Anarchy hits Dunedin when a cargo ship runs aground on Aramoana Beach amid a crowd of onlookers. One..

A friend in need is a friend indeed. And no one is a better friend than hitman-for-hire Lex Harper. ..

His native Scotland stands on the cusp of a new era of international expansion under its charismatic..

Winter storms lash the Isles of Scilly when DI Ben Kitto ferries the islands' priest to St Helen's. ..

Despite many years living in South Devon DI Wesley Peterson has never visited the tiny island of St ..

Charismatic chef Jared Keaton is serving a life sentence for the murder of his daughter Elizabeth. H..

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

DSI William Lorimer first meets Meredith St Claire when he is giving a careers talk at his goddaught..

Ex child star Posy Starling is finally filming her dream role - Dahlia Lively in The Lady Detective ..

Strathbran Scotland. A village steeped in folklore and impenetrable mists and a horrifying mystery. ..

Sir Robert Skinner's stock is rising - after retiring from the police service he's been promoted to ..

A murder on stage. A cast full of suspects. Can dresser to the stars Jayne unravel the mystery? It i..

It’s not the first time Laurel Nightingale has found a dead body but this one - discovered alone i..

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

When Arora receives a call telling her that a child she's never met is claiming to be her missing si..

'You are cordially invited to Murder on the Moors the most glamorous murder mystery event of the sea..

A sister looking for answers. A brother with secrets to hide... Three days before Christmas I travel..

January 1943. Warsaw. City of the dead. In the ghetto the last 50000 Jews await their fate but unlik..

Laurel Nightingale wants to start again. However after discovering a dead body shortly after arrivin..

When Óttar Karlsson a wealthy and respected government official and businessman is found murdered a..

SPRING 1940. GERMANY IS AT WAR. HITLER IS PREPARING TO UNLEASH THE BLITZKRIEG. IN BERLIN WHERE EVIL ..

Agatha Raisin's private detective agency is working flat out on a series of burglaries which take a ..

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

The event of the Périgord tourist season is to be the re-enactment of the liberation of the histori..

All mothers have secrets... some are unforgivable. Kate Marshall lives an enviable life. Married to ..

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

Brothers Carl and Roy Opgard have succeeded in life. Or at least they've had as much success as is p..

A high society Christmas Eve wedding at a remote Scottish castle sounds like the perfect winter geta..

Will Carl Aiden and Darren are inseparable from the day they meet at school. The combination of Will..

It's been a few months since murder tore the community of Champton apart. As Canon Daniel Clement tr..

In the sleepy village of Elderwick the past refuses to stay buried - literally . . . When an archaeo..

When Mike Wakefield's business partner absconded with all the firm's money Mike and his wife Stephan..

Lieutenant Eve Dallas and her husband Roarke are building a brand-new school and youth shelter hopin..

Mistletoe mince pies… and murder. When Jude Gray inherited Malvern Farm she never thought she’d ..

Cheryl Davidson was happy with husband Leo watching her beloved son Dean grow into a handsome young ..

When the bloated body of a leading anarchist is discovered floating in one of Bologna's hidden canal..

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

After losing her sister to a drug overdose Chief Superintendent Jo Howe is desperate to tackle the w..

It wasn't just a fall. It was a game… And Freddie Manning lost. Grieving father Harry Manning is d..

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

A violent South London gang will be destroyed if Dan “Spider” Shepherd can gather enough evidenc..

Girls Together magazine agony-aunt 'Mrs Friendly-wise' aka Katinka Jones finds herself at a loose en..

Miriam has never exactly seen eye-to-eye with her sister. But when a body's dumped on the doorstep o..

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

Hazel and Fox are an ordinary married couple with a baby. Except for one small thing: they're ex-ser..

Beatrice Steele has none of the accomplishments of a true lady: she is terrible at needlework has no..

1925. Elspeth Valentine dreams of leaving Strathallyn Station to pursue an equestrian career in Engl..

Personal shopper Annie Valentine is presenting her own popular TV fashion series. But despite this b..

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

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

There's a fine line between 'eccentric' and 'a danger to oneself and others'. That's certainly what ..

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

Former Chief Constable Bob Skinner may have left the police service but he's never far from a case. ..

His passport read Giovanni Rossi. But decades ago during the Urban Wars he was part of a small secre..

In Lower Hembrow an idyllic village nestled beneath Ham Hill in Somerset the villagers are preparing..

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

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

After graduating university four friends - Peter Avery James and Isaac - spent a golden summer worki..

September 1939. A city ruled by fear. A population brutalised by restrictions and reprisals. Amid th..

When a body is discovered in a picturesque South Devon village DI Wesley Peterson is called in to in..

When the fate of Áróra's missing sister Isafold is discovered Áróra is relieved that she can hal..

WHO CAN YOU TRUST WHEN YOU CAN'T TRUST FAMILY?Sheltered and naïve Carmen Darby has lived under the ..

When two people are murdered their only connection lies buried in the past. As police search for the..

Old spies grow ridiculous River. Old spies aren't much better than clowns. Or so David Cartwright us..

Rebellious Christmas wreaths. Mysterious welly-dwelling eggs. A plague of irate water fowl. And ten ..

Iceland 1934: Two boys playing see something they shouldn't have. The consequences will haunt them a..

Una McMurray is puzzled. Surely statistically the international cat show scene shouldn't be this... ..

Icelandic sisters Áróra and Ísafold live in different countries and aren‘t on speaking terms bu..

A dragon is missing. DI Adams' missing person is human not dragon but the trails of both lead to the..

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

Three young women have gone missing. They're all pretty mid-twenties - someone clearly has a type. B..

When English teacher Gemma Lamb's school flat is wrecked by spring storms maverick headmistress Hair..

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

Some bodies just won't stay buried... After putting a stop to one of Edinburgh’s most notorious se..

The twentieth century is drawing to a close and the Russians are up to all sorts of dirty tricks in ..

Judi Westerholme has been through it. Brave and strong-willed she's just about coping in her new rol..

The trip of their dreams is about to end in murder. When five old friends are invited to join Abigai..

February 1918. Detective Inspector Harvey Marmion and Detective Sergeant Joe Keedy are pulled from t..

Inspector Daniel Kohi of the Zimbabwean police force returns home one night to find his family dead...

The long arm of history reaches into the present in Bruno's latest case when three sets of bones are..

On a lonely moor in the northeast of England the body of a young woman is discovered near the site o..

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

Meet Tommy Two-Shoes Ballroom Bev and their quirky troupe of dancers when the glamorous world of bal..

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

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

London 1918 Fiona Figg finds herself back in Old Blighty saddled with shuffling papers for the war o..

When his former deputy Julie invites Detective Peter Diamond and his partner Paloma to spend a week ..