May 1915. With thousands of Britons fighting in the trenches a severely depleted police force remain..

A suspicious funeral a fatal encounter at a garden centre of all places and a country walk marred by..

In the beautiful rural Somerset village of Lower Hembrow crammed full with English eccentrics someth..

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

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

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

Judy Carrier hotshot lawyer at Rosato & Associates has always championed the underdog. When her aunt..

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

The discovery of two teenage girls’ bodies and a video of a snuff movie showing the death of one o..

Having landed a small part in a new West End play The Habit of Faith Charles Paris is dismayed to di..

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

Karen Slocombe isn’t sure why she visited SuperFare that day - as a committed member of the Food C..

Fiona Gardner was murdered six years ago in what appeared to be an open-and-shut case. The man conde..

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

As the villagers of Three Pines prepare for a special celebration Armand Gamache and Jean-Guy Beauvo..

When irascible farmer Guy Beardon meets a very dirty death in his own farmyard it seems like an acci..

A young local student has apparently committed suicide. Her body is found in an abandoned car on a l..

Following a gruelling operation in Paris Liz Carlyle's bosses post her to MI5's counter-espionage de..

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

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

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

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

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

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

Fredrik Welin is a 70-year-old retired doctor. Years ago he retreated to the Swedish archipelago whe..

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

For vicar’s wife Dorothea Cassidy Thursdays were special. Every week she would look forward to the..

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

Olav lives the lonely life of a fixer. When you 'fix' people for a living - terminally - it's hard t..

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

Monday: five-year-old Matthew Faraday is abducted. His face is splashed across newspapers. His paren..

The traditional Appleby Horse Fair hosts the largest gathering of Gypsies and Travellers in Europe. ..

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

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

When English teacher Gemma Lamb's school flat is wrecked by spring storms maverick headmistress Hair..

Selma Falck's personal life and career as a lawyer have hit rock bottom. That is until Hege Chin Mor..

On their first night in Paris the Gamaches gather for a family dinner with Armand's godfather the bi..

In January 1927 - still recovering from the harrowing circumstances surrounding her disappearance a ..

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

Three killers are on the rampage in the capital and dead bodies are piling up almost as fast as the ..

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

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

Professional declutterer Ellen Curtis doesn't need to like her clients to help them sort their homes..

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

The suicide of William Goldacre is devastating to those left behind. But what was the cause of his t..

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

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

When the body of a herdsman is discovered in a farm building Detective Sergeant Den Cooper is more t..

Private investigator Kitt Hartley and her twin sister Rebecca are preparing for a holiday in Scotlan..

Winter has come early to the tiny Siberian village of Roslazny but for Olga Pushkin aspiring writer ..

Twenty-five years ago Stella Guzzo beat her daughter to death and then walked up the street to play ..

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

Susan didn't plan on being an amateur sleuth and after two successful investigations she's looking f..

When a woman is burned to death in Grandal Field in Devon it seems like a case of mistaken identity...

Recovering from a near-fatal shooting and tormented by memories of a world beyond this one Parker ha..

The peace of Kielder Water is shattered when tourists open a barrel they found floating in the reser..

Jerome Burnel was once a hero. He intervened to prevent multiple killings and in doing so damned him..

When Alexandra Richards approaches professional declutterer Ellen Curtis to ask her to help sort out..

London 1870: A Hungarian immigrant is found dead with a bayonet through his heart his fingers broken..

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

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

When the body of Pauline Brent is found hanging from a yew tree in a local graveyard DS Wesley Peter..

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

The affluent seaside resort of Smalting is unaccustomed to crime. So when human remains are found be..

Young Tom French was found dead lying in a marsh on the Norfolk coast with his head bashed in and hi..

Survival. It's all down to who you trust. Aiden O'Hara has been head of the family since he was kid ..

Agatha Christie in London to visit her agent boards a train preoccupied in the knowledge that her hu..

A winning horse. A fierce rivalry. A sudden death. Belinda Sandford thrills to the cheers of the cro..

Thea reconnects with her friend Emmy while on a visit to the church in Baunton near Cirencester with..

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

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

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

Steven Lamb digs holes on Exmoor hoping to lay to rest the ghost of his uncle who disappeared aged 1..

There is excitement in the air as the travelling theatre arrives in Seal Bay. When The Spriggan Trav..

When DS Charlotte Banks is suspended from the police on suspicion of assaulting a suspect in the bur..

A handsome if slightly shabby stone house in Upper Oddington is home to Umberto Kingley as well as h..

When a woman is burned to death in Grandal Field in Devon it seems like a case of mistaken identity...

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

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

It is deep winter. The darkness is unending. The private detective named Jaycob Eklund has vanished ..

Gardner’s Hill in Western Australia is a sleepy remote town. It is home to Police Sergeant Chandle..

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

Who hanged the headmaster in the playground on the night of the school Hallowe'en Party? Almost ever..

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

Ten years ago Oz Blackstone movie icon died tragically while filming in remote Guatemala; mourned by..

The nun is dead her body lies on the mayor's lawn. And it isn't alone. There are four of them altoge..

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