Background
Patricia Moyes was born in Dublin, Ireland on 19 January 1923, and was raised in England. She was the daughter of Ernst Pakenham-Walsh, a judge on the high court in Madras, India, and Marion Pakenham-Walsh.
150 Sywell Rd, Overstone, Northampton NN6 0AG, United Kingdom
Moyes went to Overstone Girls' School near Northampton, England.
150 Sywell Rd, Overstone, Northampton NN6 0AG, United Kingdom
Moyes went to Overstone Girls' School near Northampton, England.
(Are you craving Christie? Yearning for a plot? Whimpering...)
Are you craving Christie? Yearning for a plot? Whimpering softly into your teacup about the days when one could count on a nice civilized, mannerly sort of murder, with a sleuth who was reasonably free of neuroses and substance addictions?
https://www.amazon.com/Dead-Men-Dont-Ski-Inspector-ebook/dp/B079THC82L/?tag=2022091-20
1959
(Poor Inspector Tibbett! Once again, he is attempting to h...)
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.
https://www.amazon.com/Sunken-Sailor-Inspector-Tibbett-Henry-ebook/dp/B079TJ6Y1G/?tag=2022091-20
1961
(Amazingly enough, Henry Tibbett is at work! Crime tends t...)
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.
https://www.amazon.com/Death-Agenda-Inspector-Tibbett-Henry-ebook/dp/B079TJC97D/?tag=2022091-20
1962
(No question, one of the real delights of this series is a...)
No question, one of the real delights of this series is all the early-1960s clotheshorses who go traipsing through the pages, and this time around, they’re front and center.
https://www.amazon.com/Murder-Mode-Inspector-Tibbett-Henry-ebook/dp/B079TKBJYK/?tag=2022091-20
1963
(Rich, aristocratic, and at the heart of swinging London, ...)
Rich, aristocratic, and at the heart of swinging London, “Pudge” Coombe-Peters has everything except a decent nickname.
https://www.amazon.com/Falling-Star-Inspector-Tibbett-Henry-ebook/dp/B07DHZLTRD/?tag=2022091-20
1964
(To date, Emmy Tibbett has been something of a secondary c...)
To date, Emmy Tibbett has been something of a secondary character - a placid, pleasantly plump presence who serves mostly to make her detective-husband Henry all the more likable.
https://www.amazon.com/Johnny-Under-Ground-Inspector-Tibbett-ebook/dp/B07DHYJW9Q/?tag=2022091-20
1965
(Think the Country-House Murder is a relic of the 1930s? T...)
Think the Country-House Murder is a relic of the 1930s? Think again, and say hello to the Manciples, exactly the kind of eccentric family you'd like to see lording it over your little English village.
https://www.amazon.com/Murder-Fantastical-Inspector-Tibbett-Henry-ebook/dp/B07DHXWSVC/?tag=2022091-20
1967
(As “Pudge” Coombe-Peters proved, Moyes had a gift for the...)
As “Pudge” Coombe-Peters proved, Moyes had a gift for the kind of dreadful nicknames the British are so good at.
https://www.amazon.com/Death-Dutch-Uncle-Inspector-Tibbett-ebook/dp/B07DHZC4PG/?tag=2022091-20
1968
(A security leak at a naval research station and a missing...)
A security leak at a naval research station and a missing dead man are part of the mystery plot which pits a young girl against a murderer.
https://www.amazon.com/Helter-Skelter-Patricia-Moyes/dp/0030679508/?tag=2022091-20
1968
(A bit of a delicious throwback, in any sense of the word....)
A bit of a delicious throwback, in any sense of the word. For starters, we have a weekend house party, that hallmark of Golden Age crime fiction, and apparently still going strong in 1970, when this book was first published.
https://www.amazon.com/Who-Saw-Her-Die-Tibbett-ebook/dp/B07JMLKZNW/?tag=2022091-20
1970
(If I were Scotland Yard, I might be that put-out with Hen...)
If I were Scotland Yard, I might be that put-out with Henry Tibbet: He seems never to stay in England for more than about ten minutes, and he’s always taking vacations! This time around, he and the ever-pleasant Emmy are scandalng in the Alps when a popular ski instructor gets it in the neck.
https://www.amazon.com/Season-Snows-Sins-Henry-Tibbett-ebook/dp/B07JM4VJH1/?tag=2022091-20
1971
(One of the oddities of Golden Age fiction was its fixatio...)
One of the oddities of Golden Age fiction was its fixation on the occult and the generally weird - ancient gypsy curses, haunted burial grounds.
https://www.amazon.com/Curious-Affair-Third-Dog-Tibbett-ebook/dp/B07KGKVCNQ/?tag=2022091-20
1973
(The first problem for a gorgeous European aristocrat like...)
The first problem for a gorgeous European aristocrat like Belinda was choosing the proper owners. As soon as she laid her beautiful blue eyes on the young couple who came to look at her, she knew she had found a pair of humans whom she could easily handle.
https://www.amazon.com/After-all-theyre-only-cats/dp/B000734F9C/?tag=2022091-20
1973
(Mavis Ironmonger is nobody's idea of a good diplomatic wi...)
Mavis Ironmonger is nobody's idea of a good diplomatic wife. She drinks too much, she's awfully friendly with the staff at the Washington embassy, and her music-hall roots have a way of bursting out at the most inappropriate moments.
https://www.amazon.com/Black-Widower-Henry-Tibbett-12-ebook/dp/B07L8QSPVX/?tag=2022091-20
1975
https://www.amazon.com/Kill-Coconut-Patricia-Moyes/dp/0002318369/?tag=2022091-20
1977
(Millionaire Lord Charlton altered his will in favor of hi...)
Millionaire Lord Charlton 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.
https://www.amazon.com/Who-Simon-Warwick-Henry-Tibbett-ebook/dp/B07QDV6S8N/?tag=2022091-20
1978
(Entertaining and informative guide for the cat-lover pack...)
Entertaining and informative guide for the cat-lover packed with charming anecdotes and home-spun advice, cat-calls and a vocabulary of gestures.
https://www.amazon.com/How-Talk-Your-Patricia-Moyes/dp/0517092964/?tag=2022091-20
1978
(Fans of Emmy Tibbett, have we got the book for you! Vacat...)
Fans of Emmy Tibbett, have we got the book for you! Vacationing with friends in the Caribbean, Emmy and Henry meet a sprightly and delightful spinster who spins a yarn about a young woman lost at sea and then (perhaps) found again.
https://www.amazon.com/Angel-Death-Henry-Tibbett-Patricia/dp/1631942166/?tag=2022091-20
1980
(It's a slow day at Scotland Yard, so Inspector Henry Tibb...)
It's a slow day at Scotland Yard, so Inspector Henry Tibbett takes a busman's holiday, immersing himself in the world of puzzling puzzlers.
https://www.amazon.com/Six-Letter-Word-Death-Henry-Tibbett/dp/1631942182/?tag=2022091-20
1983
(While on an overnight ferry ride home from a vacation in ...)
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.
https://www.amazon.com/Night-Ferry-Inspector-Tibbett-Mystery/dp/0805001166/?tag=2022091-20
1985
https://www.amazon.com/Black-White-Patricia-published-Paperback/dp/B008PHE8KI/?tag=2022091-20
1989
(When Susan Gardiner unexpectedly inherits an old country ...)
When Susan Gardiner unexpectedly inherits an old country inn and falls for an attractive distant cousin, all seems well, until one of her customers dies from mushroom poisoning - or murder.
https://www.amazon.com/Twice-Blue-Moon-Inspector-Tibbett/dp/0805029486/?tag=2022091-20
1993
Patricia Moyes was born in Dublin, Ireland on 19 January 1923, and was raised in England. She was the daughter of Ernst Pakenham-Walsh, a judge on the high court in Madras, India, and Marion Pakenham-Walsh.
Moyes went to Overstone Girls' School near Northampton, England.
Earlier in her career, Moyes had been a radar operator in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF), an assistant to Peter Ustinov, a scriptwriter, translator, and Vogue journalist.
Moyes was the creator of the imperturbable and engaging Scotland Yard detective, Henry Tibbett (initially chief inspector, and eventually detective chief superintendent), and his cheerful, but formidable, Dutch wife, Emmy. Tibbett features in 19 novels, from Dead Men Don't Ski (1959) to Twice In A Blue Moon (1993). Many Deadly Returns (1970) won the Edgar Allan Poe Special Award from the Mystery Writers of America.
The books were written in the well-established tradition of British detective fiction, in which solving the crime is the focus rather than the crime itself. But Moyes's perspective was international: she lived in France, Switzerland, Holland and the United States, before moving to the British Virgin Islands, where she drew on her experiences of these places.
(If I were Scotland Yard, I might be that put-out with Hen...)
1971(Are you craving Christie? Yearning for a plot? Whimpering...)
1959(Fans of Emmy Tibbett, have we got the book for you! Vacat...)
1980(Amazingly enough, Henry Tibbett is at work! Crime tends t...)
1962(Think the Country-House Murder is a relic of the 1930s? T...)
1967(While on an overnight ferry ride home from a vacation in ...)
1985(When Susan Gardiner unexpectedly inherits an old country ...)
1993(To date, Emmy Tibbett has been something of a secondary c...)
1965(No question, one of the real delights of this series is a...)
1963(Millionaire Lord Charlton altered his will in favor of hi...)
1978(Entertaining and informative guide for the cat-lover pack...)
1978(One of the oddities of Golden Age fiction was its fixatio...)
1973(It's a slow day at Scotland Yard, so Inspector Henry Tibb...)
1983(A security leak at a naval research station and a missing...)
1968(Rich, aristocratic, and at the heart of swinging London, ...)
1964(As “Pudge” Coombe-Peters proved, Moyes had a gift for the...)
1968(The first problem for a gorgeous European aristocrat like...)
1973(Poor Inspector Tibbett! Once again, he is attempting to h...)
1961(Mavis Ironmonger is nobody's idea of a good diplomatic wi...)
1975(A bit of a delicious throwback, in any sense of the word....)
1970Patricia married photographer John Moyes in 1951; they divorced in 1959. She later married James Haszard, a linguist at the International Monetary Fund in The Hague.
