'A triumph of ingenuity. Excellent escapism' Sunday Telegraph- The Affair of the Bloodstained Egg cozyThe theft of the diamond necklace and the antique pistols might all be explained, but the body in the lake - that really was a puzzle. For Inspector Wilkins, it was going to take some intricate sleuthing to uncover who killed whom and why.- The Affair of the Mutilated MinkAn impromtu Hollywood party at the Alderley country estateprove too much for the family's butler, Merryweather. And that's before the murder in the middle of the night...- The Affair of the Thirty-Nine CufflinksWhen Lord Burford reluctantly agrees to host his relatives at Alderley, he soon finds out that family can be murder. It isn't long before Inspector Wilkins has to be called in ... yet again.'If you half-close your eyes you can almost smell Poirot or Miss Marple shuffling through the pages' Daily Sport

JAMES ANDERSON was born in Swindon but lived in or near to Cardiff most of his life. He took a degree in History at the University of Reading and worked as a salesman, copywriter and freelance journalist before writing his first novel. He went on to have fourteen novels and one play published. James passed away in 2007.