Bøger af Magda Jozsa

In their first case-A Weighty Problem-they're hired by Mrs Mabel Corpetant, a rather obese lady who believes her son and daughter-in-law are trying to kill her. While they prove that this is not the case they still end up saving her life under harrowing circumstances.In their second case-Daylight Robbery-Richard Steele engages them to find the man who killed his pregnant wife during a supposed shop robbery gone wrong. Their solution to the crime is shocking to the extreme and although they are successful in apprehending the killer, their client becomes the ultimate victim three times over.Their third case-The Black Rose-sees them hired by Irene Thompson to prove her brother-in-law's innocence after being arrested for murdering his wife (her sister). It doesn't take them long to prove his innocence despite him having the oldest motive in the world. Barry Hall and Irene are in love. His wife was in the way. Their investigation reveals that Jennifer Hall was not exactly faithful either and they are soon on the track of the real killer, the clincher being the black rose the victim had on her when she died. Racially Motivated is the final case in this book. Chief Inspector Waller from Scotland Yard introduces them to Mrs Byron, a Negro woman whose husband he arrested some three years previously for murder. The conclusion never sat well with him, based as it was on circumstantial evidence but he had been under pressure to close it fast. Running into the lady reminded him of the case. As he couldn't reopen the case, he brought her to K&J in the hope that they could do what he couldn't-prove her husband innocent. While the lady is distrustful of the police and white people in general, she is somewhat reassured by Milo, their man in charge of insurance investigations. He helps to bridge the gap and point out to their new client racism works both ways. While her husband may have been victimized because of his colour, her judging Neptune and Shark on their colour is exactly the same thing and he urges her to give them a chance. They soon change her mind as it doesn't take them long to find another more suitable suspect and set about proving his guilt and freeing her husband Jeremiah.

This the second edition of The Private Diaries of Dr. Watson fourteen new cases that Watson considered either too personal to Holmes or himself or to risque. We see an unexpected of Sherlock and his brother Mycroft in The Illegitimate Daughter when they revisit the Holmes ancestral home and meet the elusive unpleasant third brother.Holmes is at his professional best when hunting for a violent axe murderer in The Seaside horror, or solving the murder of a gardener at his Aunt's private girl's school in Death Amidst the Orchids. He shows of his quirky humour and brilliance in new added story, The Dentist, and is almost stumped when tackling a serial killer in The Full Moon Killer. He proves to be Watson's staunchest ally when Watson is arrested for murder in The Trial of Dr. Watson.That old favourite, Colonel Warbuton's Madness is finally mentioned in detail, and in the remaining cases we gain greater insight into both Holmes and Watson's characters, their strengths, their foibles, their loyalties, and their attitudes to fortune and the unfortunate.A must read for all lovers of Doyle's Sherlock Holmes.

Super Heroes, Super Sleuths and Super villains all come together in Neptune King and the Super Hero, the 30th book in the Neptune King series. Neptune and Shark are rather nonplussed when a man bounds into their office clad in a homemade super hero costume, cape and all and offers his services to help them fight crime. Shark thinks it's a joke, Neptune thinks it is ridiculous and tells him where to go. They think that is the last they will see of him, but to Neptune's annoyance he turns up just as he is about to apprehend a thief and interferes with the capture. Again Neptune puts him in his place in no uncertain terms.Undaunted, the self-styled super hero perseveres wanting to prove Neptune and Shark wrong. Neptune's fear that he would come up against someone truly dangerous as opposed to the bag snatchers and lechers whom he had been dealing with eventuates and he reaches out to them again in desperation after he ends up in hospital severely beaten with multiple fractures and injuries. He has information on Neptune and Shark's nemesis, the super villain Sir Reginald Simpson whom they know is guilty of the murders of Percival Jones and Albert Seinfield and whom they were unable to arrest due to lack of evidence (see The Supernatural Cases of Neptune King). Simpson is extremely rich, dangerous and untouchable and hobnobs with the lawmakers and elite of society.With the hapless super hero incapacitated, Neptune and Shark take over and using his information set out to bring Simpson down, with a little help from a demoted disgruntled ex-chief inspector from Scotland Yard who owed his demotion and the destruction of his marriage to Simpson.

Sherlock Holmes and the are more stories from the private diaries of Dr. Watson, concentrating on the distaff side of the multitude of characters that crossed Holmes and Watson's path. In Bad Habits, a nun is murdered on her way to see Holmes. During the investigation Holmes, despite knowing there was a killer loose and while at his most vigilant, is stabbed and thrown off a moving train.In The Deadly Romeo, we meet the charming and unusual Miss Sabrina Sinclair, an intelligent and independent woman and determined spinster. She has fears that her sister is about to marry a man who is only after her for her money. The fact that her sister no longer has much money makes Holmes fear for Sabrina's life, as if she dies, her sister will inherit. He and Watson infiltrate her household, Watson as the doctor attending an ill maid, and Holmes as Sabrina's lover just returned from the continent.When Holmes is summoned to Scotland Yard to identify the body of Dr Watson (in Retribution), he little realizes that it is the start of a prolonged period of anxiety, torture and uncertainty as he and his family are targeted by an unknown enemy.Rats in a Trap brings the return of Sabrina Sinclair, as both she and Holmes are targeted by an unknown antagonist. Holmes is tormented by an influx of female clients with spurious cases and ludicrous offers to the point where he is at the end of his tether. When he learns that this harassment is due to an advertisement placed by Miss Sinclair, he completely loses his cool, only to later learn that she's been impersonated. The irritating jokes become deadly when she is abducted.In Revelations at the Diogenes Club, Mycroft is celebrating his 50th birthday and the 25th anniversary of the Diogenes club, the only time when the members can socialize, mix and mingle. With the wine flowing and all in a mellow mood, Watson learns that the members have one thing in common-their mistrust of women. Mycroft tells of his one mistake in trusting a woman, while Sherlock finally tells the story of Ricoletti and his abominable wife. Finally, in The Marriage of Sherlock Holmes, Holmes has the fright of his life when he is tricked into getting married. The question is, will he really be married?

In this the 12th book of the Neptune King series, Neptune and Shark have a 10 year old mystery to solve when Keely Simmonds comes to their office and announces that she has witnessed a murder in a vision. She hires them to search for the body using her description of the place she saw as their guide. Though sceptical they check it out and to their surprise find the skeletal remains of woman. The hunt is on then to identify her and bring her murderer to justice. Meantime, Shark is enjoying married life, except for his wife's cooking, while Neptune is distracted and at the end of his tether trying to cope with Rachel's volatile pregnancy induced mood swings. Will the distractions of their private lives interfere with their work? One hopes not, especially when someone tries to kill the psychic to prevent their identity from being revealed.

Neptune King and the Gallant Thief is the 23rd and latest book in the Neptune King series. A charity function that the Kings are attending is robbed by a dozen shotgun wielding men led by a charismatic character calling himself Robin Hood. Robin makes an exception of Neptune and Rachel by not robbing them, citing their generosity to an old beggar outside the venue as his reason.At first Neptune is disinclined to go after him, especially when he learns that Robin is actually giving the proceeds to the poor, and even has a grudging admiration for the man for his proficiency in the art of disguise. However when aspersion is cast on his reputation and comments are made that he wasn't robbed because he was connected to Robin, he realizes he has no choice but to catch the thief for the sake of his business and reputation.Using his own considerable skills he goes in under cover to the East End as an elderly vagrant and soon picks up some information on Robin and his gang. He also learns that Robin is perhaps not quite as altruistic as he appears, as the poor are only receiving a very small percentage of the take. When one of Robin's men is found dead after casting doubts about Robin's integrity and motives, Neptune is even more determined to apprehend him. Neptune and Milo Washington (their employee in charge of insurance investigations) infiltrate Robin's gang, while Shark, with the help of his dog, Fang, set about recovering the missing jewels. Together, they set a trap for Robin, once again showing why K & J Investigations is not a firm to messed with.

In this the 7 th book of the Neptune King series, Neptune and Rachel return from their honeymoon and it's business as usual. In The Case of the Ugly Client, Bernie Taylor enlists their help to find the love her life, clumsy well-meaning Homer Heep. After several attempts are made on Heep's life, one of which is the derailment of the train they're on at the cost of many lives, the detectives realize this isn't a simple missing person's case and look for deeper motives behind the attacks. In The Case of the Blackmailed Politician, Shark prevents Becky's father from killing himself. Forcing him to confide, he learns he is being blackmailed to the point of bankruptcy. With Neptune's help they set out to trap the blackmailers and get Earl Evans' money back. Intrigue at the Academy sees Neptune and Shark enlist in the police force at the behest of Commissioner Chadworth to ferret out corruption at the cadet level. When Becky's life is threatened, Shark realizes just how important she is to him and takes the plunge declaring his feelings for her.

This is the 11th book in the Neptune King series. In The Case of the Frantic Bride, they are hired by the new bride to find her husband who disappeared on their wedding night. It doesn't take them long to make the connection between the missing man and a spate of robberies occurring at the hotel and at the homes of the hotel's clients. The Buck's Night sees Shark celebrating his last days as a bachelor only to have his party ruined by a group of female thieves who steal their wallets and their trousers! With half the guests being policemen who have lost their police identity cards along with their wallets, Neptune and Shark undertake to retrieve the loot before Commissioner Talbot finds out and the policemen get in trouble. In The Case of the Foiled Wedding, they hunt for a missing bride who disappeared on her way to her wedding. They suspect an ex-boyfriend known for his temper and stalking tendencies. Trying to find the boyfriend is a whole other matter as time is running out for the hapless bride. In The Wedding, Shark finally gets married, but not without a few minor hitches beforehand, and just when he thinks he can relax on his honeymoon, he gets involved in investigating the murder of one of the hotel guests staying at the same hotel in Hawaii, after the wife of the deceased befriends Becky. Shark soon learns that this is not the way to please a new wife.

Neptune King and the Lunatic Asylum is the 22nd book in the series. Neptune and Shark are retained by Mrs Cartwright, a distraught mother grieving the loss of her son who supposedly killed himself whilst an inmate in Willow Downs Asylum. Doubtful at first, they undertake a preliminary investigation just to appease their client and not expecting to find anything much. To their surprise they learn that there have been eighteen suicides in the past year. That is enough to convince them that something serious is going on. Joining forces with a young, enthusiastic policeman, Sergeant Magri, who also has doubts about the asylum, they go undercover-Neptune as a patient, Shark as an orderly, and from then on begins their terrifying ordeal. Their only ally is a deranged patient who thinks he is a spy deep undercover. This is one of their toughest cases yet.Will they survive the asylum with their health and sanity intact?