'This is a cracking good series, with this latest entry quite possible being the best yet' - Booklist Starred ReviewThis is the latest DCI Charlie Woodend mystery.
The latest Detective Chief Inspector Woodend mystery When Captain Robert Kineally went missing from Haverton American Army base in Devon in 1944, it was generally assumed he had lost his nerve and deserted.
DCI Woodend's first foreign holiday, in General Franco's Spain, ends abruptly when he sees a fellow guest plunge mysteriously from his hotel balcony to the rocky beach below With the help of Paco Ruiz a former policeman, living in disgrace since the Spanish Civil War Woodend embarks on an unofficial investigation which provides more questions than answers.
DCI Henry Christie, taken off an anonymous murder case and transferred into a dead-end desk job, leaps at the chance to investigate the brutal killing of an ex-cop turned sleazy private eye.
'a standout among her reliably entertaining procedurals' - Kirkus Starred ReviewThe tenth in the acclaimed Inspector Woodend seriesThere had never been a murder in Whitebridge like this one.
'Spencer's latest is her best: an ingenious puzzle that goes straight to the heart' - Kirkus Starred ReviewA miscarriage of justice for DCI WoodendThough it is thirty years since Margaret Dodds was tried and executed for the brutal murder of her second husband, many troubling questions raised during the trial are still left unanswered.
'Superior work from a best-selling British author' - Library JournalA man and a young woman are found blasted away by a rifle in a remote farmhouse on the Yorkshire moors.
The discovery of the body of a young, red-haired school mistress, lying in a pig-pen with her face half-eaten away, is the beginning of a new investigation for Charlie Woodend.
When the brutally murdered body of a Manchester drug dealer is found dumped just inside the Lancashire border, it turns out that the dead man had been a CID informant working for a small nucleus of corrupt detectives.
Transferred from CID to uniform duties, Inspector Henry Christie is back at the sharp end of policing and he's not happy about it -- especially when a brutal murder, apparently the work of a serial killer, takes place on his patch .
The latest Chief Inspector Woodend mystery With the newspapers screaming for a quick solution, this is a case no one wants to touch -- so naturally it is Chief Inspector Woodend who finds himself left holding the baby.
Chief Inspector Percy Peach, Detective Sergeant Lucy Blake and the team, hindered as usual by the direction of Chief Superintendent Thomas Bulstrode Tucker, have one of their most puzzling and compelling mysteries to solve.
Assistant Chief Constable Iles finds himself suspected of murder in the fast-paced 35th installment of the popular Harpur and Iles police procedural series.
"e;Brings a creepy new note to Spencer's long-running series"e; Kirkus ReviewsThe discovery of a body on a local allotment site re-opens an unresolved cold case for Monika Paniatowski and her team.
DI Joanna Piercy is not happy when she's assigned the apparently minor case of finding a missing elderly man, but it turns out to be far more sinister .
A gripping Temperance Brennan novel from world-class forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs, the international #1 bestselling crime thriller writer and the inspiration behind the hit TV series Bones.
FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SNAP'The most polished crime writer on the murder beat' Daily ExpressFive footprints are the only sign that Daniel Buck was ever here.
'Crime writing at its unputdownable, nerve-tingling best' HARLAN COBENTHE VICTIMSIn Boston, Detective Jane Rizzoli and Forensic Pathologist Maura Isles investigate a bizarre murder.
Discover the addictive first book in Fred Vargas s internationally acclaimed Jean-Baptiste Adamsberg series The hottest property in contemporary crime fiction Guardian Jean-Baptiste Adamsberg is not like other policemen.
Creepy, enthralling, twisty and very moving, Poppet is perfect for fans of Stephen King, Karin Slaughter and Stuart MacBride'Hayder has a profound ability to shock and surprise her readers' Karin Slaughter'Oozes sinisterness from the first page' Entertainment weekly 'With Mo Hayder you never know where you are going until you get there' The Times-----------------------------------------THE MAUDE IS OUTSIDE.
One of the boldest thriller writers working today TESS GERRITSEN Her characters, plot, and pacing are unrivalled MICHAEL CONNELLY__________________________________FBI Special Agent Will Trent s instinct is put to the test.
'Serrailler, Hill's brilliant detective, is the central character in the great writer's crime fiction novels' CAMILLA, DUCHESS OF CORNWALLHow do you catch a killer who doesn't exist?