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

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

This is a fact: Ryan Summers walked into Three Rivers College and killed 13 women then himself. But ..

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

Still devastated after the loss of his wife Tom Kennedy and his young son Jake move to the sleepy vi..

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

Burned out and traumatised by her horrifying experiences around the world aid worker Úrsula has ret..

Three very different women come together at isolated Baikie’s Cottage on the North Pennines to com..

When the bodies of missing schoolgirls start turning up former DCI Kate Burrows is dragged out of re..

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

Sophie is bored with her perfectly nice but deathly dull boyfriend Matthew. Sensing he’s about to ..

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

As the villagers of Three Pines prepare for a special celebration Armand Gamache and Jean-Guy Beauvo..

As the tiny community of St Agnes prepares for their annual Fifth-of-November festivities they are s..

Matchmaking has never been so murderous… Juno is feeling ready - at last - to start dating again a..

A gambler on the run. A widow with deep pockets. A pair of criminal brothers with a secret agenda. T..

Guernica 1937. When the bombers appear over the horizon 17-year-old Sibil Helinger is enjoying marke..

Diana Davies has been head of the family business since the death of her husband an infamous bank ro..

Dave Martin is down on his luck: his wife’s left him; his farm is a failure; his house is a mess; ..

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

When DS Charlotte Banks is suspended from the police on suspicion of assaulting a suspect in the bur..

On their first night in Paris the Gamaches gather for a family dinner with Armand's godfather the bi..

1928. Agatha Christie leaves England for Baghdad where two years ago explorer and writer Gertrude Be..

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

Henri Koskinen intrepid insurance mathematician and adventure-park entrepreneur firmly believes in t..

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

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

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

Widely acknowledged as the first detective novel this story is narrated by insurance investigator Ra..

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

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

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

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

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

Lolly Bruce is back in London's East End. Her guardian Mal Fury is doing time so Lolly is working on..

When a violent murder shatters the otherwise peaceful idyll of Andaby near Hebden Bridge DS Charlott..

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

Jack Reacher walks alone. Once a go-to hard man in the US military police now he's a drifter of no f..

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

When a fortune in uncut diamonds is nicked by a group of soldiers Inspector Carlyle teams up with Ca..

A serial killer is loose in Yorkshire and has claimed three victims in three months. Eleven days bef..

Jack Reacher has no place to go and all the time in the world to get there so a remote railroad stop..

Judi Westerholme is happy living in secluded Candlebark growing her own food bothering no one - unti..

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

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

After an epic and interrupted journey all the way from the snows of South Dakota Jack Reacher has fi..

When pop megastar Zach Crystal dies in a fire at his remote mansion his mysterious demise rips open ..

Newlyweds Lina and Cain don’t make it out to their vacation home on gorgeous Lake Tarawera as ofte..

Former investment banker Johan Golding - Joe - is the newest member of the Hartley and Edwards Inves..

Investigator Sofia Kovic has uncovered a connection between several deaths in Oslo over the last yea..

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

Ben Harper's life changed for ever the day his older brother Nick was murdered by two classmates. It..

State prosecutor Chastity Riley runs off to Glasgow. For one there is that letter written by a lawye..

Maya Barton has just embarked on her dream job as a scene of crime officer. When she attends her fir..

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

It's a beautiful Spring day in NYC when Eve Dallas gets an early morning murder call. A talented you..

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

Miss Tither the village busybody is not the best-loved resident of Hilary Magna. She has made many e..

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

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

Somewhere out there in the darkness a black wolf is feeding. Several weeks ago Chief Inspector Arman..

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

As a train pulls into Yaroslav Station a teenage girl - Maya - wakes to find that her baby has been ..

One day a man arrives in town. The assassin known as Victor is hiding out in a small motel in Canada..

Shetland Detective Jimmy Perez knows it will be a difficult homecoming when he returns to Fair Isle...

Soho 1962. When Rory Sheehan decides he wants Maggie Riley as his own her fate is sealed. Luca Roman..

The Furies: mythological snake-haired goddesses of vengeance pursuers of those who have committed un..

Ireland AD 671. King Colgú of Cashel is shocked to learn that his loyal Chief Bishop has been murde..

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

Eagle Falls is a sleepy town in Washington State. Surrounded by forests and a national park it's thr..

Richard Temperley arrives at Euston station early on a fogbound London morning. He takes refuge in a..

When Kate Exeter is kidnapped on the shore of the Thames Commander William Monk is enlisted by her d..

Insurance mathematician Henri Koskinen has just restored order in his life as well as in the adventu..

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

The brutal massacre of the Harford family at Potwoolstan Hall in Devon in 1985 shocked the country a..

Private investigator Kitt Hartley and her twin sister Rebecca are preparing for a holiday in Scotlan..

Lieutenant Eve Dallas hasn't even arrived at work when her first call of the day comes in. Alva Quir..

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

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

While building a pipeline near the Okavango Delta a contractor unearths the remains of a long-dead B..

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

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

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

The dead ends are turning into dead bodies. Stephanie Plum is getting desperate. She's running out o..

Two dead bodies: the first a local PI of suspect reputation - gunned down near the beach at Santa Te..

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

The honeymoon was over . . . and Jim and his English bride Sarah had come home to Kinness to settle ..