'All about them happy holiday-makers were strolling and laughing evidently oblivious of the prevaili..

Agatha Raisin can think of nothing duller than a lecture on birdwatching. . . but events take a thri..

''Born and brought up in Suffolk Ronald Blythe produced an instant classic with Akenfield. Only a ma..

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When novelist Owen Quine goes missing his wife calls in private detective Cormoran Strike. She think..

She wrote herself out of the story. Now she's daring to want more. Charlotte Lucas has never been a ..

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It's a beautiful day in Newport Rhode Island when Phoebe Stone arrives at a grand beachside hotel we..

Gilly Jenkins is the third generation to bake for her family firm. Also on Bread Street in the same ..

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

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Gosport 1943. Eadie Joy and Maureen are all doing their bit to help Britain win the war. Their work ..

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

When Billy a troubled young man comes to private eye Cormoran Strike's office to ask for his help in..

Seven years ago Charlotte Russell's father walked out on her family. Ever since the task of caring f..

Rome 1913. To her mother's dismay Gabriella Hazelwood has no interest in marriage or a quiet domesti..

There will be ten teacups at number 4 Berwick Terrace W.8 on Wednesday July 31st at 5 p.m. precisely..

Rome: Father Asser is waiting to die. His idealism has landed him in a papal prison on trumped-up ch..

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

When a mysterious package is delivered to Robin Ellacott she is horrified to discover that it contai..

When a troubled model falls to her death from a snow-covered Mayfair balcony it is assumed that she ..

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

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Impossible crime stories have delighted readers since the invention of detective fiction as puzzle-l..

This killer has a story. When a small-time crook is shot down in the streets of Minneapolis all sign..

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In the spring of 1990 we return to Champton where the characters we've come to love are all aflutter..

A dismembered corpse is discovered in the vault of a silver shop. The police initially believe it to..

Taking a short cut home beneath the ruined abbey in the centre of the city a teenage girl reports st..

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

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Since the inception of the Secret Service Bureau in 1909 women have worked at the heart of British s..

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Arriving at her school reunion Jennie Whitmore immediately regrets her decision. Why would she choos..

The targeted murder of four officers is only the first in a series of attacks that leaves police sca..

Liverpool 1942. As the threat of war draws closer Isla Donahue seeks solace in her sweetheart Rory. ..

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On the wedding day of Emperor Claudius to Agrippina a senator lies dying in his own home. Yesterday ..

On a hot midsummer day in the Surrey countryside close friends Kristin Vee Bibi and Hailey are celeb..

It is said there is a price that every passenger must pay. A price beyond the cost of a ticket. It i..

In a tranquil Kentish village Dr Sandys and his wife are preparing for Christmas with their guest Li..

In a small market town in the northeast of England in 1825 something momentous happened: ticket-bear..

Chambermaid Fanny is thanking her lucky stars she has had a second chance at life. As an unmarried m..

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His full name is Joseph Rooney Smith and he works for the corporation of one of the Tyneside towns a..

1820. Mary Dorothea Knatchbull is living under the sole charge of her widowed father Sir Edward - a ..