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In the war-torn lands of Yorkshire lives a wealthy merchant in his castle. When an imposter tries to sneak into the castle and is killed by bloodthirsty lions, Delchard and Bret determine to find out what he had been searching for .

1898, Glasgow. A man is found stabbed to death but the police are struggling to grasp any leads. Can Juan Cameron, photographer-cum-sleuth, bring to light what the eye may overlook?

London, 1817. A man is shot outside of Covent Garden Theatre. Was Sir Roger Mellanby MP, a spearhead for social reform, really the intended target of the shooting? Twin detectives Paul and Peter Skillen are tasked to find the assassin.

With her husband away on business, Amory Ames is alone at her country house Thornecrest, preparing for the arrival of their baby. When a woman appears also claiming to be Milo's wife, Amory is sure there must be a mistake, but with secret identities, whirlwind romances, and a murder, suddenly events are spiralling out of control.

When Ricolde, 'the finest whore in Worcester', is found butchered on an island a few miles up the River Severn, can Bradecote and Catchpoll discover the killer's identity?

When there is a land dispute over Archenfield in Hertfordshire, Delchard and Bret are sent to settle it. But when the principle witness is murdered, things become less straightforward .

The village of Maldon is controlled by the Fitzcorbucion family, led by wealthy bully Hamo Fitzcorbucion, the lord of Blackwater Castle. When Hamo's son is found murdered, he demands justice and will stop at nothing to get it.

Juno Browne must unmask a killer claiming to be Cutty Dyer, a blood-drinking demon from Dartmoor folklore.

When widow Simone leaves Australia to do a house swap with a couple in the UK, she meets Russ who's looking for some peace and quiet after an accident. Can they help each other build new lives?

June 1144. When the naked corpse of an unknown man is discovered and the Prince of Powys's messenger fails to reach Earl Robert of Gloucester, Bradecote, Catchpoll and Walkelin head to Wales to confirm his identity, and piece together evidence that the dead man deserved a noose rather than a dagger.

When Jane Roberts' husband, Bert, deserts her and their three children, the future looks bleak. With a helping hand and some fresh opportunities she manages to turn things around, but is Bert truly out of the picture?

When Jed is asked to use his spiritual gift to solve the brutal murder of a friend's brother, he finds himself dragged into dangerous family secrets that threaten them all.

When a pacifist is found murdered, questions are raised: why did the man have a loaded revolver? Did he have enemies? As DI Jago digs deep into the man's past, it seems like more than one person might have had a motive for murder.

Mary Dutton is accused of killing her husband by poison, though there aren't many who dispute her involvement in his death. The police see it as an open-and-shut case, and even those protesting for her freedom believe she committed the act, but is innocent of wrongdoing after suffering years of domestic abuse.Since his recent success in the high-profile Dryden case catapulted him to the front pages of the national press, unassuming Yorkshireman Arthur Skelton is now one of the most celebrated and recognisable barristers in the land. His services are much in demand and, despite the odds, he agrees to represent Mary Dutton.Yet with a general election on the horizon and both sides of the political divide keen to turn the Dutton case to their advantage, as well as long-held secrets within the Dutton family itself, can Skelton ever really expose the truth?

During an air raid, the body of a young woman is found, strangled. DI Jago suspects that she had a secret and was mixed up in an underworld of criminal activity.

Cote d'Azur, summer 1925. Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes find themselves in a world of sun and jazz, fortune and friendship, childlike pleasures and grown up sins .

Aspiring novelist Jessica Lord is disappointed to meet her favourite author and discover that he's rude and arrogant. But it seems their paths are destined to cross .

First published as Fifth ColumnSeptember, 1940. As the Blitz takes its nightly toll on London and Hitler prepares his invasion fleet just across the Channel in occupied France, Britain is full of talk about enemy agents. Suspicion is at an all time high and no one is sure who can be trusted.In Canning Town, rescue workers are unsettled when they return to a damaged street and discover a body that shouldn't be there. When closer examination of the corpse reveals death by strangling, Detective Inspector John Jago is called upon to investigate. But few seem to really care about the woman's death - not even her family. As Jago digs deeper he starts to uncover a trail of deception, betrayal, and romantic entanglements...

On the first night of the Blitz, the body of local Justice of the Peace Charles Villiers is found in the back of a van, but a bomb destroys the evidence. As DI Jago does some investigations, it appears that many people may have wanted Villiers dead.

DI Owen Sheen is determined to restore the professional reputation of suspended DC Aoife McCusker, and to solve the case of the boy found buried in the Irish boglands. But it's not going to be easy...

After the murder of an unidentifiable woman at the Manchester Museum, Daniel Wilson and Abigail Fenton are sent in to investigate.

When the Natural History Museum hires Daniel Wilson and Abigail Fenton to investigate the destruction of a fossilised dinosaur skeleton, they are slightly reluctant- vandalism is not their speciality. But then an attendant in the dinosaur room is found murdered.

After moving into a leisure village in Wiltshire, Cassie was looking forward to some peace. But when a girl arrives claiming to be her granddaughter, the door to the past is wrenched painfully open.

Halloween 1861. A special train with two carriages steams across the Lake District at night on its way to a place notorious for its record of supernatural incidents, and this journey is no exception...

A tale of war, treachery and divided loyalties, The Straits of Treachery is set in Sicily during the turbulent years of the Napoleonic Wars.

1898. When Juan's photographer father is killed whilst working in Cuba, his last photos reveal that the death was no accident. Juan returns to his family in Scotland, but when his own interest in photography helps the police solve a crime, suddenly he is involved in the hunt for a serial killer.

Amory Ames is excited to be travelling to New York where she will be her childhood friend's bridesmaid. But when a member of the wedding party is found murdered on the front steps of the bride's home, the happy plans take a darker twist.

Thea Osborne is thanking her lucky stars. After two disastrous housesitting incidents in which she unwittingly became embroiled in murder and mayhem, she is only too happy to have a bit of time to concentrate on her blossoming releationship with DI Phil Hollis. The couple has retreated to Phil's late aunt's cottage in Cold Aston, and other than the odd interruption from his childhood acquaintance, the eccentric Ariadne, they look forward to some peace and quiet.But the bad luck that plagues the hapless Thea and her beloved spaniel Hepzibah is never far away. With autumn drawing in, preparations for Samhain, the pagan origin of Halloween, are well underway when Ariadne discovers a very tangible reminder of the season of death: a body laid out like a sacrificial victim on Notgrove Barrow.It soon becomes apparent that the cosy village has more than its share of secrets. But just how far will some go to keep them hidden?

Sisters Mattie, Nell and Renie have all managed to escape their bullying father, but now separated, the girls must draw upon their courage to build new lives for themselves. Renie, the youngest sister, is happy in her waitressing job at the King's Head Hotel. But a shadow falls over her the day Mr Judson arrives as assistant manager.

When Jessica is cast out of her family home, she meets a charming trawlerman who is proud to know her despite her brother's bad reputation among the fisherman. But will Jessica be able to weather the difficult times ahead?