When historian Suzan Tan is asked to examine the contents of a derelict villa on the Bosphorus she i..

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Clare Riordan and her son Mikey are abducted from Clapham Common early one morning. Hours later the ..

When a body is discovered in a burnt-out barn in the Warwickshire countryside DI Will Jackman is cal..

When the landlord of a Yorkshire tavern is killed in plain sight Freda Simonson the only witness to ..

Brothers Ugur and Lokman Bulut locked in an inheritance battle need a sample of their mother's DNA t..

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

When a chemical explosion rips through quiet fields in the North of England it destroys much more th..

Winter in South Dakota. Blowing snow icy roads a tired driver. A bus crashes and is stranded in a ga..

The huge and powerful hawk dominated the scene. Its talons pierced the woman’s flesh and the beak ..

The village of Mere Barton is facing a time of upheaval with traditional lifestyles being forced out..

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

Maggie Malone runs a private detective agency specialising in catching those who cheat. Helene is a ..

When members of Vigata's elite are targeted in a series of perfectly executed burglaries Inspector M..

George Surridge director of the Birmington Zoo is a man with many worries: his marriage is collapsin..

When DS Charlotte Banks is suspended from the police on suspicion of assaulting a suspect in the bur..

US exchange student Hieronymus Beck is Professor Jack Griffen's biggest fan. Why else would he invei..

When a fortune in uncut diamonds is nicked by a group of soldiers Inspector Carlyle teams up with Ca..

A short story from British Library Crime Classic Deep Waters. Narrated in the first person by Robert..

Maurice Mundy recently retired detective constable at the Metropolitan Police has returned to join S..

Currently on leave Patrick Gillard is considering whether to carry on in his hazardous job as “adv..

After cracking their first case as a private investigation team Oz Blackstone and Primavera Philips ..

Following an argument with her British boyfriend Chinese student Min Li is abducted whilst walking t..

Agatha Christie in London to visit her agent boards a train preoccupied in the knowledge that her hu..

The year is 1917 and Doctor John Watson is prisoner in a notorious POW camp. With the Allied blockad..

Deirdre Fitzpatrick is married to a man who wants to know where she really goes when supposedly taki..

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

Prior to assuming his new role with a different constabulary Danny Maik has taken a holiday in Singa..

When hordes of people descend on the picturesque village of Nasely for the annual celebration of its..

When Georgie is persuaded to join two old friends for Ladies' Night she intends to have fun to behav..

A freak accident in rural Wyoming leads the sheriff's department to arrest a man for a possible doub..

May 1915. With thousands of Britons fighting in the trenches a severely depleted police force remain..

It’s Christmas and things are looking good at the Slocombe house. Thea’s daughter Jessica has co..

1895 and a violent tide of political unrest is rising fast all over Europe. Inspector Thomas Pitt kn..

1919. The Derbyshire village of Wenfield is still coming to terms with the loss of so many of its so..

The brutal massacre of the Harford family at Potwoolstan Hall in Devon in 1985 shocked the country a..

Suffolk 1955. Rosy Gilchrist is asked by her friend Lady Fawcett to join her on a trip to Southwold ..

Detective Sigurdur Oli is in trouble. After a school reunion exposes the chasm between his life and ..

Summer 1381. The Great Revolt has been crushed. Brother Athelstan meanwhile is preparing for a pilgr..

December 1860. Headed for the morning shift at the Swindon Locomotive Works is an army of men pourin..

Primavera is enjoying the quiet life in an idyllic village on the Catalan coast of Spain. The attrac..

When a gentleman arrives at Montalbano's station to report an armed robbery on his wife that ended w..

Burned out and traumatised by her horrifying experiences around the world aid worker Úrsula has ret..

Steven Lamb digs holes on Exmoor hoping to lay to rest the ghost of his uncle who disappeared aged 1..

Primavera Blackstone has found contentment in a small Spanish village by the sea. A fiercely protect..

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

A suspicious funeral a fatal encounter at a garden centre of all places and a country walk marred by..

In the small Cotswold village of Heyford Bassett vicar’s wife Monica Noble throws a party for the ..

In the eyes of solicitor Eric Ward there was something odd about Arthur Egan's life and death. Egan'..

Trapped in a burning cabin on a freezing snow-covered mountain Selma Falck has no idea where she is ..

Soho during the blackouts of the Second World War. When a piercing scream rends the air and a bloodi..

The Skelf women live in the face of death every day running a funeral directors and private investig..

Karen Slocombe isn’t sure why she visited SuperFare that day - as a committed member of the Food C..

1958. America is about to emerge into a bright new age - an age that will last until the 1000 days o..

Four generations of the Black family have farmed Blackpeak Station in the high country of New Zealan..

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The discovery of a dead banker sends shock waves through the sleepy coastal town of Ayr. And it's up..

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When the body of a herdsman is discovered in a farm building Detective Sergeant Den Cooper is more t..

When the body of Pauline Brent is found hanging from a yew tree in a local graveyard DS Wesley Peter..

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After losing her mum in a tragic accident when she was young Chrissy Moss had to find out the hard w..

The murder of a man on London Bridge is the first indication that the Earl of Clarendon's fears of a..

The events of 9/11 changed Jack Reacher’s drifter lifestyle. In addition to his folding toothbrush..

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When irascible farmer Guy Beardon meets a very dirty death in his own farmyard it seems like an acci..

Greenwich south-east London. Five bodies have been found all young women all ritualistically murdere..

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

Usually sharp-witted editor Sam Clair stumbles through her post-launch-party morning with the hangov..

A chance sighting of a vase for sale in an antique shop leads Detective Chief Inspector Hennessey an..

Captain Sam Wyndham is a new arrival to Calcutta. Desperately seeking a fresh start after his experi..

A pandemic called 'The Sweats' is sweeping the globe. London is a city in crisis. Hospitals begin to..

DI Jack Brady is riding high after the successful outcome of his previous case but his world is abou..

Teenager Lewis Hoxworthy discovers a disturbing painting in a medieval barn; a discovery which excit..

London 1870: A Hungarian immigrant is found dead with a bayonet through his heart his fingers broken..

Former investment banker Johan Golding - Joe - is the newest member of the Hartley and Edwards Inves..

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Kit Philipson has always felt like something of a stranger in his family. Growing up as an only chil..

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It’s 1968. Bobby Kennedy and Martin Luther King are dead. The Mob Howard Hughes and J. Edgar Hoove..