1865. A passenger train stands in York station. Jack Follis the guard patrols the platform to make s..

His native Scotland stands on the cusp of a new era of international expansion under its charismatic..

'All about them happy holiday-makers were strolling and laughing evidently oblivious of the prevaili..

Anarchy hits Dunedin when a cargo ship runs aground on Aramoana Beach amid a crowd of onlookers. One..

When hordes of people descend on the picturesque village of Nasely for the annual celebration of its..

The twentieth century is drawing to a close and the Russians are up to all sorts of dirty tricks in ..

It's been a few months since murder tore the community of Champton apart. As Canon Daniel Clement tr..

Personal shopper Annie Valentine is presenting her own popular TV fashion series. But despite this b..

All mothers have secrets... some are unforgivable. Kate Marshall lives an enviable life. Married to ..

Will Carl Aiden and Darren are inseparable from the day they meet at school. The combination of Will..

Roach a bookseller and a loner is content to spend her days hoarding true crime proofs listening to ..

Icelandic sisters Áróra and Ísafold live in different countries and aren‘t on speaking terms bu..

London 1918 Fiona Figg finds herself back in Old Blighty saddled with shuffling papers for the war o..

January 1943. Warsaw. City of the dead. In the ghetto the last 50000 Jews await their fate but unlik..

Following an argument with her British boyfriend Chinese student Min Li is abducted whilst walking t..

When 16-year-old Dísa is given five bitcoin by her divorced father she is unimpressed. But a year l..

When a mysterious package is delivered to Robin Ellacott she is horrified to discover that it contai..

A governmental think-tank whose remit is to curb the independence of the intelligence service has lo..

DSI William Lorimer first meets Meredith St Claire when he is giving a careers talk at his goddaught..

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

SPRING 1940. GERMANY IS AT WAR. HITLER IS PREPARING TO UNLEASH THE BLITZKRIEG. IN BERLIN WHERE EVIL ..

After graduating university four friends - Peter Avery James and Isaac - spent a golden summer worki..

London Christmas 1999. The world is on edge. With the new millennium just days away fears of the Mil..

When the fate of Áróra's missing sister Isafold is discovered Áróra is relieved that she can hal..

1925. Elspeth Valentine dreams of leaving Strathallyn Station to pursue an equestrian career in Engl..

I’ve just made the biggest mistake of my life. As the last of my children leave home I’ve persua..

Brothers Carl and Roy Opgard have succeeded in life. Or at least they've had as much success as is p..

When a body is discovered in a picturesque South Devon village DI Wesley Peterson is called in to in..

Ex child star Posy Starling is finally filming her dream role - Dahlia Lively in The Lady Detective ..

Former Chief Constable Bob Skinner may have left the police service but he's never far from a case. ..

Inspector Daniel Kohi of the Zimbabwean police force returns home one night to find his family dead...

Judi Westerholme has been through it. Brave and strong-willed she's just about coping in her new rol..

It’s not the first time Laurel Nightingale has found a dead body but this one - discovered alone i..

In Lower Hembrow an idyllic village nestled beneath Ham Hill in Somerset the villagers are preparing..

A murder on stage. A cast full of suspects. Can dresser to the stars Jayne unravel the mystery? It i..

When the bloated body of a leading anarchist is discovered floating in one of Bologna's hidden canal..

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

When builder Mark Poynter discovers a murder on his worksite all of his financial problems suddenly ..

On a lonely moor in the northeast of England the body of a young woman is discovered near the site o..

US exchange student Hieronymus Beck is Professor Jack Griffen's biggest fan. Why else would he invei..

The Skelf women live in the face of death every day running a funeral directors and private investig..

Girls Together magazine agony-aunt 'Mrs Friendly-wise' aka Katinka Jones finds herself at a loose en..

A friend in need is a friend indeed. And no one is a better friend than hitman-for-hire Lex Harper. ..

Vying with her rival Tim for a promotion actuary Una finds herself on the back foot when her researc..

Impossible crime stories have delighted readers since the invention of detective fiction as puzzle-l..

Strathbran Scotland. A village steeped in folklore and impenetrable mists and a horrifying mystery. ..

Una McMurray is puzzled. Surely statistically the international cat show scene shouldn't be this... ..

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

While making merry at the York Christmas Book Fair Kitt Hartley finds herself drawn into a murder my..

The trip of their dreams is about to end in murder. When five old friends are invited to join Abigai..

Sir Robert Skinner's stock is rising - after retiring from the police service he's been promoted to ..

'You are cordially invited to Murder on the Moors the most glamorous murder mystery event of the sea..

Teenager Lewis Hoxworthy discovers a disturbing painting in a medieval barn; a discovery which excit..

Four generations of the Black family have farmed Blackpeak Station in the high country of New Zealan..

After losing her mum in a tragic accident when she was young Chrissy Moss had to find out the hard w..

In a tranquil Kentish village Dr Sandys and his wife are preparing for Christmas with their guest Li..

When two people are murdered their only connection lies buried in the past. As police search for the..

In the sleepy village of Elderwick the past refuses to stay buried - literally . . . When an archaeo..

In the spring of 1990 we return to Champton where the characters we've come to love are all aflutter..

When millionaire Leo Speight is found poisoned at his Ayrshire mansion Police Scotland has a tough c..

When his former deputy Julie invites Detective Peter Diamond and his partner Paloma to spend a week ..

Three young women have gone missing. They're all pretty mid-twenties - someone clearly has a type. B..

On the eve of a major international AIDS conference in London it's leather night at a discreet Londo..

Western Australia 1928. Out on the Tolhurst farmstead Detective Constable Hartley is working on his ..

February 1918. Detective Inspector Harvey Marmion and Detective Sergeant Joe Keedy are pulled from t..

Despite many years living in South Devon DI Wesley Peterson has never visited the tiny island of St ..

When aspiring travel writer Chloé Campbell is invited aboard a luxury airship flying to the North P..

Laurel Nightingale wants to start again. However after discovering a dead body shortly after arrivin..

After losing her sister to a drug overdose Chief Superintendent Jo Howe is desperate to tackle the w..

Cheryl Davidson was happy with husband Leo watching her beloved son Dean grow into a handsome young ..

Lieutenant Eve Dallas and her husband Roarke are building a brand-new school and youth shelter hopin..

Iceland 1934: Two boys playing see something they shouldn't have. The consequences will haunt them a..

A high society Christmas Eve wedding at a remote Scottish castle sounds like the perfect winter geta..

Old spies grow ridiculous River. Old spies aren't much better than clowns. Or so David Cartwright us..

Harry Lucas and Guy were best friends when they were kids. But then they made a terrible mistake and..

Susan never imagined herself an amateur sleuth and she certainly never goes looking for trouble pr..

Hazel and Fox are an ordinary married couple with a baby. Except for one small thing: they're ex-ser..

A violent South London gang will be destroyed if Dan “Spider” Shepherd can gather enough evidenc..

WHO CAN YOU TRUST WHEN YOU CAN'T TRUST FAMILY?Sheltered and naïve Carmen Darby has lived under the ..

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

When Óttar Karlsson a wealthy and respected government official and businessman is found murdered a..

Argentina 1988. Human remains are found on a beach - a gruesome echo of when the tide brought home d..

September 1939. A city ruled by fear. A population brutalised by restrictions and reprisals. Amid th..

Agatha Raisin can think of nothing duller than a lecture on birdwatching. . . but events take a thri..

It's 1996. Detective Sergeant Tom Thorne is a haunted man. Haunted by the moment he ignored his inst..

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

It wasn't just a fall. It was a game… And Freddie Manning lost. Grieving father Harry Manning is d..