A spellbinding concoction of crime, history and horror, perfect for fans of Sherlock Holmes and Jonathan Creek'A hugely entertaining Victorian mystery' NEW YORK TIMES'I enjoyed this - properly creepy and Gothic' IAN RANKIN_______New Year's Day, 1889.
The scene is a fashionable French seaside resort; the witness, Eve Neill, is looking out of her window in the early hours of the morning when she sees the battered body of her prospective father-in-law in the room opposite.
The compelling, gorgeously atmospheric tale of love, betrayal and innocence, inspired by the incredible true story of female convicts'Beautifully written, an epic sea voyage with an intriguing murder mystery .
When Mara, Brehon of the Burren, is summoned to the sandy beach of Fanore, on the western fringe of the kingdom of the Burren, she sees a sight that she has never witnessed before during her thirty years as law-enforcer and investigating magistrate: a dead man lying in a boat with no oars.
It's 1965, and cynical former private investigator Henry Gore just wants to drink his days away in corrupt, sun-soaked Santo Domingo - but life has other ideas in this novel of pitch-black noir, the sequel to the savage, gut-punch of a crime thriller, Havana Highwire.
Grantchester Mysteries 5_______________'Those who would like an engaging summer read should pack James Runcie's latest tale of clerical detection, Sidney Chambers and the Dangers of Temptation' - Alexander McCall Smith, Observer'Runcie has honed his style of light, escapist, small-town crime stories to something approaching perfection' - Herald'There is no reason at all why this series should not run and run and why Sidney Chambers should not occupy the same place in the pantheon as Miss Marple or Poirot' - Catholic Herald_______________Now a major, prime-time six-part series Grantchester for ITVArchdeacon Sidney Chambers is beginning to think that the life of a full-time priest (and part-time detective) is not easy.
The murder of a loyal king's man threatens the self-crowned King Henry's new regime in this second gripping medieval mystery featuring friar, sleuth and reluctant spy Brother Chandler.
Simmering tensions, buried memories and old scores are revived at Wychbourne Court when Lady Ansley's old theatre group reunite to perform the Wychbourne Follies.
Robert Louis Stevenson's strange and sinister tale of the gentle Dr Jekyll and the sadistic Mr Hyde is filled with oddities suggesting a dark reality behind a classic fiction.
One of 'the heirs to John le Carre' The Times 'A tremendous achievement' WILLIAM BOYD'Behold the new Golden Age of Spy Kings' Sunday TimesTo betray, you must first belong.
Former New York darling turned amateur sleuth Madeline Vaughn-Alwin finds herself trapped in the beautiful hacienda of the Luhan family with a killer at Christmas!
Private investigators Lily Raynor and Felix Wilbraham tackle a puzzling miscarriage of justice and the curious case of a missing child, in the new, gripping World's End Bureau Victorian mystery.
