“Already it looked as if the police were up against a carefully planned and cleverly executed murd..

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

The suicide of William Goldacre is devastating to those left behind. But what was the cause of his t..

Young Tom French was found dead lying in a marsh on the Norfolk coast with his head bashed in and hi..

Once one of the country’s most respected forensics experts Dr David Hunter is facing an uncertain ..

Imagine you could travel back to the 14th century. What would you see? What would you smell? More to..

Alan Johnson's childhood was not so much difficult as unusual particularly for a man who was destine..

On a summer's day in 1596 a young girl in Stratford-upon-Avon takes to her bed with a fever. Her twi..

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

It's the swinging sixties and the nation is mesmerized by unlikely comedy star Sophie Straw the form..

Prunella Pearce Bree and the other ladies of the Winterbottom Women's Institute are planning to spen..

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

A motley group of travellers meet at a London inn on their way to Canterbury where they agree to tak..

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

Dr James Earle and his wife live in comfortable seclusion near the Hog's Back a ridge in the North D..

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

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

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

Gus Lynch is directing the Youth Theatre through a rehearsal. The cast is in place but the female le..

Twenty-five-year-old Lizzie Bartholomew has had more than her fair share of struggles. Abandoned as ..

When 15-year-old Marilyn Howe turns up alone and frightened on Inspector Ramsay's doorstep he has li..

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

After a long period of “resting” life is looking up for Charles Paris who has been cast as the G..

Elizabeth Keane returns to Ireland after her mother's death intent only on wrapping up that dismal p..

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

London’s Slough House is where disgraced MI5 spies go to while away what’s left of their washed-..

Carol is a divorced teacher living in a small town in Ireland. A second chance at love brings her un..

In the four decades since his first book appeared in print Terry Pratchett has become one of the wor..

With Peaceful Repose Cemetery Drew Slocombe is determined to revolutionise the entire death industry..

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

Detective Lindsay Boxer and her three best friends are back and recovering from the events that push..

It's 1996. Detective Sergeant Tom Thorne is a haunted man. Haunted by the moment he ignored his inst..

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

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

In 1841 Australia's first children's book was published the anonymous writer known only as 'a lady l..

Forty years ago Steven Smith found a copy of a famous children's book its margins full of strange ma..

The remote Irish village of Duneen has known little drama; and yet its inhabitants are troubled. Ser..

Friday nights the best night of the week the night they all looked forward to more than they cared t..

No one in Heppleburn has a bad word to say about Alice Parry. But here she is murdered in her own ba..

Carole Seddon's trusty Renault is one of her most treasured possessions. So when it is vandalised th..

Once a busy hospital St Jude’s now stands derelict awaiting demolition. When a partially mummified..

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

Roger Brown has it all. He's the country's most successful headhunter. He has a beautiful wife and a..

Number 4 Euston Square was a respectable boarding house like many others in Victorian London. But be..

A dawn swim turns deadly in a brand-new short story starring DCI Vera Stanhope . . . Two bored cell-..

Fran has always wanted to be a farmer. And now it looks as if her childhood dream is about to come t..

Harry Lucas and Guy were best friends when they were kids. But then they made a terrible mistake and..

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

Harry is in a bad place: Rakel has left him he’s working cold cases and notorious rapist and murde..

London's Slough House is where disgraced MI5 operatives are reassigned to spend the rest of their sp..