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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

'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..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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