A Lambert and Hook Mystery — by J.M. Gregson

• Mar-1989
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When there is a violent murder at a historic Home Counties golf club, Superintendent John Lambert himself discovers the crime. For the first time in a long career, he finds himself conducting a murder inquiry among people he knows well.

The ...

• Jan-1990
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When an estate agent is murdered Inspector Lambert and Sergeant Hook investigate a compact group of suspects consisting of his four employees, the wife of one of them, and a drunken derelict who knows a little too much....

• Nov-1991
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Amid the luxurious surroundings of the Wye Castle Hotel and Country Club, a man is found dead on the course. Superintendent Lambert and Sergeant Hook establish fairly quickly how he died, but discovering who killed him proves a more difficult challen...

• 1991
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The exhumation of the elderly invalid Edmund Craven proves that he was poisoned, and by one of those closest to him.But the scents are cold and the traces well covered - until Superintendent Lambert and Sergeant Bert Hook investigate.The detectives a...

• Mar-1994
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A motiveless murder is committed in a forest between two peaceful villages. Superintendent Lambert and his team can find few connections between the people who were around at the time and a victim who seems to have no enemies; it seems that they have...

• Jun-1993
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In the town of Oldford the community holds its breath, fearing that a serial killer will strike again. There is no motive for the killings, though the police have several suspects. But suppose the killer comes from the police themselves? Supt. Lamber...

• Aug-1995
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• 1995
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• Jul-1996
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• Mar-1997
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• May-1998
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• Jul-1999
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A body is found in Broughton Ash churchyard - male, middle-aged, well-dressed, but with no identification. Only one fact is certain - he was murdered. Superintendent John Lambert and Detective Sergeant Bert Hook are engaged in a battle of wills on th...

• Jun-2000
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When the body of a young woman is found on the Lady Chapel altar in Hereford Cathedral, it appears that serial killer The Sacristan has set the grandest stage yet for his unholy tableaux, and the newspapers waste no time in stoking up public fear and...

• Dec-2001
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When Liz Upson reports that her husband, Matthew, has gone missing, he's not exactly top priority for Detective Sergeant Bert Hook - he's just one of thousands of missing persons reported each year. Anyway, Mrs Upson makes it clear that her husband m...

• Oct-2002
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For Lambert and Hook, golf was always a serious game. Now it's just become deadly serious. For Superintendent John Lambert, a round of golf is the perfect diversion, especially when he's beating, and offering patronizing tips to, his sergeant, Bert H...

• Oct-2003
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Lambert and Hook face a murderer who won't take no for an answer Headteacher Peter Logan is a strange case of Jekyll and Hyde. Unquestionably, he's effected impressive improvements at his Cheltenham school, but his private life is in no way exemplary...

• Oct-2004
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Lambert and Hook find there's no one to foot the bill Camellia Park Golf Club had completed its first ten years and its owner, Patrick Nayland, felt it was time to splash out. Determined to give his employees a good time, he booked the entirety of So...

• Nov-2005
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London detectives Lambert and Hook are entangled in "a beguiling plot . . . and plenty of twists" as they dig through a dead girl's past (Booklist).   Gloucestershire is suffering through a brutal heatwave, but things...

• Nov-2006
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There's nothing like a murder to shake up a quiet neighborhood in this "British procedural that delivers what fans of the genre want" (Booklist).   Gurney Close, a recently-built development in Gloucestershire, includes three charmin...

• Oct-2007
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A Lambert and Hook mystery - DS Bert Hook is cajoled into auditioning for a local Shakespearean play. Desperate to get out of it, he expects his boss, John Lambert, to forbid him from performing. No such luck. Hook meets a rather surprising and sinis...

• Nov-2008
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• Nov-2009
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A Lambert and Hook mystery - When small-time drug dealer Darren Chivers narrowly escapes a police arrest, he begins to develop a different sort of criminal activity. Blackmail proves lucrative, but ultimately lethal. As Chief Superintendent Lam...