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

Private Detective Cormoran Strike is contacted by a worried father whose son Will has gone to join a..

At 5a.m. in the upscale neighbourhood of Westwood Village two removal men are making a routine pick-..

A family lies slaughtered in an isolated house in North East Fife. Morag Weatherly and her two young..

Beggars Banquet Part Two once more demonstrates Ian Rankin's mastery of the short story format. This..

'Surround yourself with human beings my dear James. They are easier to fight for than principles.' I..

When a baby is snatched from its pram and cast into the river Thames off-duty police officer Lacey F..

When a house explodes in a quiet Oxford suburb and a young girl disappears in the aftermath Sarah Tu..

The second book in the Euphemia Martins Mysteries finds Euphemia temporarily promoted to housekeeper..

WHEN THE VOICES CALL DON'T ANSWER..._x000D_In the wake of his parents' tragic deaths fourteen-year-o..

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

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

Libby Sarjeant is deep into rehearsals for the annual pantomime when a body is found in a doorway tw..

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

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

Ellie Barker never knew her mother. When she was barely three years old her mother was found with a ..

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

Captain Sam Wyndham is a new arrival to Calcutta. Desperately seeking a fresh start after his experi..

Retired police chief Piet Pieterse has been murdered necklaced in fact. A tyre placed round his neck..

The next thrilling instalment in the highly acclaimed international bestselling series featuring Cor..

December 1940. Christmas is coming but the season of goodwill is overshadowed by the death and destr..

London Rules might not be written down but everyone knows rule one. Cover your arse. Regent's Park's..

Struggling with long-buried family secrets and her own recent heartbreak artist and pet portraitist ..

Responding to a call at a mansion in an East Bay neighbourhood Deputy Coroner Clay Edison comes upon..

When ex-copper Terry Coats was discovered in bed with an air hostess his excuse that he was 'going u..

Detective Sergeant Washington Poe is in court fighting eviction from his beloved croft when he is su..

A hot summer on the Northumberland coast and Julie Armstrong arrives home from a night out to find h..

Sixteen-year-old Jenna Harbough's parents have finally given in and now here she is at a New York cl..

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

The murder of a promising footballer who is the son of the Brighton's Chief Superintendent means Det..

Professor Fiona Cameron is a psychologist who uses computer technology to track serial offenders. Sh..

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

When a counterfeit currency racket comes to light on the French Riviera Detective Inspector Meredith..

When an elderly woman is shot in what appears to be a tragic accident Shetland detective Jimmy Perez..

It is 1879 and the young Detective Sergeant Sholto Lestrade has his work cut out for him as he inves..

After a stressful winter DSI William Lorimer is enjoying some time away from Glasgow. He and his new..

September 1938. Hitler is determined to start a war. Chamberlain is desperate to preserve the peace...

DI Joanna Piercy is irritated at what she perceives to be an attempt to wrap her up in cotton wool d..

Two young women are missing connected only by their attendance at the same party hosted by a notorio..

When an old man makes a bequest to investigate the mysterious death of his son English detective Dan..

It's been a busy year for Alameda County Coroner's Deputy Clay Edison. Then the call comes in the mi..

A woman vanishes from a forest near Oslo. Days later her body is found seemingly mauled and maimed b..

When a woman is found dead in her car in a Norwegian parking garage everyone suspects an overdose. ...

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

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

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

The SAS are used to deaths during combat - it goes with the turf. But when one of their own is said ..

Jennifer MacKenzie being hit by a car was a tragic accident. Or so it seemed. Until Connor Fraser is..

Former Chief Constable Bob Skinner has uncovered his fair share of crime scenes over his thirty-year..

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

With a ruthless criminal loose on the Suffolk coast life is anything but peaceful for the Anglian De..

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

When Roy and Carl's parents die suddenly 16-year-old Roy is left as protector to his impulsive young..

Thea Osborne's latest house-sitting assignment is a little different to the rest. Along with her spa..

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

A short story from British Library Crime Classic The Christmas Card Crime and Other Stories. A bruta..

Kitt Hartley wakes to the news that a murder has been committed in Irendale a village high on the wi..

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

It is spring and the body of a young Jewish woman is discovered buried in the Maine woods. It is cle..

Late November 1980. Student Nick Hartley returns from a lecture to find his house full of police off..

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

Dara Tailor has had to grow up fast. With a mother addicted to cocaine Dara must look after her six ..

Events that took place on the Northwest Frontier of India in 1910 are resurrected for Joe Sandiland..

Sam Cooper has a happy life: a good job a blossoming relationship. Yet there's something he can neve..

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

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

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

Cleo Forsum is a bestselling novelist turned scriptwriter whose TV series 'The Baking Detective' is ..

A young local student has apparently committed suicide. Her body is found in an abandoned car on a l..

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

When an old television rival Deirdre Shaw is found dead at the Cotswolds manor house where she was c..

Callie Devereux has it all - a successful career a beautiful home and an attentive loving partner. U..

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

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

James Bennett nephew of Sir Henry Merrivale (the cantankerous yet genius sleuth) has been invited to..

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

It has been ten years since Jeanie Long was charged with the murder of 15-year-old Abigail Mantel. N..

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

Jack Colby car detective takes a seemingly routine commission that precipitates him into a dangerous..

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

1996. Northern Israel. Lola leaves an unhappy home life in England for the fabled utopian life of a ..

A sinister case of deadly poisoned chocolates from Sodbury Cross's high street shop haunts the group..

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

PI Varg Veum has returned to duty following a stint in rehab but his new composure and resolution ar..

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

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

When DI Vera Stanhope finds the body of a woman in the sauna room of her local gym she wonders brief..