England 1903. Giles the Earl of Stainton has fled from his stifling duties to resume his research in..

A summer cruise should be just the ticket for a few weeks of relaxation - but for the passengers and..

Now that her brood had left the nest Fanny McBride a large cheerful and indomitable Tyneside widow h..

She could imagine the headlines all too well. . . DEATH ON POSSETT ISLAND: Well-known Playwright Fou..

In 2004 the body of a young Perth woman was found on the grounds of a primary school. Her name was R..

Paris 1899. Abigail Wilson has received an invitation from Professor Alphonse Flamand a prominent Fr..

The cinder path which led from the Northumberland farmhouse would always symbolise defeat for Charli..

2025. Named after a star war correspondent Maia knows how to find the brightest stories - the tales ..

Daisy Bacon has an ordinary happy life living with her family in South London until tragedy strikes ..

October 1940. Twenty-three-year-old Bobby Bancroft is working as a typist for a city newspaper but s..

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

London 1920. When a woman's body is dragged from the Regent's Canal on a freezing January night emin..

Unconventional Detective Declan Miller has a problem. Still desperate to solve the murder of his wif..

It's Christmas 1952. Blizzards come to Elderby a remote village high on the North York Moors. Is the..

Jinx Sullivan should be enjoying a peaceful retirement in the Cotswolds - but peace has never really..

York 1852. When Caroline Lawson becomes a young widow her grief is deepened by the loss of her farm...

Cliffehaven 1946. The war is over and those who have spent years fighting behind enemy lines are fin..

While making merry at the York Christmas Book Fair Kitt Hartley finds herself drawn into a murder my..

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

The Romans invaded Britannia in AD 43 confident of victory. They swept through a divided and ill-equ..

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

Marisa Rosso is struggling. Since the death of her beloved grandfather back home in Italy she can't ..

Poachers and dealmakers the Griffiths family have always managed to scrape by on the edge of the law..

Ruby Johnson is a nanny and maid to wealthy families in Manhattan's West 74th Street. She knows thei..

1988: Thirteen-year-old Andy Miller and his friends - Carl Brian Johnny and Gavin - become witnesses..

The cheerful Mother Superior of St Philomena's convent is friend to many in the town of Fairbridge a..

Liverpool 1941. After German bombs shatter the life Cadi has built for herself in Liverpool she is m..

Janey Carter has a lot to be grateful for - a home by the sea in Carso that she renovated herself a ..

Jersey 1943. Once a warm and neighbourly community now German soldiers patrol the cobbled streets im..

Born into poverty and hardship Ruby Skinner's decision to approach the unscrupulous East End villain..

After Mirren Sutherland finds a priceless antique book in her great aunt's attic she is contacted by..

When Police Chief Macnaghten meets Oscar Wilde and Arthur Conan Doyle in a Chelsea drawing room the ..

The Hope family murders shocked the Maine coast one bloody night in 1929. While most assume 17-year-..

Four men had arranged to fly to Dublin. When their aeroplane descended as a fireball into the Irish ..

York 1988. Dr Tom Frith is beginning his first term as a tutor at the University of Eboracum. After ..

In London 26-year-old Venetia Stanley - aristocratic clever bored reckless - is having a love affair..

Paris 1789. The Oberst Factory which crafts exquisite wallpaper for the most fashionable French home..

AD 60. Britannia is in turmoil. The rebel leader Boudica has tasted victory against a force of tough..

Liverpool 1942. Though they may be posted miles apart Cadi and Jez's love for one another is stronge..

Acclaimed nature writer Neil Ansell has suffered from progressive hearing loss his whole life. As hi..

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

1865. A passenger train stands in York station. Jack Follis the guard patrols the platform to make s..

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

Horace Manning scientist recluse and 'closed book' even to his friends is found dead in his study at..

Stranded on a dark road in the middle of the night a young woman accepts a lift from a passing stran..

In 1914 Vera Brittain was 18 and as war was declared she was preparing to study at Oxford. Four year..

Carmen is at a loose end. Her gorgeous bookshop is the filming site of a cheesy Christmas movie she'..

When Evie's father falls desperately ill she finally returns to the family home on Orkney and the wi..

Meet Major Bricket an infrequent resident of Highfield House in Stunston Peveril Suffolk. His work a..

Her name was Hannah Boyle but to the people of the village she would always be 'The Girl' - Matthew ..