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Death of a busybody
Oldbourne
1963
An apparently simple case starts with a woman killed in her car by a thief.
Death of a cad, featuring P.C. Hamish Macbeth
Charles Bravos
1990
An unpopular guest is found shot on the Glorious Twelfth.
The death of a Joyce scholar: a Peter McGarr mystery
Macmillan
1989
Professor Coyle, an eminent Joyce scholar, is found dead after Bloomsday.
Death of a philanderer
Published for The Crime Club by Collins
1968
A blackmailer and seducer of a schoolgirl dies in violent, if justified, circumstances.
Death of a poison-tongue
Hodder and Stoughton
1972
A village gossip and instigator of unpleasant rumours is found dead.
Death of a salesman: certain private conversations in two acts and a requiem
Cresset Press
1949
A two-act play set in late 1940s Brooklyn told through a montage of memories, dreams, and arguments of the protagonist Willy Loman, a travelling salesman who is despondent with his life and appears to be slipping into senility.
The death of Abbé Didier : a novel
Victor Gollancz Ltd
1981
The vicar of Sainte Clothilde is found stabbed to death in a confession box. Gift inscription from the author on front free endpaper.
The death of Leander, and other poems
Cornish Brothers Ltd
1906
The second collection of poetry by an English writer who later became a member of the Dymock Group.
Death pays the piper: a case for Superintendent Slade
Roy Publishers
1958
Rival gangs believe Laurie Piper has double-crossed them in a smuggling venture. A Superintendent Slade story.
Death pays the wages
Victor Gollancz Ltd
1970
An investigation into the smuggling of contraceptives results in the murder of two industrialists.
Deaths and entrances : poems
J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.
1946
A collection of poems by the famous Welsh writer.
A decent interval: a Charles Paris novel
2013
Charles Paris has been cast as the ghost of Hamlet's father, but soon finds that he must reprise his role as an amateur detective when a death occurs on tour.
Deception in defence
B.T. Batsford Ltd
1997
A guide to making contracts difficult by bamboozling the declarer.
The declaration of Arbroath 1320
Edinburgh University Press
1970
A study of possibly the famous Scottish document, with a facsimile in a pocket to the rear.
Decorated Mr. Holmes: the orders, decorations, medals and other marks of distinction acknowledging his unique successes
Magico Magazine
1984
A discussion of the orders and decorations awarded to Holmes during his career.
The Deevil's waltz
William Maclellan
1946
The third collection of poems by the Scottish artist and writer.
The Deevil's waltz
William Maclellan
1946
The third collection of poems by the Scottish artist and writer.
Defeat or victory? The strength of Britain book
Published for the Strength of Britain Movement by Morgan & Scott, Limited
1917
Presents the case for prohibition in Great Britain.
Denis Law: an autobiography
Queen Anne Press
1979
An autobiography of one of Scotland's greatest footballers.
The Denmilne manuscripts in the National Library of Scotland
Historical Association of Scotland
1928
A history of the Denmilne collection of manuscripts.
The Department of Queer Complaints
Gregg Press
1981
Selected by Ellery Queen as one of 106 great detective fiction short story collections.
The deputy captain: a public school story
Humphrey Milford
1922
The disappearance of a Tudor charter from Melton School provides the backdrop to a typical range of schoolboy adventures and misunderstandings.
The deputy detective
Bruce Publishing Co. Ltd.
1947
A boxer and a boy detective combine forces to combat the wickedest man in London.
Derry down death
W.H. Allen
1960
A distinguished collector of folk-songs dies under mysterious circumstances in the small village of Westerhalton.
