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This page lists novels that feature the policeman Inspector Henry Tibbett.

Dead Men Don't Ski

Patricia Moyes

1959

An Inspector Henry Tibbett novel.

"The setting is the Italian Alps, where Henry Tibbett, on vacation from Scotland Yard, and his wife, Emmy, have settled in for some skiing. But their hopes for a holiday die when Henry uncovers an international smuggling ring involving some of the hotel guests. Then, a fellow guest who is alive when the ski lift leaves the top of the mountain is found dead when the lift touches bottom."

The Sunken Sailor

Patricia Moyes

1961

An Inspector Henry Tibbett novel.

Published in the US as Down Among the Dead Men.

"Poor Inspector Tibbett! Once again, he is attempting to have a nice vacation. And once again, Crime has a different idea. This time, Tibbett and his cheerful wife, Emmy, are lazing on a friend's yacht, tacking from one little English sea-town to the next, and it should all be delicious indolence...except that Henry can't stop thinking about death. Well, one death in particular. The death of a local sailor. And he especially can't stop thinking about it when it starts looking as though the drowned sailor is somehow connected to the robbery at a nearby manor-house."

Death on the Agenda

Patricia Moyes

An Inspector Henry Tibbett novel.

"Amazingly enough, Henry Tibbett is at work! Crime tends to catch him when he's on vacation, but this time around Henry's at a coppers' conference, an international effort intended to stop drug-smuggling. The conference is in Switzerland (for a Scotland Yard detective, Henry does manage to get around!) and the always sensible Emmy has come along for the parties and the chocolate. It's a glittering whirl of attractive folks in their best early-1960s attire until one of Henry's colleagues winds up dead and Henry, of all people, becomes Suspect No. 1."

Murder a la Mode

Patricia Moyes

1963

An Inspector Henry Tibbett novel.

"The keyed-up crew of Style magazine gathers to put the finishing touches to its forthcoming issue, unaware that at the very same time they are being raced to their deadline by death. Called in to investigate the murder of one of the magazine's key employees, CID Inspector Henry Tibbett finds himself faced with an apparently clueless crime. To add to the confusion, Style's chic staff displays an alarming talent for subterfuge. Everyone is more than willing to give Inspector Tibbett the low-down of the magazine's secret domestic relations, but the unassuming Inspector soon imagines this is all part of a clever plot to keep him from discovering the truth about murder."

Falling Star

Patricia Moyes

1964

An Inspector Henry Tibbett novel.

"Rich, aristocratic, and at the heart of swinging London, "Pudge" Coombe-Peters has everything except a decent nickname. And in fact, he has two special attributes: He owns the narration - the drawling, deliciously snobbish, all-but-impossibly irritating narration - of Falling Star, and he has a chum named Henry Tibbett, who comes in just awfully handy when people start dying on the set of the film that Pudge is producing. Tibbett is especially welcome because, by the second death, it's clear that we're not dealing merely with murder but with Impossible Crime, the kind of fiendishly clever puzzle that is killingly hard to write and even more difficult to solve."

Johnny Under Ground

Patricia Moyes

1965

An Inspector Henry Tibbett novel.

"Emmy had been a naive nineteen year-old auxiliary officer at Dymfield Air Base during the war when she had fallen in love with the handsome hero pilot Beau Guest. She had been devastated when he committed suicide by deliberately crashing his plane into the North Sea. At the reunion Emmy was shocked to discover she had been the very last to see Guest alive. Even more disturbing was her discovery that everyone connected with the fatal flight had something to hide. Chief Inspector Henry Tibbett of Scotland Yard knew his wife had stumbled onto something sinister. But he couldn't keep her from investigating the past - not even when anonymous letters and a suspicious suicide made it clear someone meant to keep a nasty secret buried and wouldn't hesitate to kill."

Murder Fantastical

Patricia Moyes

1967

An Inspector Henry Tibbett novel.

"The Manciples have always been known to their neighbors as the most eccentric family in the charming village of Cregwall. But nothing has ever started the local tongues wagging so much as when the body of Raymond Mason, who recently has taken a mysterious interest in buying the Manciple estate, is found lying in the Manciple driveway with a bullet hole in his forehead. The local authorities quickly call in Chief Inspector Henry Tibbett, who, almost in spite of himself, finds that he is charmed by the Manciples, who apparently will go to any extreme - even murder - to save their ancestral home."

Death and the Dutch Uncle

Patricia Moyes

1968

An Inspector Henry Tibbett novel.

"No one suspects that the brutal murder of small-time gambler "Flutter" Byers in a seedy English pub has anything to do with a border dispute between two newly formed African nations. At least not until Inspector Henry Tibbett discovers that "Flutter" worked briefly in the kitchen of the hotel where a member of the commission empowered to resolve the dispute was found dead. From England to the Netherlands and into the rural waterways of the picturesque countryside, Henry and Emmy Tibbett pursue a killer who seeks intent on creating a potentially explosive international situation."

Who Saw Her Die?

Patricia Moyes

1970

An Inspector Henry Tibbett novel.

Published in the US as Many Deadly Returns.

"An extravagantly iced cake, two dozen dark red roses and a case of vintage champagne, all gifts to celebrate Lady Balaclava's seventieth birthday. Strange that she should feel it necessary to invite Chief Superintendent Tibbett to join the party as her bodyguard. Henry's scepticism turns to horror when Lady Balaclava drops dead in his arms, apparently poisoned."

Season of Snows and Sins

Patricia Moyes

1971

An Inspector Henry Tibbett novel.

"While visiting an Alpine ski resort during the Christmas holidays, Detective Chief Superintendent Tibbett and his wife become aware of a scandal threatening the French government."

The Curious Affair of the Third Dog

Patricia Moyes

1973

An Inspector Henry Tibbett novel.

"The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals calls Chief Superintendent Henry Tibbett away from a holiday to help search for a missing dog. A minor mystery takes on sinister overtones when Henry investigates."

Black Widower

Patricia Moyes

1975

An Inspector Henry Tibbett novel.

"Sir Edward Ironmonger, the ambassador to the United States from the newly independent island republic of Tampica, and his beautiful, temperamental wife, Mavis, are throwing a party for the Washington diplomatic corps. despite her promises to behave, Mavis manages to insult the Isreali ambassador and is quickly removed to her room, where her corpse is discovered a few hours later. Suicide is ruled out by an autopsy, and to avoid embarassing publicity Chief Superintendent Henry Tibbett is brought in to conduct a discreet investigation."

To Kill a Coconut

Patricia Moyes

1977

An Inspector Henry Tibbett novel.

Published in the US as The Cocunut Killings.

"A U.S. Senator is found brutally murdered with a machete on the grounds of an exclusive golf club on one of the British Seaward Islands. John and Margaret Colville, who operate a modest hotel on the island, ask their friends Chief Superintendent Henry Tibbett and his wife, Emmy to come to St. Mathews' to conduct an investigation. Although an amiable young islander who tends bar for the Colvilles has been arrested for the crime, Henry soon discovers that the murder rests on complex motives reaching far beyond the Caribbean."

Who Is Simon Warwick?

Patricia Moyes

1978

An Inspector Henry Tibbett novel.

"Millionaire Lord Charlton has altered his will in favor of his nephew, Simon Warwick, who had been adopted by American parents when his own were killed in World War II. But when Lord Charlton dies, two men claiming they are Warwick turn up in London to claim the estate. Then one is found dead, and Chief Superiendent Henry Tibbett is faced with a double mystery: Who is the murderer, and who is Simon Warwick?"

Angel Death

Patricia Moyes

1980

An Inspector Henry Tibbett novel.

"After Henry Tibbett helps the police in their investigation of the disappearance of an old lady on a Caribbean island, he himself is kidnapped and his wife, Emmy, is left to unravel the mystery."

A Six-Letter Word for Death

Patricia Moyes

1983

An Inspector Henry Tibbett novel.

"A crossword puzzle compiled by a mischievous group of mystery writers leads Chief Superintendent Henry Tibbett and his wife into a murder case involving a horrifying twenty-year-old secret."

Night Ferry to Death

Patricia Moyes

1985

An Inspector Henry Tibbett novel.

"While on an overnight ferry ride home from a vacation in Amsterdam, Scotland Yard chief superintendent Henry Tibbett and his wife Emmy uncover a web of clandestine relationships that leads to murder."

Black Girl, White Girl

Patricia Moyes

1989

An Inspector Henry Tibbett novel.

"Chief Superintendent Henry Tibbett and his wife pay an ostensibly private visit to the Caribbean island of Tampica. In fact, Henry is there to investigate cocaine-smuggling and before long he is investigating a murder."

Twice in a Blue Moon

Patricia Moyes

1993

An Inspector Henry Tibbett novel.

"Susan Gardiner had turned an inherited country inn into a prosperous restaurant, but more than her success was at stake when a guest was mysteriously poisoned and Susan discovered that she had also inherited an old and unsuspected crime."