Mullsjö kommunbibliotek

Mr. Percy Phelps, a Foreign Office employee, is desperate. An important naval treaty disappeared while he was working with it during one late night in the office. Phelps reaches ou ...

This book describes a selection of people caught up in the turmoil that presaged the reformation - a period of change instigated by a king whose desire for a legitimate son was to ...

Just hearing the phrase ‘the East End’ summons up images of slums and dark alleyways, with Jack the Ripper appearing from the mist, or housing estates and pubs where you might find ...

In the tenth book of the acclaimed DI Christy Kennedy series, a successful investment banker is found dead under unusual circumstances. While it looks like the case of an autoeroti ...

In this new series from Paul Charles, formerly retired policeman Brendy McCusker is forced to return to work following his wife's flight to America with their nest-egg. On his firs ...

A lone building on a small island off Ireland's Donegal coast, St Ernan's is politely known as a "retirement home" for priests. The exiled residents are guilty of such serious offe ...

On the night of 5/6 June 1944, D-Day, a Lockheed Hudson dropped a small group of parachutists into the mountainous Morvan area of central France. Their mission was to operate as an ...

"Some twenty-five years after its conclusion, yet with its echoes resonating once more in contemporary East-West relations, the rigors and detail of many aspects of the Cold War ar ...

Welcome to What's Tha Playing At Nah?, the fourth volume of Martyn Johnson's acclaimed series of stories about policing during the 1960s and 1970s. Whether 'on the beat' or 'as CID ...

The image of the witch - crook-nosed, unpleasant of disposition and with a penchant for harming her neighbours - is well established in the popular imagination. For hundreds of yea ...

“The trial which terminated yesterday…revealed one of the strangest and most horrible stories possibly ever told in a court of justice.” (Morning Post).When the news broke in 1871 ...

In this chilling history of the bodysnatching trade, the stories of Britain's lesser known Resurrection Men are told. Here are the stories of the men who robbed graves during the w ...

We most often think of the Victorian female offender in her most archetypal and stereotypical roles; the polite lady shoplifter, stowing all manner of valuables beneath her volumin ...

Between the beginning of the First World War in the summer of 1914 and the armistice in 1918, 51 men were executed in Britain. The great majority, over 80%, were hanged for murder, ...

The first policewomen were established during the Great War, but with no powers of arrest; the first women lawyers did not practise until the early twentieth century, and despite t ...

The exceptional exploits, courage and leadership of British SOE Agent Trotobas have long been recognised in France but not in his own country despite being recommended for the Vict ...

Civil disorder, violent crime and terrorism were all considerably worse during the Victorian period than they are today, though ironically many regard this era of British history a ...

Sue Wilkes reveals the shadowy world of Britain's spies, rebels and secret societies from the late 1780s until 1820. Drawing on contemporary literature and official records, Wilkes ...

Från Sönderlandets öar fem, kommer ingen levande hem.   Det har gått ett år sedan Nora Wagners närmaste kollega sköts till döds. Både hon själv och hennes kollegor anser att hon bo ...

Kriminalinspektör Amanda Junisson vid Sundsvallspolisen längtar efter att bilda familj. Hennes pojkvän har precis friat, men mitt i glädjeruset finns en oro som gnager. Tankarna sk ...

"I wanted to run after him, but remembered that it is ridiculous to run after one's wife's lover in one's socks; and I did not wish to be ridiculous but terrible."A man travelling ...

Kun toimittaja Johanna Saure muuttaa Pohjanmaalle paikallislehden päätoimittajaksi, edessä on muutakin kuin maanantaisia juttupalavereita ja paikallisista maanviljelijöistä kertovi ...

Rikoskomisario Ilpo Lipponen siirretään Oulusta Vantaalle, Keskusrikospoliisin päämajaan. Samaan aikaan sekä Pohjanmaalla että Uudellamaalla tapahtuu. Säteilyturvakeskuksen parkkip ...

Bertram and his three friends have formed a small gang of thieves called The Ravens. He lives alone with his mom, who works as a waitress. He doesn´t remember his father much, as t ...

Maria Wern har drabbats av en tragedi. Hennes man Björn är förlamad från nacken och nedåt och Maria sköter om honom i hemmet. När ett lik hittas i vattnet nedanför Högklint tvingas ...