Monthly Archiv: October, 2024

The Watch House COMPLETE mini-series

The Watch House COMPLETE mini-series

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0398604/

In The Watch House (based on a fine children’s mystery novel by William Corlett) teenage Anne’s parents are going through a divorce and she is sent to stay with old family friends Prudie and her brother Arthur in on the North East coast. Arthur is custodian of the old Watch House (which is next to his house) former headquarters of the Garmouth Volunteer Life Brigade. It has fallen into disuse over the years but Arthur would like to see it turned into a museum. As soon as Anne enters the Watch House she feels a strange presence and she soon discovers that it is haunted by the spirit of Henry Cookson, the man who founded the brigade. Cookson beseeches Anne for help but it isn’t until she digs deeper with her new friends Pat and Timmo that she discovers that a more malignant spirit – a shipwrecker by the name of Scobie Hague is at the heart of the mystery. Underlying all this is the angst that Anne is going through with her parents break up – she wants to live with her father but her mother wants her to move in with her and her new man

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Dick Francis Mysteries COMPLETE mini-series

Dick Francis Mysteries COMPLETE mini-series

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097201
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097199/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097200/

Champion jockey turned best-selling mystery writer Dick Francis weaves action packed narratives with suspense, intelligence and a dash of romance in the glamorous world of high stakes racing. His novels have sold over 40 million copies worldwide.

TWICE SHY
BLOOD SPORT
IN THE FRAME

Voted "Grand Master" by the Mystery Writers of America, Dick Francis, who once rode racehorses for the Queen of England, uses the glamorous, high-stakes world of horse racing to weave action-packed mysteries with intelligence, suspense, a dash of romance and the twists and dangerous turns of a steeplechase run after dark.

Horses run hot and murder runs cold, but Jockey Club investigator David Cleveland always keeps his cool. This collection of Dick Francis mysteries includes "Twice Shy," "Blood Sport" and "In the Frame" – the only three full-length features ever made based on the best-selling author’s work.

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