Cleverly, Barbara

The bee's kiss by Barbara Cleverly( Livre )
12 editions published between 2005 and 2007 in Anglais and held by 1,105 libraries worldwide
Detective Joe Sandilands is enjoying Jazz Age London, until a high-profile bludgeoning death at the Ritz embroils him in an investigation complicated by three additional suspicious deaths and pressure by Scotland Yard to close the case.

The last Kashmiri rose by Barbara Cleverly( Livre )
23 editions published between 2001 and 2008 in 5 languages and held by 1,032 libraries worldwide
In Panikhat, 50 miles from Calcutta, the wives of officers in the Bengal Greys, a smart cavalry regiment, have been dying violently, one a year and each in March. The only link between them is the bunch of small red roses that mysteriously appears on the women's graves on the anniversary of their deaths. Detective and World War I hero Joe Sandilands is asked discreetly to investigate. It becomes clear to him that the deaths are indeed connected and that the series has not yet run its course. If he has it right there will be one more recipient of the Kashmiri Roses.

The damascened blade by Barbara Cleverly( Livre )
15 editions published between 2003 and 2008 in 3 languages and held by 1,020 libraries worldwide
A young American girl provides unlikely assistance to Detective Sandilands as he sets out to identify those responsible for the death of a Pathan prince. The murder takes place during an uneasy truce between the British and the Afghans and the outcome of the investigation could jeopardize the fragile peace.

Tug of war by Barbara Cleverly( Livre )
10 editions published between 2006 and 2008 in Anglais and held by 967 libraries worldwide
Joe Sandilands is back and headed to France where he's scheduled to stay as the guest of a glamourous French war window on her estate. The widow needs Joe's help to support her claim that a shell-shocked soldier suffering from amnesia is actually her husband.

Ragtime in Simla by Barbara Cleverly( Livre )
17 editions published between 2002 and 2008 in Anglais and Croate and held by 926 libraries worldwide
When his traveling companion is killed at his side while they drive through the Indian countryside, Scotland Yard detective Joe Sandilands investigates and finds himself digging into another related murder.

The palace tiger by Barbara Cleverly( Livre )
16 editions published between 2004 and 2006 in Anglais and Bulgare and held by 900 libraries worldwide
Scotland Yard detective Joe Sandilands is sent to help a Maharahah hunt a tiger that has been terrorizing the countryside, but Joe's suspicions are raised when the choice of weapons for the expedition seems more appropriate for hunting humans.

The tomb of Zeus by Barbara Cleverly( Livre )
7 editions published between 2007 and 2009 in Anglais and Français and held by 879 libraries worldwide
In 1928, aspiring archaeologist Laetitia Talbot arrives at an excavation site on the island of Crete, where she meets the world renowned and disagreeable archaeologist Theodore Russell, but the dig goes terribly awry when the ancient site becomes the scene of an all too modern murder.

Folly du jour by Barbara Cleverly( Livre )
8 editions published between 2007 and 2009 in Anglais and held by 875 libraries worldwide
Joe Sandilands has just flown in to attend Interpol conference. To his annoyance, he is at once diverted to the Quai des Orfevres where a fellow Englishman has been arrested for murder.

Bright hair about the bone by Barbara Cleverly( Livre )
3 editions published between 2008 and 2009 in Anglais and held by 661 libraries worldwide
After the murder of her beloved uncle Daniel, archaeologist Laetitia Talbot receives a posthumously delivered postcard that takes her to the excavation in Burgundy where her uncle had spent his final days and finds herself searching for a long-lost repository of Templar treasure, as well as for a killer who will do anything to keep an ancient legacy hidden.

Strange images of death : a Joe Sandilands murder mystery by Barbara Cleverly( Livre )
2 editions published in 2010 in Anglais and held by 591 libraries worldwide
Since Scotland Yard detective Joe Sandilands was going to drive down to the French Riviera for a vacation, he agreed to drop his niece off at a chateau along the way for a visit with her father. But when the pair arrive at the chateau, they find recent vandalism has caused an uneasy atmosphere among the guests. When a child goes missing and then a murder occurs, Sandilands realizes he is no longer on vacation.