Sorted on book title (not in series order)
Darian Richards is an ex-cop, a good one. He did whatever it took to solve a crime and stop the bad guy. Whatever it took! But after sixteen years as the head of Victoria's Homicide Squad, he'd had enough of promising victims' families he'd find the answers they needed. He had to walk away...Read more
A complex banking scheme combines with a top-secret plan to rescue the Czar in a mixture of fact and fiction, which moves between the Russia of 1918 and contemporary LondonRead more
A Greek gambling boss asks Paul Martiny to help him collect a large debt owed by Mike Morgan, Martiny's distant cousinRead more
Three friends witness a terrifying fire that kills a Japanese painter when they are very young, and after growing up with the memory, one of them could be responsible for a chain of deadly arsonsRead more
When people in Edinburgh need to borrow money, they go to Cooper. When they don't pay it back, they get a visit from Joe Hope. But now, Joe's got troubles of his own. His teenage daughter's been found dead, an apparent suicide. Then the police arrest him for murder. But, for once, Joe is...Read more
Jim Meldrum is convinced that the wrong man languishes in jail for the chilling murder of an elderly man 15 years before. Meanwhile his teenage daughter and her boyfriend are suing the police for beating them up during a student demonstration. Gradually the two cases become inextricably...Read more
The thirteenth of May is famously the unluckiest day of the year. Sergeant Caleb Martin of Kingsmarkham CID had no idea just how terminally unlucky it would prove, as he embarked upon his last day on earth...
Ten months later, Wexford is confronted with a murder scene of horrific...Read more
1970s Afghanistan: Twelve-year-old Amir is desperate to win the local kite-fighting tournament and his loyal friend Hassan promises to help him. But neither of the boys can foresee what would happen to Hassan that afternoon, an event that is to shatter their lives. After the Russians invade...Read more
The knocker hung on a very special door - oak, heavy, with a late-Gothic arch, and apparently a late-Gothic curse. Then the door was moved from an old house, once an abbey, to the village church. Legend held that sinners who seized the knocker had their hands burned by the cold iron. But...Read more
"And in Edinburgh of all places. I mean, you never think of that sort of thing happening in Edinburgh, do you ...?"
'That sort of thing' is the brutal abduction and murder of two young girls. And now a third is missing, presumably gone to the same sad end. Detective Sergeant John...Read more
Fraud Squad detective Patrick Aitken's efforts to stop a bungled robbery cost him his career, so he leaves Sydney for a reclusive life in the Blue Mountains. Lured back to the bright lights for a night out with his ex-partner, he stumbles over a carpark bashing that changes his life, and...Read more
Frustrated, transplanted Aussie Kylie Kendall mostly hangs out with her secretary and samples LA nightlife. Owning half a detective agency is boring when your partner won’t let you detect. But twins Alf and Chica Hartnidge, hosts of Australian hit children TV show The Oz Mob ask...Read more
Given a round-the-world trip by the citizens of the midwestern city where he serves as police chief, Bartram Krumnagel accidentally shoots a Scotsman in an British pub, and finds himself charged with murderRead more
Hercule Poirot and his classical namesake had more than a little in common. Both the brilliant detective and the mythical hero had rid the world of numerous pests to the substantial benefit of society.
Before he retires, Poirot takes on twelve more cases, ranging from the affair...Read more
David Audley is an unlikely spy. True, he works for England's Ministry of Defense, but strictly as a back-room man, doing meticulous research on the Middle East. This new assignment, then, comes as something of a surprise: A WWII-era British cargo plane has been discovered at the bottom of...Read more
Miss Silver is hired by Allegra Trent's grandmother to investigate Geoffrey Trent's finances and becomes involved in the investigation of the mysterious death of Margot, Geoffrey's young ward. Through her keen intellect and uncanny understanding of human nature, Miss Silver reveals the...Read more
When his uncle, Sir Michael Audley marries a beautiful and enigmatic young woman, Richard suppresses his misgivings. But the strange behaviours of Lady Audley and the suspicious disappearance of his friend, George Talboys, lead him to explore her mysterious past – with grave consequences...Read more
Dany Longo is blonde, beautiful, disturbed, passionate--and nearsighted. As she speeds through the south of France in a purloined Thunderbird on an errand for her employer and his wife, no one, including Dany herself, knows where she is headed--or why she is going there.Read more
Martin Urban is a quiet bachelor with a comfortable life, free of worry and distractions. When he unexpectedly comes into a small fortune, he decides to use his newfound wealth to help out those in need. Finn also leads a quiet life, and comes into a little money of his own. Normally, their...Read more
What is the Lake Frome Monster? Why are the aborigines so terrified of it? and what dreadful part did it really play in the sudden death of a former roving reporter?
When inspector Napoleon Bonaparte is called in, everything goes against him.
There is even a...Read more
"Debate rages when Trevor Lamb, convicted five years ago for the brutal murder of his wife, is released with a pardon. Passions run high, especially in Hope's End, the tiny rural backwater that is home to the notorious Lamb clan.
When, twenty-four hours after his release, Trevor...Read more
Vegetation grows out of the mouths of stone angels, and sheep wander through the chapel. For Iphigenia, Margarita and Carla, the rhythm of nature and the rituals of the Church have joined to make an encompassing whole.
They pray, they do their daily tasks and, at the nightly...Read more
The protagonist of the title is an unsuccessful crime writer who becomes embroiled in a real-life situation when a union organiser from the Phillipines is murdered in Sydney. This is the first novel from the author, who has recently also published an autobiography, TA Map of Days: Life on...Read more
Beautiful Sylvia Kaye and another young woman had been seen hitching a ride not long before Sylvia's bludgeoned body is found outside a pub in Woodstock, near Oxford. Morse is sure the other hitchhiker can tell him much of what he needs to know. But his confidence is shaken by the cool...Read more
The best-selling science fiction humorist Douglas Adams accompanies a world-class zoologist on an around-the-world trip in search of exotic, endangered creatures. By turns hilarious and poignant, this is a treat for Adams fans and anyone who cares about Earth's wildlife.Read more
The last ditch hidden behind a hedge, is a sheer drop, murderously deep—especially when someone stretches a wire across to trip a horse.
The last to jump is a young stablehand, who is duly crushed beneath several stone of well-groomed mare.
The last straw for...Read more
When the Black Death enters England through the port in Dorsetshire in June 1348, no one knows what manner of sickness it is—or how it spreads and kills so quickly. The Church cites God as the cause, and fear grips the people as they come to believe that the plague is a punishment for...Read more
From the author of What's a Girl Gotta Do? comes the hilarious new adventure of Robin Hudson. On paper at least, things couldn't be better for Robin Hudson, the sassy, young Rita Hayworth-looking, sexy; and opinionated tabloid TV reporter for All News Network. Suddenly successful, she gets...Read more
Detective Alec Probyn has his enemies too. His recent stand on police violence has led to his being suspended from duty.
He has a growing suspicion that a vicious crime is about to be committed. All the more disturbing as the suspect and victim are both members of his own...Read more
Lorraine Preston’s brother, Michael, was sent down for life for the murder of their father — and now he’s being allowed out for their mother’s funeral. A hardened criminal, Michael Preston is the last person Resnick wants back on the streets, especially now when Resnick is struggling to...Read more