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When thirteen-year-old Matthew Whately goes missing from Bredgar Chambers, a prestigious public school in the heart of West Sussex, aristocratic Inspector Thomas Lynley receives a call for help from the lad's housemaster, who also happens to be an old school chum. Thus, the inspector, his partner, Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers, and forensic scientist Simon Allcourt-St. James find themselves once again outside their jurisdiction and deeply involved in the search for a child—and then, tragically, for a child killer. Questioning prefects, teachers, and pupils closest to the dead boy, Lynley and Havers sense that something extraordinarily evil is going on behind Bredgar Chambers's cloistered walls. But as they begin to unlock the secrets of this closed society, the investigation into Matthew's death leads them perilously close to their own emotional wounds—and blinds them to the signs of another murder in the making....

The story of how Mr. Weatherall, the headmaster of a school, but otherwise an ordinary man, was introduced to a huge nationwide black market operation. It seems that anything goes so as to ensure profits and the continuance of the fraud in what amounts to crime on a vast and organised scale. Moreover, was the victim run over by a train before, or after, he died? And can Mr. Weatherall succeed in getting to the heart of the matter in a one man battle against such odds?

This collection contains Gogol's three completed playsThe Government Inspector, which satirises a corrupt society was regarded by Nabokov as the greatest play in the Russian language and is still widely studied in schools and universities: "I resolved to gather into one heap everything that was bad in Russia which I was aware of at that time, all the injustices being perpetrated in those places, and in those circumstances that especially cried out for justice, and tried to hold them all up to ridicule, at one fell swoop." (Nikolai Gogol)Marriage is a comedy about the business of matchmaking and matrimony; The Gamblers is an exoriating piece about the excesses of the Moscow aristocracy."Two and two make five, if not the square root of five, and it all happens quite naturally in Gogol's world... Gogol was a strange creature, but then genius is always strange" (Vladimir Nabokov)

While in a reform school for cops, Inspector John Rebus joins a covert mission to gain evidence of a drug heist orchestrated by some of his classmates known as "Resurrection Men."

A short story featuring Inspector Rebus Damon Mee was last seen in a blurred security video on the dance floor of a Kirkcaldy nightclub. It was a routine missing-persons case and wasn't even on his patch, but Inspector John Rebus said he'd look into it as a favour to the boy's father, a friend from his school days. The investigation leads to the club's greasy owner, to a slightly bent casino croupier, to a drop-dead blonde and, finally, to the shadowy men who call the shots in Edinburgh's underworld. When it's over, Rebus has repaid a long overdue debt and his boss has received an unexpected but very welcome birthday present.

Includes Lewis," Whom the Gods Would Destroy," Old School Ties" and Expiation." 4 episodes on 4 DVDs.

After leaving home to return to school, teenager Valerie Taylor had vanished and the trail had gone cold. Two years after her disappearance somebody decides to supply new evidence for the case. Other Inspector Morse books include "Last Bus to Woodstock".

The quiet, confident atmosphere of Bredgar Chambers School is shattered by the discovery of the body of one of its pupils in a country churchyard. Who murdered the brilliant boy and why? How did his body get from the school to the distant churchyard? Why had he lied about his exeat destination? Inspector Thomas Lynley and his partner, Barbara Havers, find their investigations hampered by the code of honour and loyalty that prevail in the old and distinguished public school. But they discover within the confines of that privileged community a culture of cruelty that stretches back across the generations.

The deputy headmaster`s wife has been murdered. At the rundown private boarding school, Detective Chief Inspector Lloyd and Sergeant Judy Hill find a multitude of motives - and a school full of suspects. But no murder weapon is found because that went missing two months before the crime occurred.

Who hanged the headmaster in the playground on the night of the school Hallowe'en Party? Almost everyone in Heppleburn either hated or feared the viper-tongued Harold Medburn. Inspector Ramsay is convinced it was the headmaster's enigmatic wife but Jack Robson, school governor and caretaker, is determined to prove her innocence. With the help of his restless enthusiastic daughter, Patty, Jack digs into the secrets of Heppleburn, and uncovers a cesspit - of lies, adultery, blackmail and madness.

Ramble House continues to publish the works of Rupert Penny (pseudonym of Ernest Basil Charles Thornett, 1909-1970) and 1940's SWEET POISON is one of the best. Murder comes slowly to prep school Anstey Court, but when a young student is poisoned by candy, Chief-Inspector Edward Beale and his sidekick, Tony Purdon, are on hand to investigate. They learn about life and sports at the school, where undercurrents from long ago run deep and mysterious. Who would want to murder an innocent young schoolboy? And is there more of the cyanide hidden around the schoolgrounds, waiting for its next victim? Beale and Purdon are in a race to find the killer before he strikes again. Ramble House hopes to publish more of Rupert Penny's puzzling novels as they are found.

The fifth Hal Challis investigation, set in southeast AustraliaIt’s been a busy few days for Inspector Hal Challis. The school year has just ended, and with the sudden influx of rowdy teenagers on break, Waterloo has become a hotbed for petty crimes. But there are also more serious matters at hand. A well-connected chaplain at a prestigious school has been brutally beaten, and a local official has turned up dead. If Challis was having a hard time keeping up with the caseload before, it certainly hasn’t helped matters that he’s become romantically involved with his colleague Ellen Destry. Challis struggles to maintain a clear head as the crimes mount. Will their relationship derail all they’ve worked for?

A British all-boys school acting company is preparing Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" for a festival when one of the actors dies suddenly. Inspector Mitchell of Scotland Yard and amateur sleuth Dr. David Wintringham (whose brother-in-law is headmaster), investigate who would want to kill the actor, helped and hindered by the students and faculty.

When thirteen-year-old Matthew Whately goes missing from Bredgar Chambers, a prestigious public school in the heart of West Sussex, aristocratic Inspector Thomas Lynley receives a call for help from the lad's housemaster, who also happens to be an old school chum. Thus, the inspector, his partner, Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers, and forensic scientist Simon Allcourt-St. James find themselves once again outside their jurisdiction and deeply involved in the search for a child—and then, tragically, for a child killer. Questioning prefects, teachers, and pupils closest to the dead boy, Lynley and Havers sense that something extraordinarily evil is going on behind Bredgar Chambers's cloistered walls. But as they begin to unlock the secrets of this closed society, the investigation into Matthew's death leads them perilously close to their own emotional wounds—and blinds them to the signs of another murder in the making....From the Paperback edition.

"The Heart of the Dales" marks the welcome return of a much-loved cast of unforgettable characters. Awkward teachers, pompous school governors and fearsome lollipop ladies occasionally make Gervase Phinn's hectic job as a school inspector in the Yorkshire Dales more than difficult. But for Gervase, the focus, and challenge, remains the frankly spoken children. However, the new school year doesn't get off to the best start after a teacher intimates that Gervase has let him and his school down. So when he is called up in front of his new boss, the formidable Miss de la Mare, Gervase fears he is going to be in hot water. To add to his woes, he is given another 'little job' by the Chief Education Officer, which inevitably means liaising with the infuriating and interfering Mrs Savage - the bain of the inspectors' lives. Meanwhile, away from the pressure of school, Gervase's life with wife Christine and their new baby son, is blissful - until an assortment of noises in the attic start to disturb their nights...

Life for the Yorkshire Dales school inspector is about to become not unlike the rambling hills of the Dales themselves-up and down and all over the place. After a routine school inspection culminates with a teacher being forced into early retirement, Gervase is left feeling his year hasn't begun on the right foot. Then come the news that his local school is closing down, the accidental demolition of a historical church, and a knee injury! And still Gervase gallantly retains his sense of humour throughout, making this a charming and thoroughly entertaining read.

Ramble House continues to publish the works of Rupert Penny (pseudonym of Ernest Basil Charles Thornett, 1909-1970) and 1940's SWEET POISON is one of the best. Murder comes slowly to prep school Anstey Court, but when a young student is poisoned by candy, Chief-Inspector Edward Beale and his sidekick, Tony Purdon, are on hand to investigate. They learn about life and sports at the school, where undercurrents from long ago run deep and mysterious. Who would want to murder an innocent young schoolboy? And is there more of the cyanide hidden around the schoolgrounds, waiting for its next victim? Beale and Purdon are in a race to find the killer before he strikes again. Ramble House hopes to publish more of Rupert Penny's puzzling novels as they are found.

The new Inspector Woodend mysteryThe discovery of the body of a young, red-haired school mistress, lying in a pig-pen with her face half-eaten away, is the beginning of a new investigation for Charlie Woodend. But it is to be an investigation he is soon ordered to abandon when Helen Dunn, the daughter of Wing Commander Dunn - and a pupil at the school where the dead woman taught - suddenly vanishes into thin air. While Woodend and Rutter race against time in the desperate hope of finding the girl alive, Woodend's bagman, Monika Paniatowski, continues to work on the murder, under the supervision of the mysterious Chief Inspector Horrocks, a Scotland Yard man who seems to have only a mild interest in finding the killer. Are the two cases connected? Woodend begins to wonder. And if they are, who is it who seems to be blocking both investigations at every turn?

Ten days to Christmas and Tracey Uphill, aged eight, hasn't come home from Sunday school. Her mother, a pretty young prostitute, is desperate. Enter Detective Inspector Jack Frost, sloppy, scruffy and insubordinate. To help him investigate the case of the missing child, Frost has been assigned a new sidekick, the Chief Constable's nephew. Fresh to provincial Denton in an oversmart suit, Detective Constable Clive Barnard is an easy target for Frost's withering satire. Assisted and annoyed by Barnard, Frost, complete with a store of tasteless anecdotes to fit every occasion, proceeds with the investigation in typically unorthodox style. After he's consulted a local witch, Dead Man's Hollow yields up a skeleton. Frost finds himself drawn into an unsolved crime from the past and risks not only his career, but also his life...

Central to this account of the author's experiences as a school inspector in North Yorkshire, are the devoted teachers and their unpredictable charges. The book also portrays such characters as the eccentric caretaker of the Staff Development Centre and the sporting chairman of governors.