Books by George Bellairs

The Body in the Dumb River

The body of Jim Lane is found in a Cambridgeshire river with a knife wound in his back. Scotland Yard Superintendent Tom Littlejohn, in the area on another case, is asked to assist by local police and quickly discovers popular showman Lane is not who he seems to be.

Reviewed on 31 July 2020 by John Cleal

Surfeit of Suspects

When an explosion at a Surrey joinery kills three of the directors, Superintendent Tom Littlejohn of Scotland Yard is called in to investigate.

Reviewed on 28 September 2019 by Chris Roberts

The Dead Shall Be Raised and Murder of a Quack

Two stories featuring Scotland Yard Inspector Littlejohn, the first a very cold case which springs to life with the discovery of a body on a lonely moor, and the other the killing of a homeopathic practitioner in a Norfolk village.

Reviewed on 14 April 2017 by John Cleal