Barbara Everest – MRQE

Madeleine

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The middle-class family of a young woman cannot understand why she delays in marrying a respectable young man. They know nothing about her long-standing affair with a Frenchman.

The Uninvited

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A brother and sister move into an old seaside house that has been abandoned for many years on the Cornwellian coast only to soon discover that it is haunted by the ghost of the mother of their neighbor’s granddaughter, with whom the brother has fallen in love.

The Lodger

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

An elderly couple’s lodger, a British musician (Ivor Novello), becomes the suspect in a series of killings.

Frieda

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A young German girl marries an Englishman and moves into his family’s household during the last days of World War II. The family and community have conflicting feelings about her presence in the community, and as a result, the family is forced to face their own moral code as they deal with their own prejudices and fears about the seemingly innocent German girl. The war ends, and she finally seems to be accepted into the family and community when her Nazi brother shows up to create havoc.

The Man Who Finally Died

Sun, 31 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Joe Newman, a naturalised Briton, is telephoned by his German father, whom he believed long dead, at the same time as a funeral is taking place in Bavaria – with his father’s name on the coffin. His investigation in Bavaria reveals startling facts and the obstruction he meets makes him suspect foul play.

The Safecracker

Fri, 19 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Safe cracker, Colley Dawson, is recruited to steal a list of Nazi agents from a safe in a Nazi occupied chateau in Belgium.

Wanted for Murder

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The son of a notorious hangman is gradually becoming insane and he finds himself unable to resist the urge to strangle women to death.

Gaslight

Wed, 24 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A newlywed fears she’s going mad when strange things start happening at the family mansion.

The Patient Vanishes

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Action and excitement beckon as popular sleuth Mick Cardby goes on the trail of a missing girl, and finds himself in the clutches of a gang of blackmailers.

Trunk Crime

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

In this suspense film, a tormented young man plots his revenge against his abuser. He decides that he will murder the fellow student. First he will drug the cruel lad. Then he will dump the body in a trunk and drive into the countryside where he will dump it in a deep hole. Things go as planned until the victim wakes up. The disturbed student is subsequently captured. He confesses.