Sir Robert Skinner's stock is rising - after retiring from the police service he's been promoted to ..

When millionaire Leo Speight is found poisoned at his Ayrshire mansion Police Scotland has a tough c..

The event of the Périgord tourist season is to be the re-enactment of the liberation of the histori..

When Óttar Karlsson a wealthy and respected government official and businessman is found murdered a..

When the bloated body of a leading anarchist is discovered floating in one of Bologna's hidden canal..

Agatha Raisin can think of nothing duller than a lecture on birdwatching. . . but events take a thri..

Inspector Daniel Kohi of the Zimbabwean police force returns home one night to find his family dead...

Judi Westerholme has been through it. Brave and strong-willed she's just about coping in her new rol..

Four generations of the Black family have farmed Blackpeak Station in the high country of New Zealan..

The long arm of history reaches into the present in Bruno's latest case when three sets of bones are..

When irascible farmer Guy Beardon meets a very dirty death in his own farmyard it seems like an acci..

Harry Lucas and Guy were best friends when they were kids. But then they made a terrible mistake and..

When hordes of people descend on the picturesque village of Nasely for the annual celebration of its..

A suspicious funeral a fatal encounter at a garden centre of all places and a country walk marred by..

1925. Elspeth Valentine dreams of leaving Strathallyn Station to pursue an equestrian career in Engl..

A handsome if slightly shabby stone house in Upper Oddington is home to Umberto Kingley as well as h..

September 1939. A city ruled by fear. A population brutalised by restrictions and reprisals. Amid th..

A friend in need is a friend indeed. And no one is a better friend than hitman-for-hire Lex Harper. ..

When two people are murdered their only connection lies buried in the past. As police search for the..

A violent South London gang will be destroyed if Dan “Spider” Shepherd can gather enough evidenc..

When the fate of Áróra's missing sister Isafold is discovered Áróra is relieved that she can hal..

After losing her mum in a tragic accident when she was young Chrissy Moss had to find out the hard w..

The Skelf women live in the face of death every day running a funeral directors and private investig..

Impossible crime stories have delighted readers since the invention of detective fiction as puzzle-l..

It's been a few months since murder tore the community of Champton apart. As Canon Daniel Clement tr..

The suicide of William Goldacre is devastating to those left behind. But what was the cause of his t..

When a body is discovered in a picturesque South Devon village DI Wesley Peterson is called in to in..

A governmental think-tank whose remit is to curb the independence of the intelligence service has lo..

Cheryl Davidson was happy with husband Leo watching her beloved son Dean grow into a handsome young ..

January 1943. Warsaw. City of the dead. In the ghetto the last 50000 Jews await their fate but unlik..

Icelandic sisters Áróra and Ísafold live in different countries and aren‘t on speaking terms bu..

A bumper collection of delightful stories featuring Bruno Chief of Police and France's favourite cop..

Karen Slocombe isn’t sure why she visited SuperFare that day - as a committed member of the Food C..

WHO CAN YOU TRUST WHEN YOU CAN'T TRUST FAMILY?Sheltered and naïve Carmen Darby has lived under the ..

This anthology of rare stories of crime and suspense brings together a selection of tales by masters..

Patterson's greatest crime-solving team since the Women's Murder Club is the Bird Sisters.Rhonda and..

His native Scotland stands on the cusp of a new era of international expansion under its charismatic..

A murder on stage. A cast full of suspects. Can dresser to the stars Jayne unravel the mystery? It i..

Lieutenant Eve Dallas and her husband Roarke are building a brand-new school and youth shelter hopin..

Strathbran Scotland. A village steeped in folklore and impenetrable mists and a horrifying mystery. ..

Three young women have gone missing. They're all pretty mid-twenties - someone clearly has a type. B..

SPRING 1940. GERMANY IS AT WAR. HITLER IS PREPARING TO UNLEASH THE BLITZKRIEG. IN BERLIN WHERE EVIL ..

A high society Christmas Eve wedding at a remote Scottish castle sounds like the perfect winter geta..

'All about them happy holiday-makers were strolling and laughing evidently oblivious of the prevaili..

Agatha Raisin's private detective agency is working flat out on a series of burglaries which take a ..

Despite many years living in South Devon DI Wesley Peterson has never visited the tiny island of St ..

When the body of a herdsman is discovered in a farm building Detective Sergeant Den Cooper is more t..

Ex child star Posy Starling is finally filming her dream role - Dahlia Lively in The Lady Detective ..

In the spring of 1990 we return to Champton where the characters we've come to love are all aflutter..

It wasn't just a fall. It was a game… And Freddie Manning lost. Grieving father Harry Manning is d..

It’s not the first time Laurel Nightingale has found a dead body but this one - discovered alone i..

When a mysterious package is delivered to Robin Ellacott she is horrified to discover that it contai..

Brothers Carl and Roy Opgard have succeeded in life. Or at least they've had as much success as is p..

His passport read Giovanni Rossi. But decades ago during the Urban Wars he was part of a small secre..

London 1918 Fiona Figg finds herself back in Old Blighty saddled with shuffling papers for the war o..

In the sleepy village of Elderwick the past refuses to stay buried - literally . . . When an archaeo..

Personal shopper Annie Valentine is presenting her own popular TV fashion series. But despite this b..

US exchange student Hieronymus Beck is Professor Jack Griffen's biggest fan. Why else would he invei..

Una McMurray is puzzled. Surely statistically the international cat show scene shouldn't be this... ..

Winter storms lash the Isles of Scilly when DI Ben Kitto ferries the islands' priest to St Helen's. ..

In Lower Hembrow an idyllic village nestled beneath Ham Hill in Somerset the villagers are preparing..

February 1918. Detective Inspector Harvey Marmion and Detective Sergeant Joe Keedy are pulled from t..

When Arora receives a call telling her that a child she's never met is claiming to be her missing si..

Following an argument with her British boyfriend Chinese student Min Li is abducted whilst walking t..

Charismatic chef Jared Keaton is serving a life sentence for the murder of his daughter Elizabeth. H..

What's an editor to do with so many demands? Do you deal with the morning's pile of manuscript submi..

Hazel and Fox are an ordinary married couple with a baby. Except for one small thing: they're ex-ser..

Laurel Nightingale wants to start again. However after discovering a dead body shortly after arrivin..

After losing her sister to a drug overdose Chief Superintendent Jo Howe is desperate to tackle the w..

Teenager Lewis Hoxworthy discovers a disturbing painting in a medieval barn; a discovery which excit..

The heirs of a Périgordian sheep farmer learn that they have been disinherited and their father's e..

The twentieth century is drawing to a close and the Russians are up to all sorts of dirty tricks in ..

When his former deputy Julie invites Detective Peter Diamond and his partner Paloma to spend a week ..

Bruno now Chief of Police for the whole Vézère valley has an unusual challenge: teaching at his fr..

Anarchy hits Dunedin when a cargo ship runs aground on Aramoana Beach amid a crowd of onlookers. One..

It’s Christmas and things are looking good at the Slocombe house. Thea’s daughter Jessica has co..

Will Carl Aiden and Darren are inseparable from the day they meet at school. The combination of Will..

It's 1996. Detective Sergeant Tom Thorne is a haunted man. Haunted by the moment he ignored his inst..

While making merry at the York Christmas Book Fair Kitt Hartley finds herself drawn into a murder my..

After graduating university four friends - Peter Avery James and Isaac - spent a golden summer worki..

Former Chief Constable Bob Skinner may have left the police service but he's never far from a case. ..

On a lonely moor in the northeast of England the body of a young woman is discovered near the site o..

Fifty-five-year-old Jim Lapsford makes an unusually healthy-looking corpse. Having spent his life ta..

Iceland 1934: Two boys playing see something they shouldn't have. The consequences will haunt them a..

As Christmas draws nearer Simmy Henderson is invited to a party in Glenridding at the heart of the L..

Thea and Drew have been married for a year and are settled in the village of Broad Campden but Thea ..

DSI William Lorimer first meets Meredith St Claire when he is giving a careers talk at his goddaught..