Historical crime and mysteries

Ngaio Marsh's most popular novel begins when a young New Zealander's first contact with the English gentry is the body of Lord Wutherford - with a meat skewer through the eye.

A winter weekend ends in snowbound disaster in a novel which remains a favourite among Marsh readers.

Often regarded as her most interesting book and set on New Zealand's North Island, Ngaio Marsh herself considered this to be her best-written novel.

A country house murder, artistic insight and the post-war reunion of Alleyn and Troy combine in Ngaio Marsh's wittiest and most readable novel.

A classic Ngaio Marsh mystery thriller combining drugs and sacrifice.

Pagan revelry and morris dancing in the middle of a very cold winter set the scene for one of Ngaio Marsh's most fascinating murder mysteries.

With this novel of mounting tension among apparently normal people, Ngaio Marsh achieved a triumph on a level with her most famous detective novels Surfeit of Lampreys, Scales of Justice and Off With His Head.

Another classic Ngaio Marsh novel reissued.

The restoration of a bombed-out London theatre ends in violent death - and one of Marsh's most vivid and dramatic novels.

The truth can be dangerous in the wrong hands.

One of Ngaio Marsh's most ingenious novels.

A quirky Roderick Alleyn mystery about faith, greed - and murder.

Christmas time in an isolated country house and, following a flaming row in the kitchen, there's murder inside.

Another classic Ngaio Marsh novel.

Murder and mayhem strike when a small group of people are confined to an island in the middle of a New Zealand lake in one of Ngaio Marsh's last - and best - novels.

EVERYTHING YOU NEVER EXPECTED.

The Empress of Crime's life was the ultimate detective story - revealed for the first time in this forthright and perceptive biography.

1820s Britain: after the wars with France, when unemployment was high and soldiers could be paid off, when the government was desperately afraid of social unrest, any crime was drastically punished and thousands were hung.

The third volume in the Starbuck Chronicles.

The start of an Edinburgh-based thriller series starring rebellious young lawyer Brodie McLennan, investigating the case of a high-ranking lawyer found dead in mysterious circumstances.

A novel from Pulitzer Prize-winner Geraldine Brooks, author of the Richard and Judy bestseller 'March', 'Year of Wonders' and 'People of the Book'.

The first novel in the bestselling Karen Pirie seriesThe award-winning Number One bestseller and Queen of crime fiction Val McDermid carves out a stunning psychological thriller.

Don't miss A Dangerous Train of Thought, the thrilling latest installment in the Ryder & Loveday series!

Don't miss A Dangerous Train of Thought, the gripping latest installment in the Faith Martin's 1920s cosy crime series!

Mark Sanderson does for the 30s what Jake Arnott did for 60s London - vividly revealing its hidden underworld in this follow up to Snow HillOn a sweltering day in July 1937, reporter John Steadman is in London's St Paul's Cathedral waiting for his girlfriend .

'An enchanting timeslip novel that kept me spellbound' CHRISTINA COURTENAY'Fascinating and captivating' SARAH MORGAN'Glorious.

'Sharpe and his creator are national treasures.

*SHARPE'S STORM, the brand new novel in the global bestselling series, is available to pre-order now*Richard Sharpe triumphs in the last battle of the war, only to find himself in worse peril when charged to recover Napoleon's treasure.

*SHARPE'S STORM, the brand new novel in the global bestselling series, is available to pre-order now*A small British army is stranded when the French invade northern Portugal and Lieutenant Richard Sharpe meets the future Duke of Wellington.

Hawkwood's in America for this gripping, action-packed follow up to the bestselling Ratcatcher - for fans of Bernard Cornwell, Conn Igulden and Patrick O'BrianDECEMBER, 1812Britain is locked in a bitter war with America and Matthew Hawkwood, soldier turned spy, is stranded behind enemy lines.

Duelling, derring-do, and dastardly deeds are all in a day's work for Liberty Lane: the plucky heroine for fans of Georgette Heyer and Sarah Waters's Victorian novels.

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A sinister Gothic tale in the tradition of The Woman in Black and The Fall of the House of Usher1891.

A special gift for Reginald Hill fans on Father's Day - the return of Joe Sixsmith in a beautifully packaged, witty new crime novelA sweltering summer spells bad news for the private detective business.

THE SERIES THAT INSPIRED COOPER AND FRY, coming toon to TV starring Robert James-Collier (Downton Abbey) and Mandip Gill (Doctor Who)An atmospheric new Fry and Cooper thriller for fans of Peter Robinson and Reginald Hill.

A fascinating exploration of the contents of Agatha Christie's 73 recently discovered notebooks, including illustrations, deleted extracts, and two unpublished Poirot stories.

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Passion, politics, love and death combine in a novel of the legendary love triangle between the three leaders of the Roman era: Cleopatra, Mark Antony and Octavian, from the bestselling author of The Thorn Birds.

COMING SOON TO TV: COOPER AND FRY, starring Robert James-Collier (Downton Abbey) and Mandip Gill (Doctor Who)Detectives Fry and Cooper return in another supremely atmospheric Peak District thriller, perfect for fans of Peter Robinson and Reginald HillBuilding work at an isolated farm has unearthed more than just the usual remains.

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*A brand new companion to the Last Kingdom series, Uhtred's Feast, is available to pre-order now*BBC2 and Netflix TV series THE LAST KINGDOM is based on Bernard Cornwell's bestselling novels on the making of England and the fate of his great hero, Uhtred of Bebbanburg.

Hawkwood, the Regency James Bond, returns in this gripping, action packed sequel to the bestselling 'Ratcatcher'.

Agatha Christie's life and career told through the decades, from the never-before-published original ending to her first book to the unused ideas for her last, complete with two unpublished Agatha Christie stories - including a lost Miss Marple.

A thrilling account of one of English history's most daring women, who risked everything in the dark days leading up to the Civil War.

MEMORIES OF MIDNIGHT - The internationally best-selling 'The Other Side of Midnight' was dominated by the man who is Sheldon's most magnificent creation.

Jason and Whit Fireson, the notorious, bank-robbing duo known as the Firefly Brothers, wake to find themselves lying on cooling boards in a police morgue.

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