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

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 ..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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