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The Case of the Famished Parson by George Bellairs

Chief Inspector Littlejohn #15

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Corpses In Enderby by George Bellairs

Chief Inspector Littlejohn #22

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Crime in Lepers’ Hollow by George Bellairs

Chief Inspector Littlejohn is back with yet another hilarious mystery!

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Death of a Busybody by George Bellairs

Chief Inspector Littlejohn #3

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Death Treads Softly by George Bellairs

Chief Inspector Littlejohn #26

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Surfeit of Suspects by George Bellairs

Chief Inspector Littlejohn #41

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A Knife for Harry Dodd by George Bellairs

Chief Inspector Littlejohn #21

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The Body in the Dumb River by George Bellairs

Chief Inspector Littlejohn #35

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The Dead Shall be Raised and Murder of a Quack by George Bellairs

Chief Inspector Littlejohn #4-5

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Death in Room Five by George Bellairs

  Chief Inspector Littlejohn is back! When I received an email from George Bellairs Estates, I knew it was something good. I pushed all the other books on my TBR aside and made time to read Death in...

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The Case of the Demented Spiv by George Bellairs

  Sammy Judge barges into a pub and demands a strong drink. A local policeman on beat enters the pub and calls Sammy a spiv. “Spiv… Yes, I am a spiv. That’s what they all say. They stop in the street...

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The Case of the Seven Whistlers by George Bellairs

  On a cobbled street, two antique dealers – Grossman and Small – have set up shop – it’s called The Seven Whistlers. Miss Selina Aldelstrop has her eyes set on an antique box which was once owned by...

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Calamity at Harwood by George Bellairs

Solomon Burt is a successful property developer. Whatever project he pitches in, it turns out to be a grand success. But one day, Burt finally gets to taste the fruits of failure. The deal he was...

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Death in the Night Watches by George Bellairs

  George Bellairs is surely an all-time favourite author. Be it his storytelling or quirky characters, there’s nobody like our dear ol’ Bellairs. In Death in the Night Watches, we are first introduced...

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The Crime at Halfpenny Bridge by George Bellairs

  The waterfront pub “Welcome Home” in Werrymkouth Harbor is closing up; two drunk sailors are on their way home. WWII means blackout but the locals have no trouble finding their way over the...

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Death Sends for the Doctor by George Bellairs

Superintendent Thomas Littlejohn receives an anonymous letter about a murder which occurred in Caldicott on Friday. It’s been just three days since Littlejohn was promoted so whoever sent him the...

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The Case of the Headless Jesuit by George Bellairs

  It’s New Year’s Eve and the people of Cobbold are at the church. As the bells are about to toll, Granville Salter stumbles into the church, drunk. He collapses and PC Pennyquick comes to the rescue....

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He’d Rather Be Dead by George Bellairs

He’d Rather Be Dead is the latest reprint featuring Chief Inspector Littlejohn. It is no secret that I am a huge fan of George Bellairs and Chief Inspector Thomas Littlejohn. I have liked almost all...

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Dead March for Penelope Blow by George Bellairs

Title: Dead March for Penelope Blow ( Chief Inspector Littlejohn #18) Author: George Bellairs First printed in 1951; reprinted by Agora Books on 13th August 2020 Genre: Mystery and Thrillers Buy on...

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The Book Decoder’s guide to reading Chief Inspector Littlejohn series

I am kickstarting the Bellairs Birthday Special month with a list of my favorite books in the Chief Inspector Littlejohn series. George Bellairs is the pseudonym of Harold Blundell, a bank manager...

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