Who hanged the headmaster in the playground on the night of the school Hallowe'en Party? Almost ever..

On the day they are born each Swift is brought before the sacred Family Dictionary. hey are given a ..

Monday: five-year-old Matthew Faraday is abducted. His face is splashed across newspapers. His paren..

n unlikely duo . . . When investigative journalist Alexi Ellis falls victim to cutbacks she and Cosm..

When an MP shows up at New Scotland Yard requesting an investigation into the suicide of the son of ..

You think you know him. Until he's dead... When Cameron Swift is gunned down outside his family home..

Persimmon 'Simmy' Brown's wedding day to Christopher Henderson has arrived on a glorious summer's da..

The affluent seaside resort of Smalting is unaccustomed to crime. So when human remains are found be..

Chief Inspector Macdonald has been invited to a treasure hunt party at the house of the Graham Coomb..

It's Christmas and a serial killer is leaving displayed body parts all over Cumbria. A strange messa..

Ted Bailey thought his days as an Intelligence Operative were long gone. He certainly wasn't expecti..

As a detective working for an elite undercover squad Dan 'Spider' Shepherd has lied cheated and conn..

Simon Darcourt an inventive killer with a sense of humour is creating his own celebrity talent show ..

Stealing from the rich is what Cara Kendall does for a living. She's 24 bold and fearless convinced ..

For vicar’s wife Dorothea Cassidy Thursdays were special. Every week she would look forward to the..

Twenty-six-year-old Maggie Barnes is someone you would never look at twice. Living alone in a month-..

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

Olav lives the lonely life of a fixer. When you 'fix' people for a living - terminally - it's hard t..

Summer has come to Windermere where Persimmon “Simmy” Brown runs her own florist shop. But the s..

Old spooks carry the memory of tradecraft in their bones and when Solomon Dortmund sees an envelope ..

Slough House is Jackson Lamb’s kingdom; a dumping ground for members of the intelligence service w..

DI Vera Stanhope is not one to make friends easily but when one of her neighbours goes missing she f..

February 1927. The remains of a man are found in the grounds of Maxtead Court home of the wealthy Sc..

Crime author Dick Markham is in love again; his fiancée Lesley Grant the mysterious newcomer to the..

When a schoolgirl is found dead in a North London park DI Charlie George is not short of suspects. I..

In the peaceful towns and villages of England Cleaner Bob is washing windows and people are dying in..

Tom Thorne has it all. In Nicola Tanner and Phil Hendricks Thorne has good friends by his side. He f..

Winter has arrived in the town of Windermere and has bought with it the death of Frances Henderson t..

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

Amidst a family celebration a cataclysmic storm uncovers long-buried horrors - and a team of detecti..

In the dark days of a Shetland winter torrential rain triggers a landslide that crosses the main Ler..

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

At the intimate house-warming party for her glorious ‘grand design’ Kathleen confides in her bes..

With a missing girl in the news Claire Scott can’t help but be reminded of her sister who disappea..

This is the story of a murderer. A stolen child. Revenge. This is the story of Ted who lives with hi..

When Thea Osborne agrees at the last minute to house-sit for Oliver Meadows she expects a few days o..

It starts innocently enough at the intimate revue “absolutely everyone is talking about” Light a..

When the mutilated body of a police officer is found in a derelict factory the Hamptonshire police f..

Fethering residents Jude and Carole get more than they bargained for when a meal in their local pub ..

Having decided to redecorate Woodside Cottage Jude has engaged the services of local man Pete who ha..

Jason Bennett is a suburban dad whose life takes a horrific turn. He is driving his family home when..

When Alexandra Richards approaches professional declutterer Ellen Curtis to ask her to help sort out..

Thea Osborne agrees to do a second spell of house-sitting for Lucy Sinclair in her new home in North..

Special Agent Gideon Reynolds has tried hard to put his past behind him. But when a petite blonde wo..

First published in 1944 Fell Murder sees E.C.R. Lorac at the height of her considerable powers as a ..

Nine years ago divorcee Marcia Brown took her own life. A pillar of the community she had been accus..

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

One law. One child. Seven million crimes. . . Climate emergency has spawned a one-child policy in th..

A Russian defector is found brutally murdered in a London hotel. Only four people knew he had turned..

A Hidden Clue. A victim reaches out from the grave to the SIO who will investigate her death. This i..

Defense attorney Mickey Haller is back taking the long-shot cases where the chances of winning are o..

When a man's wife leaves him under suspicious circumstances he sets off in search for her unprepared..

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

December 1860. Headed for the morning shift at the Swindon Locomotive Works is an army of men pourin..

A rich American art student is found dead at the bottom of a well in an ancient hilltop castle. The ..

In the small Cotswold village of Heyford Bassett vicar’s wife Monica Noble throws a party for the ..

A group of old university friends travel to Unst to celebrate the marriage of one of their friends t..

Having landed a small part in a new West End play The Habit of Faith Charles Paris is dismayed to di..

He's a detective a dancer he has no respect for authority - and he's the best hope Blackpool has for..

A murder made to look like suicide. Another that appears an accident. DI Barton investigates the tra..

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

Felicity Holland is missing. She left her handsome West London house to go to her weekly pottery cla..

Ellen's therapist told her to forget the past but the life she’s left with is boring. All she want..

In the morning they gave Reacher a medal. And in the afternoon they sent him back to school. Night ..

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

Former Army brat Morgan Albright has finally planted roots near Baltimore. Her friend and roommate N..

A visit to her local prison brings DI Vera Stanhope face to face with an old enemy: former detective..

Two days before an auction of the contents of High Gates House in Borrowdale Christopher Henderson b..

Conrad de Lancey has seen enough of evil: the shadow of fear on the faces of innocents; the sudden l..

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

Simmy Brown had hoped that her autumn would be less frantic than usual to give her a chance to enjoy..

Nothing in pottery teacher Stan Andino's regular and uneventful existence has prepared him for the m..

Mystery-lover Libby is excited but nervous when she's sent to live with her aunt while her mother is..

Spring has brought many new beginnings into the world of Persimmon ‘Simmy’ Brown. Not only has h..

Ava Gold is working the late shift as a cabbie when she picks up a young woman named Holly who's wor..

DS Wesley Peterson newly arrived in the West Country town of Tradmouth has his hands full when a chi..

Two of John Bude's finest Golden Age mysteries return to the limelight. In Death in White Pyjamas a ..

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

It’s with mixed motives that Karen Slocombe’s cousin Penn pays her a visit. Not only does Penn w..

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

When a body is discovered at Hunstanton seaside DS Ashley Knight and her Major Investigation Team ar..

Private Detective Cormoran Strike is visiting his family in Cornwall when he is approached by a woma..

It's coming up to Christmas in Lockwood and The Fairway Players are busy rehearsing their festive pa..

The discovery of two teenage girls’ bodies and a video of a snuff movie showing the death of one o..

Former SAS trooper turned undercover cop Dan 'Spider' Shepherd knows that there are no easy solution..

When the San Angelo drifts into port in the Thames Estuary telephones begin to ring across the capit..

Set in the picturesque town of Askham near Ullswater the story opens with the funeral of Humphrey Cr..