Bøger af Pauline Manders

Dust clouds can combust with explosive force. In the same way, the past and spring up and strike. Chrissie is under pressure with her carpentry business as Christmas approaches. When she is told by DI Clive Merry not to meddle in his cases, she struggles to curb her predictable curiosity. She tries to remain on the sidelines but along with old friends Nick and Matt, is drawn into a whirlpool of stalkers and shadows from the past. A body is found near a golf course and another is discovered in a water-logged ditch. The tension racks up against the backdrop of an ancient woodland and a search for vintage gifts. The action moves from Bury St Edmunds to Woolpit, Stowmarket to Ipswich, and Onehouse to Framlingham. Pauline Manders has infused her 7th Utterly Crime Novel with the feel of Suffolk and the gentle humour from the everyday lives of Chrissie, Nick and Matt. This book stands alone but many of the characters previously seen return as the pace quickens and the past ignites.

As the summer of 2012 draws to a close, the Olympic goodwill sweeping Suffolk can't last. Murder is in the air. This is the sixth book in the Utterly Crime series of novels. It stands alone but follows many of the characters seen previously. A brooding menace takes hold of a film production near Stowmarket. Lives are put at risk and Nick, the on-set carpenter, is blamed. Chrissie, an old colleague, helps out, but she too is struggling with her own responsibilities of taking on a business partnership. Networks of deceit are uncovered by Matt, a part-time internet people-tracer, as a memorabilia scam unfolds. Former students, bound by their connections to Utterly Academy, come together - one of the four dies. Nick finds himself in the frame again and a murder quickly follows. DI Clive Merry discovers that "crush" can take on a whole new meaning for his witnesses. The action moves across East Anglia, from Stowmarket and Diss to Aldeburgh and Orford Ness; Bury St Edmunds to Grundisburgh and Ipswich.

Suffolk UK, 2012. Knotweed is invasive and ugly - and so is murder in Suffolk. A body is found near the railway line in Needham Market, and Nick Cowley's phone goes missing. Could anyone have guessed the repercussions?Another body is discovered, and police investigations follow tenuous trails from Bury St Edmunds to Woodbridge, Felixstowe, and beyond. Murky innuendo takes its toll but is it sufficient motive for murder? Into this mix throw a turkey farm, winery, and a French flea market pot, and you have the ingredients for a perfect murder.Nick, Chrissie and Matt, friends since their Utterly Academy days, pull together as they face unpleasant truths and resolve their conflicting gut instincts. But hard evidence is required to catch a killer.This is book 5 in the Utterly Crime Series, and can be red as a standalone.

Book 4 in the Utterly Crime Series. Sleepy Mid Suffolk (UK) wakes up to the news that a man has been found hanging in a reclamation yard near Bury St Edmunds. Within days, a bronze statue is stolen and a broken automaton with a singing bird mechanism arouses suspicion.Can there be a connection? It becomes increasingly clear that these is, as the action quickly spreads from Thorpe Morieux through to Lavenham and Woodbridge. Chrissie, Nick and Matt, friends since a carpentry course at Stowmarket''s Utterly Academy, find themselves caught up with a network dealing in stolen metal and scrap.Add in a darkly brooding young man, a rundown pizza delivery service, a spooky remote car wrecking yard and you have another witty and fast paced narrative from Pauline Manders. Her quirky main characters previously encountered in Utterly Explosive, Utterly Fuelled and Utterly Rafted, fly by the seat of their pants through a plot filled with twists, deceit and bluff as the stakes are raised for DI Clive Merry.

It is August 2013 and Chrissie Jax and D.I. Clive Merry return to Suffolk from a short break in Amsterdam. Within a week, two bodies are delivered to the morgue and the international spotlight is on Clive and his investigation. Tension mounts as a tangled web of: car paint re-spraying; a catering outfit; pike fishing, and chocolate draws in long term friends Matt and Nick. Chrissie becomes part of the investigation in a way no one could have predicted.The action moves from Alton Water to Ipswich; Bury St Edmunds to Felixstowe; Hadleigh to Woolpit and Woodbridge. This is the eighth novel in the Utterly Crime series. It stands alone, but we see the return of many characters met before.