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This page lists novels by Bernard Bastable.

Bernard Bastable was a pen name used by Robert Barnard for four historical mystery novels.

To Die Like a Gentleman

Bernard Bastable

1993

"It is 1842 when Miss Frances Weyland arrives at Elmstead Court to take up her position as Governess to the Hudson children. The impression she gains of the family is a pleasant one, but appearances can be deceptive and soon deep-seated rivalries and bitter tensions begin to surface."

Dead, Mr. Mozart

Bernard Bastable

1995

"Mozart visited England as a child, but this story suggests that instead of returning to Austria and an early death, he stayed. It is 1820 and Mozart finds himself insulted by the king, used by his mistress, and involved in both the disposal of a body and initiating enquiries to find the murderer."

Mansion and its Murder

Bernard Bastable

1998

"Sarah Jane Fearing, the sole offspring of a father who desperately wants a male heir, has grown up in the imposing rural mansion of one of England's most influential banking families. At the centre of Sarah's world stands her charming, generous uncle Frank, the only relative who seems to have escaped the straitjacket of ponderous respectability that so effectively stifles the Fearing family. Frank's rebellions afford Sarah delight and hope, until his extravagant lifestyle leads him deeper into debt and manoeuvres him into a disastrous marriage. Frank's wedding to a coldly ambitious woman produces the family's longed-for male scion, but the parents fall to quarrels, and then to murder. And Sarah is drawn inexorably into a morass that threatens the survival of the entire family. From the Belle Epoque at the end of the nineteenth century to the middle of the twentieth, A Mansion and its Murder holds its secrets to its last suspenseful moment."

Too Many Notes, Mr. Mozart

Bernard Bastable

1998

"A charming and whimsical alternative history in the form of a murder mystery. Germany 1830: Mozart is honored when he is asked to give piano lessons to the young Princess Victoria. He is less certain of his good fortune, however, when the princess makes a most unusual demand of him. And things go from bad to dangerous when she becomes Heir Apparent to the throne."