The huge and powerful hawk dominated the scene. Its talons pierced the woman’s flesh and the beak ..

Called to a Southampton nightclub Detective Inspector Helen Grace cuts the duct tape from the asphyx..

Twenty years ago teenager Frieda Klein was brutally attacked in her own home. No one believed her - ..

A string of fatal arson attacks has broken out in San Francisco. The targets have one thing in commo..

Maureen O'Donnell is a psychiatric patient stuck in an affair with Douglas a shady therapist. She’..

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Mma Ramotswe and Mma Makutsi are called to a safari lodge in Botswana's Okavango Delta to carry out ..

When a house explodes in a quiet Oxford suburb and a young girl disappears in the aftermath Sarah Tu..

P.I. Craig Gisto head of the latest branch of Private is enjoying the glamorous launch party with hi..

Responding to a call at a mansion in an East Bay neighbourhood Deputy Coroner Clay Edison comes upon..

Meet Tommy Two-Shoes Ballroom Bev and their quirky troupe of dancers when the glamorous world of bal..

Bruno now Chief of Police for the whole Vézère valley has an unusual challenge: teaching at his fr..

July 2012. The Games have arrived in London. But one man has a devastating plan. Having waited years..

Beware of long-lost friends sleepy cats and Santa’s grotto. Think twice about gypsy curses squawki..

At 1a.m. in a deserted Pennsylvania library Nat Turnbull's cell phone rings. His former mentor Profe..

When a gentleman arrives at Montalbano's station to report an armed robbery on his wife that ended w..

An archaeologist studying on a site at Whalsay discovers a set of human remains. Is it an ancient fi..

A visit to her local prison brings DI Vera Stanhope face to face with an old enemy: former detective..

Charismatic chef Jared Keaton is serving a life sentence for the murder of his daughter Elizabeth. H..

Arriving at her school reunion Jennie Whitmore immediately regrets her decision. Why would she choos..

When Shetland detective Jimmy Perez finds a body in a hut used by fishermen it seems to be a straigh..

When an elderly woman is shot in what appears to be a tragic accident Shetland detective Jimmy Perez..

When the body of a young woman is discovered in Lake Grant a note left by the shore points to suicid..

Usually sharp-witted editor Sam Clair stumbles through her post-launch-party morning with the hangov..

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Stephanie Plum might not be the world's greatest bounty hunter but she knows when she's being played..

In the village of Spire murder is afoot. Wealthy landowner Alexander Earl of Greengrass is caught wi..

So many people had reason to hate her but did anyone have reason to kill her? Everyone dies famous i..

When members of Vigata's elite are targeted in a series of perfectly executed burglaries Inspector M..

It is a troublesome fact on which even Mma Ramotswe and her assistant Mma Makutsi agree: there are t..

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Sicily 1880. When a stranger arrives in Vigata the town's inhabitants immediately become unsettled. ..

A city on the brink. A mother on the edge. A nightmare that only DI Helen Grace can end. Sometimes t..

Agatha Raisin's private detective agency is working flat out on a series of burglaries which take a ..

A rich American art student is found dead at the bottom of a well in an ancient hilltop castle. The ..

There was a time when Cicero held Caesar’s life in the palm of his hand. But now Caesar is the dom..

Iceland November 1967. Fourteen-year-old Marsi has a secret penpal - a boy who lives on the other si..

Wayward daughters missing husbands philandering partners curious conmen - if you've got a problem an..

Shipcott in bleak mid-winter: a close knit community where no stranger goes unnoticed. So when an el..

Atlanta 1974. As a brutal killing and a furious manhunt rock the city Kate Murphy wonders if her fir..

When single mother Maríanna disappears from her home leaving an apologetic note on the kitchen tabl..

January 1381. As guests of the Regent John of Gaunt Brother Athelstan and Sir John Cranston are atte..

At Timmins & Ross publishing house Samantha Clair knows she can rely on her star author Breda McManu..

Sara Linton moved to Atlanta trying to leave her tragic past behind her. Now working as a doctor she..

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It's been a busy year for Alameda County Coroner's Deputy Clay Edison. Then the call comes in the mi..

At nearly 100 years old Thalia Mars is a far cry from the patients Alex Delaware normally treats. Bu..

Two dead bodies: the first a local PI of suspect reputation - gunned down near the beach at Santa Te..

Shetland Detective Jimmy Perez knows it will be a difficult homecoming when he returns to Fair Isle...

A serial killer is burning people alive in the Lake District's prehistoric stone circles. He leaves ..

Since former US Marine Jack Morgan started Private it has become the world’s most effective invest..

The wealthy powerful Snæberg clan has gathered for a family reunion at a futuristic hotel set among..

His passport read Giovanni Rossi. But decades ago during the Urban Wars he was part of a small secre..

Detective Lindsay Boxer’s long-awaited wedding celebration becomes a distant memory when she is ca..

What's an editor to do with so many demands? Do you deal with the morning's pile of manuscript submi..

Paddy Meehan has just started work on the Scottish Daily News when a toddler is abducted. Two eleven..

Detective Alex Cross and Bree’s wedding plans are put on hold when Alex is called to the scene of ..

Mma Ramotswe is still engaged to Mr. J. L. B. Matekoni and wonders when a day for the wedding will b..

The small community of Akranes is devastated after a young man dies in a mysterious house fire. When..

Rachel catches the same commuter train every morning. She even feels she knows the people who live i..

Winter storms lash the Isles of Scilly when DI Ben Kitto ferries the islands' priest to St Helen's. ..

His name is carefully guarded but within the secretive inner circles of the ultra-rich Dr Alex Hoffm..

Although she hadn't known Leonard Mallett very well Carole Seddon feels duty bound to attend her fel..

Somewhere out there in the darkness a black wolf is feeding. Several weeks ago Chief Inspector Arman..

Three very different women come together at isolated Baikie’s Cottage on the North Pennines to com..

When Arora receives a call telling her that a child she's never met is claiming to be her missing si..

New York has seen more than its fair share of horrific attacks but the city is about to be shaken in..

For Hannah Shapiro this particular nightmare began eight years ago when Jack Morgan owner of Private..

Amateur sleuth Isabel Dalhousie is a philosopher who uses her training to solve unusual mysteries. S..

Tom Bettany is working at a meat processing plant in France when he gets a voicemail telling him tha..

Seventeen-year-old Tessa dubbed a 'Black-Eyed Susan' by the media became famous for being the only v..

Widely acknowledged as the first detective novel this story is narrated by insurance investigator Ra..

No one in Heppleburn has a bad word to say about Alice Parry. But here she is murdered in her own ba..

This is a fact: Ryan Summers walked into Three Rivers College and killed 13 women then himself. But ..

Pete never wanted another child. Before baby Erin was born they were happy. If Natalie hadn't got pr..

When newspaper magnate Richard Jewell is found dead at his country estate clutching a shotgun few se..

He is one of the world's most ruthless terrorists codenamed Saladin. Ten years ago he blew a plane o..

Kate Shugak is determined to convict the odious Louis Deem who has been arrested and tried for sever..

Staying alive becomes a precarious task for Inspector Kurt Wallander as he plays both hunter and hun..

When a man with a gun breaks into her school nursery teacher Louise Kennedy knows there’s not like..

October 1914: the destroyer Svea emerged from the Stockholm archipelago. On board was Lars Tobiasson..

The last time that Maureen O'Donnell saw Ann Harris she was nursing a couple of broken ribs and reek..

Lolly Bruce is back in London's East End. Her guardian Mal Fury is doing time so Lolly is working on..

Ever since the death of her husband Ursula Ottway has lived alone in Back Rigg Cottage high up on th..

With a missing girl in the news Claire Scott can’t help but be reminded of her sister who disappea..

January 1895. On a freezing morning in the heart of Paris an army officer Georges Picquart witnesses..

Steph Barker can't forget her past. A single mother Steph runs a women's shelter for local prostitut..