Sorted on book title (not in series order)
He’s back...
Eight years ago, ‘The Inside Man’ murdered four women and left three more in critical condition—all of them with their stomachs slit open and a plastic doll stitched inside.
And then the killer just... disappeared.
Ash Henderson was a Detective...Read more
It's 313 AD and as Rome broils under a very sultry summer, Emperor Constantine and his powerful mother, Helena, are trying to make sense of the new Christian religion. The Christians cannot agree amongst themselves and Constantine invites delegates from both sides of the theological dispute...Read more
Is one of the world's top golfers a child-killer? Or is it a camp follower, or a local? Sheriff Hector Drummond's gardener's son is murdered so for him it is personal. It is 1927 and Bobby Jones is in St Andrews. He is favourite to retain his Open crown, but can he win the hearts of the...Read more
An almost deserted town in the middle of nowhere, Nebulah's days of mining and farming prosperity - if they ever truly existed - are long gone. These days even the name on the road sign into town has been removed. Yet for Pete, an ex-policeman, Milly, Li and a small band of others, it's the...Read more
A gripping story of treachery set in a scientific laboratory in post-war London
Professor Sewell and his biological research team had spent years developing new methods of controlling epidemics. Now a smooth-talking government minister was refusing to let him...Read more
Linköping's top detective, Malin Fors, is about to take on a case that's a little too close for comfort. Her daughter has just discovered a dead body. It is that of a 79-year-old resident at the nursing home where she works. He's been hung by his own alarm cord.
At first it...Read more
For Detective Matt Buchanan, the world is a pretty sick place. He has probably been in the job too long, for one thing. And then there’s 14-year-old Samantha Coates, and the other unsolved murder cases. Those innocent girls he just can’t get out of his head. When Buchanan pursues some fresh...Read more
Devon, 1929. Members of the Pedhurst and de Reve families gather to hear unpopular matriarch Julia Pedhurst (née de Reve) read from her late husband’s will. One of the houseguests is fighter pilot Fred Willets, now an inspector in the Kalgoorlie Gold Squad, who has come to the UK as a...Read more
'Only once in his life had Sean met a man whose stength matched his own - and now again they were pitted against each other. He drove the heel of his right hand up under Jan Paulus's chin, forcing his head back abainst the endircling left arm. It should have broken Jan Paulus's neck....Read more
How unlucky can the Bleich family be? Four out of five murdered on the same day ... the obvious link being the Heathcote Diamonds, reputed to be cursed. SSA Conway is not having a great time either: she is shot when all she wanted was a good cup of coffee. NCIS Director Doyle's sister is...Read more
One last chance to reveal the truth...
1996. Essex. Thirteen-year-old schoolgirl Carly lives in a disenfranchised town dominated by a military base, struggling to care for her baby sister while her mum sleeps off another binge. When her squaddie brother brings food and treats,...Read more
The unforgettable new novel from the Dagger award-winning author of Wimmera. A novel that shows small-town life is unforgiving if you're from the other side of the tracks.
"We always listen out for the train when we're down in the cutting because sometimes...Read more
A young man predicts a murder and identifies the perpetrator—himself—in this third entry in the critically acclaimed Brazilian crime series
When a terrified young man arrives at the station with a bizarre story, Chief Espinosa of the Copacabana precinct is more than happy to set...Read more
An early morning murder in the park of a quiet country town in Australia. Four years later, Marion must find out who killed her brother. The police, the press and ordinary people have lost interest in the case, unable to determine which of two teenage girls was the culprit. Sandra and Peta...Read more
Dan Forrester, piecing his life back together after the tragic death of his son, is approached in a supermarket by a woman who tells him everything he remembers about his life - and his son - is a lie.
Grace Reavey, stricken by grief, is accosted at her mother's funeral. The...Read more
It was All Soul's Day, the Day of the Dead ...
In a luxurious hotel, six people sat down to dinner at the table in the alcove, a table laid for seven.
In front of the empty place was a sprig of rosemary - in memory of Rosemary Barton who had suddenly sprawled dead...Read more
Carrie Foster was still young when she started breaking the law. And she took to it like a duck to water. Gordon Matthews had transgressed only once, but his crime was far more serious. A pity Carrie didn't suspect anything when he proposed to her. But then, why should she? Gordon looked...Read more
When the vendetta of a man called Pym claims the life of a doctor, a judge, and a detective, but not the man Pym swore murdered his wife, a famous clairvoyant is called to solve the case.Read more
Chief Inspector Wexford is in China, visiting ancient tombs and palaces with a group of British tourists. After their return to England, one of his fellow tourists is found murdered. As he questions other members of the group, Wexford finds secrets of greed, treachery, theft, and adultery,...Read more
The specialist is a serial killer with very specific, unique tastes. Kirsten is a jewelry designer whose hobby is caving, and she carries a lot of emotional baggage, above-ground or in the bowels of the earth. Her sister Emma goes missing en route to visit Kirsten. When Emma's ring...Read more
When Thana returns to the sleepy English village of Tinley, no seems to recognise her…
But her see-through blouse and good looks soon have the whole village talking, and it comes to light that she has started working at the local Blue Bazaar nightclub, as part of the cabaret....Read more
Arthur Vernon, member of the Athenian club and member of “society,” has a secret. His father has died and left him destitute, so he has begun a private investigation agency under the name “Nemo.” It would be disastrous if this were known among his associates at the club, and especially if...Read more
"The dangerous thing about spider light is that it hides things - things you never knew existed. But once you have seen those things, you can never afterwards forget them..."
Antonia Weston has come to the sleepy market town of Amberwood in search of peace and anonymity after a...Read more
Skeletons are discovered in Cockpit Lane, a poor black area of inner south London, and DCI David Brock and DS Kathy Kolla of Scotland Yard's Serious Crimes Branch are called in to investigate. The discovery that the victims died on the day of the Brixton riots, over twenty years before,...Read more
Dr Sam Ryan is a forensic pathologist who becomes involved with the parents of a teenage boy who was killed in a joy-riding accident. They believe his death was not what it seemed and only Sam believes them. She has to enlist the help of her nephew to track down the boy's killer.Read more
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Modern-day Mataharis, 'wallflowers' with wide-open eyes and better things to do than wait to be asked to dance, cloak-and-dagger hidden under the easy disguise of the dolly-bird, industrial espionage camouflaged in common-or-garden 'gossip': they say women and crime don't mix. Or do they...Read more
The Spike? A newspaper term that means a story is killed because an editor doesn't like its politics. It means slanting the news, by omission. It means politics governs news. And it is politics that are at issue here.
Robert Hockney, young liberal journalist, scourge of...Read more
Radio reporter, Sam Ridley, had been first on the scene of the murder of Elaine York. But even after being taken off police reporting and assigned to the women's show, "Female AM", he can't stop digging into the murder. If only he'd realized what he was getting into.Read more
John Kelly's gorgeous daughter, Mirka, is as brilliant a sportsperson as her dad - and now it's her turn to represent her country at the Olympics in her chosen field of beach volleyball. John Kelly is still coaching runner Gayle McKee, so he's part of the national squad at this Olympics too...Read more
