Susan Ryeland has had enough of murder. She?s edited two novels about the famous detective Atticus P�nd, and both times she?s come close to being killed. Now she?s back in England and she?s been persuaded to work on a third. The new ?continuation? novel is by Eliot Crace, grandson of Miriam Crace who was the biggest selling children?s author in the world until her death exactly 20 years ago. Eliot believes that Miriam was deliberately poisoned....

When Arthur Hayman, author of The Hayseed Chronicles, dies, a bizarre chain of events conspires to make his series of children's novels world-famous. But buried deep inside the books lie secrets that begin to shake Arthur's family - his son, Luke, reluctantly immortalized as the young hero; his daughter, Rachel, for whom the books are a hole through which her life has fallen; and his enigmatic wife, Martha, who knows that secrets are best kept well-hidden....

FROM THE #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB A brand new series. An iconic new detective team. And a thrilling new murder to solve . . . Steve Wheeler is enjoying retired life. He does the odd bit of investigation work, but he prefers his familiar habits and routines: the pub quiz, his favourite bench, his cat waiting for him when he comes home. His days of adventure are over: adrenaline is daughter-in-law Amy?s business now. Amy Wheeler...

All murder mysteries follow a simple set of rules. In the 1930s, Grant McAllister, a mathematics professor turned author, worked them out, hiding their secrets in a book of crime stories. Then Grant disappeared. Thirty years later, ambitious editor Julia Hart arrives on a secluded island. She intends to republish these mysteries and she?s finally tracked Grant down. But there?s something curious about his seven murderous tales. The stories? secrets...