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The Player's Curse: A Bella Wallis Mystery

The Player's Curse: A Bella Wallis Mystery

by Brian Thompson

Kidnap, cricket and cross-dressing: all in a day's work for Brian Thompson's Bella Wallis

The Sailor's Ransom: A Bella Wallis Mystery

The Sailor's Ransom: A Bella Wallis Mystery

by Brian Thompson

Bella Wallis -- 'woman of mystery' -- returns in a scintillating new episode from prizewinning author ...

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Brian Thompson

Brian Thompson was born in London in 1935 and now lives in Oxford. He has written two award-winning volumes of memoir: Keeping Mum (2006), winner of the Costa Prize for Biography and the PEN/Ackerley Prize, and Clever Girl (2007), longlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize. The Bella Wallis quartet comprises The Widow's Secret, The Sailor's Ransom, The Player's Curse and The Whole Story.


Books by Brian Thompson

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The Widow's Secret: Bella Wallis Mystery

The Widow's Secret: Bella Wallis Mystery

by Brian Thompson

Meet Bella Wallis: a charismatic Victorian widow with a sideline in sensationalist novels and a fierce determination to seek revenge in print for what can never be achieved in real life

The Sailor's Ransom: A Bella Wallis Mystery

The Sailor's Ransom: A Bella Wallis Mystery

by Brian Thompson

Bella Wallis -- 'woman of mystery' -- returns in a scintillating new episode from prizewinning author Brian Thompson

The Captain's Table: A Bella Wallis Mystery

The Captain's Table: A Bella Wallis Mystery

by Brian Thompson

Bella Wallis -- 'woman of mystery' -- returns in a scintillating new episode from prizewinning author Brian Thompson

The Player's Curse: A Bella Wallis Mystery

The Player's Curse: A Bella Wallis Mystery

by Brian Thompson

Kidnap, cricket and cross-dressing: all in a day's work for Brian Thompson's Bella Wallis

Books: 4
  • 1