A beautiful June day in the Yorkshire Dales, and a group of children are spending the last of their half-term freedom swimming in the river near Hindswell Woods. But the idyll is shattered by their discovery of a man's body, hanging from a...
Caveat Emptor by Ruth Downie
In her fourth novel, Ruth Downie brings to life the corruption and treachery of Roman-occupied Britain, as it closes in on her winsome leading man. Gaius Petreius Ruso and his new wife Tilla have moved to the...
In 1141, two monks have arrived in Shrewsbury from Winchester, where their abbey was destroyed. Now Brother Humilis, who is very ill, and Brother Fidelis, who is mute, must seek refuge at Shrewsbury. And from the moment he meets them, Brother...
The President of Russia and the United States are meeting in The Ukraine to sign a treaty that would give The Crimea back to The Ukraine. Stalinists in Russia, led by a fanatic named Andrei Kulagin, are violently opposed to any action where Russia...
The international bestseller that "grabs the reader by the throat" (Crime Time).
First in the new series featuring Detective Inspector Helen Grace.
Two people are abducted, imprisoned, and left with a gun. As hunger and thirst set in, only one walks...
Hannah is stunned when a stranger stops her on the street to deliver a message from her long-dead mother. Susan Parker, Hannah learns, is a popular television medium whose accurate predictions leave fans and critics alike puzzled and intrigued. In...
First there was the blind man. He “saw” a great deal for a sightless man.
Bertha Cool had no sooner digested his strange story when her life really became complicated with other things...
A girl who was hit by an automobile but who...