It was 2.47am when Chief Inspector Alan Banks arrived at the barn and saw the body of Keith Rothwell for the first time.
Only hours earlier two masked men had walked the mild-mannered accountant out of his farmhouse and blasted him with a shotgun. It was clinical. Clearly this is...Read more
Things are looking up for Janusz Kiszka, big-hearted 'fixer' to London's Poles. His girlfriend/the love of his life, Kasia, is finally leaving her no-good husband to make a new life with him, and he's on the brink of a deal to ensure their financial security for years to come. Then Kasia...Read more
For Nina O’Connell, a trip round the world was the holiday of a lifetime. Travelling in a group led by the attractive James Kiley and his friend Tony Shawfield, she is surprised when she runs into an old flame on a sunny Amsterdam street. But Robert Renwick, ex-army major attached to NATO,...Read more
When Cabinet Minister Charles Scott commits suicide, his psychotherapist, Sam Keddie, is consumed with guilt. But then a shadowy Government official visits, demanding details of his sessions with Scott. Bound by client confidentiality, Keddie refuses to help.
Guilt is soon the...Read more
A collection of crime and mystery stories on the subject of drink and drinking. The authors featured include Edgar Allan Poe, Roald Dahl, Michael Gilbert, Geoffrey Household, Kingsley Amis, Somerset Maugham, Joan Aiken, A.A. Milne, Margery Allingham and Ruth Rendell.Read more