The year is 1319 and Tavistock's fair has drawn merchants to Devon from all over England and beyond. Keeping the streets clean and the locals in order is no easy task, for the influx of visitors and their money puts temptation in the way of...
The genteel game of Real Tennis takes a murderous twist in Simon Brett's witty and entertaining new Fethering mystery
Jude's life has been turned upside-down thanks her new mant, Piers Targett, who's keen to get her involved in his hobby—or...
The affluent seaside resort of Smalting is unaccustomed to crime. So when human remains are found beneath the floorboards of one of its beach huts, the community is awash with suspicion and fear.
Amateur sleuths Carole Seddon and best friend...
WHO KNOWS WHAT EVIL LURKS IN THE HEARTS OF MEN?
The Shadow knows! The weed of crime bears bitter fruit, but none more deadly than the criminal genius called THE BLACK MASTER. Clearly it's a case for The Shadow… to uncover this emperor of evil...
You have broken my heart There, I have written it. Not for you to read, Minna, for this letter will never be sent, never shrink and wither under your laughter, little lips prim and pleated, laughter like dulcimer music . . .
Shall I tell you...
When Jack Foley, a career bank robber, surfaces after tunneling out of a medium-security penitentiary in Florida, he comes face to face with Karen Sisco, a beautiful federal marshal. Though the barrel of her shotgun is pointed right at his face,...
Is it just a case of summertime
blues or a full-blown career
crisis? Newspaper reporter Jim
Qwilleran isn't sure, but he's
hoping a few days in the
country will help him sort out his life.
With cats Koko and Yum Yum
for company, Qwilleran heads
for...
When a convenience store robbery goes horribly wrong the three young men who perpetrated the crime make a run for it. Hotly pursued by the police they crash into the suburban home of an accountant and take the family hostage, and before they know...
In Miami, on the waterfront, a long-time agent has been turned. Quiller gets the call to find out why. It looks like a simple job.
But with Quiller, nothing is ever simple. That's because he digs. He finds a...