is found strangled near a public park in Stansfield, England, Detective Inspector Judy Hill and Detective Chief Inspector Lloyd have their work cut out for them. For Natalie wasn't quite the innocent her mother... Read more >
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: December 24, 2008
Price: $7.99
"McGown's style is uniquely hers, engrossing, poignant, with effectual characterization."
--Mystery News
When the body of fifteen-year-old Natalie Ouspensky is found strangled near a public park in Stansfield, England, Detective Inspector Judy Hill and Detective Chief Inspector Lloyd have their work cut out for them. For Natalie wasn't quite the innocent her mother... Read more >
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Verdict Unsafe
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2009
Price: $7.99
Detective Inspector Judy Hill anxiously watched the trial of serial rapist Colin Arthur Drummond from the public gallery--never forgetting his chilling threat that she would be his next victim. The prosecution should have an open-and-shut case.
But sixteen months later Drummond is back on the streets, threatening Judy once more. And... Read more >
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2009
Price: $7.99
Detective Inspector Judy Hill anxiously watched the trial of serial rapist Colin Arthur Drummond from the public gallery--never forgetting his chilling threat that she would be his next victim. The prosecution should have an open-and-shut case.
But sixteen months later Drummond is back on the streets, threatening Judy once more. And... Read more >
Also available as a
paperback.
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