Introducing the three unlikeliest sleuths you'll ever meet... Every Thursday, three retired school teachers have their ?coffee o?clock? sessions at the Thirsk Garden Centre caf�. But one fateful week, as they are catching up with a slice of cake, they bump into their ex-colleague, Topsy. By the next Thursday, Topsy?s dead. The last thing Liz, Thelma and Pat imagined was that they would become involved in a murder. But they know there?s more to Topsy?s...

The first in a sparkling new 1950s seaside mystery series, featuring sharp-eyed former nun Nora Breen. In a house like Gulls Nest, curiosity might prove fatal . . . After thirty years in a convent, Nora Breen has thrown off her habit. Her fellow sister Frieda has gone missing and it's up to Nora to find her. Nora's only clue is that Frieda was last seen at Gulls Nest boarding house. So she travels down to the seaside town of Gore-on-Sea, takes a room...

Open the safe deposit box. Inside you will find research material for a true crime book. You must read the documents, then make a decision. Will you destroy them? Or will you take them to the police? Everyone knows the sad story of the Alperton Angels: the cult who brainwashed a teenage girl and convinced her that her newborn baby was the anti-Christ. Believing they had a divine mission to kill the infant, they were only stopped when the girl came...

In 1881 Chicago, the idea of a female detective is virtually unheard of. But when famed crime buster Allan Pinkerton opens his agency's doors to a handful of women, one intrepid actress with her own troubled past is driven to defy convention and take on a new and dangerous role. . . Since the age of eleven, when her mother was murdered, the life of the theater is all Lilly Long has known. Now twenty-two, she has blossomed into an accomplished Shakespearean...

Steph Williams is excited to get her hands stuck into her latest gardening project. This time, she's been commissioned by Lady Clara of Ashford Manor to restore the stately gardens to their former glory. But the estate is suddenly thrown into chaos when a dead body is discovered in one of the rooms. The police rule it as suicide, though Steph's convinced they're barking up the wrong tree. For she knows the deceased better than they do and it could...

For Karen Friedman's family, bad luck is just the beginning. It starts with her husband Charlie's investments going wrong & the death of a family pet. Then one day Charlie takes the train to work - straight into a lethal terrorist blast.

Books 4-6 in the Ryder and Loveday series from million-copy bestseller Faith Martin in one volume! A Fatal Secret A young boy is found dead at the bottom of a well. It looks like a tragic accident - but Ryder and Loveday suspect otherwise... A Fatal Truth When a garden shed goes up in flames with someone trapped inside, WPC Trudy Loveday and the coroner are sent to investigate... A Fatal Affair Ryder and Loveday must crack the case when a young girl...

'I LOVE THIS SERIES!' ELLY GRIFFITHS 'TIMELY, GRITTY AND DARK' PAULA HAWKINS When the dead are silent, she will be their voice . . . Goth-girl mortuary technician Cassie Raven has seen thousands of dead bodies but when a drowned man knocks against the hull of her canalboat, it's a bit too close to home. Cassie is grappling with the loss of her 'gift' - her conviction that she could sense the last thoughts of the dead - and at first the mystery man...

The perfect gift for fans of Agatha Christie and classic crime this Christmas. THIS CHRISTMAS IS TO DIE FOR . . . LET THE GAME BEGIN Lily Armitage never intended to return to Endgame House - the grand family home where her mother died twenty-one Christmases ago. Until she receives a letter from her aunt, asking her to return to take part in an annual tradition: the Christmas Game. The challenge? Solve twelve clues, to find twelve keys. The prize?...

Blood Runs Deep in the Northern Streets. Danger Lurks Within and Without. After a year in psychiatric care, Detective Inspector Erasmus Bukowski is finally on the mend. But when a body surfaces on the cliffs of his hometown, he faces an impossible choice: stay safe in recovery or risk his mental health to solve the case? Still haunted by the unsolved disappearance of a young girl, Bukowski knows he can't walk away. Secrecy and lies have poisoned his...