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

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

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

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

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

Catherine Sterling thinks she knows her mother. Ruth Sterling is quiet hardworking and lives for her..

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

1940. Britain has invaded neutral Iceland but Daphne Devine has bigger problems. She has sailed into..

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

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

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

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

The stakes at dinner couldn't be higher. The Canadian embassy are visiting a remote Icelandic island..

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

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

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

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

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

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

Boothgate House is a recently converted apartment building with a sinister past. Once an asylum for ..

In 1943 German SS officers in charge of Auschwitz-Birkenau ordered that an orchestra should be forme..

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

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

On a warm July evening Sylviane Rochas scatters her mother's ashes in New York and lets the changing..

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

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

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

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

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

Six months on from the loss of her daughter and Magnolia's heart isn't any closer to healing. So whe..

At a star-studded opening night for the Royal Academy's celebration of renowned artist Max Bruce som..

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

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

On the eve of Elaine Southey's 21st birthday Ivan Sweet has been found dead in his flat in the basem..

Ginny Spain usually loves Christmas. Not this year though. After witnessing a traumatic accident and..

Laurel at eleven was conscious of being happy. She was almost afraid of it. 'I'll never be as happy ..

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

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

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

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

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

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

On the night Fliss loses everything - her beloved hotel ravaged by fire and fiancé exposed as a che..

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

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

Christmas in the picturesque village of Willowbrook should be dreamy - twinkling fairylights snow in..

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

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