Mystery lovers will be thrilled to become acquainted with the brilliant Inspector Wilkins of the Westshire Constabulary. In these three gripping cases, set in the 1930s, the Inspector has some perplexing crimes to solve. Will he uncover who has been murdering guests at Lord Burford’s house party, and can he solve the murder of the body in the lake? These spectacular whodunnits are ideal for fans of Miss Marple, Poirot and even Inspector Morse!
Grant and Kim Roxby had hoped that their first dinner party would make an impression on their new neighbours. The next day it’s certainly the talk of the town, for their guests - including their old friend Jude - who had been rudely interrupted by a gruesome discovery. A human torso hidden in the cellar, to be exact! Jude and her partner in crime, Carole, begin to question the locals and they can’t help but wonder why a town so notoriously distrustful of outsiders is proving so terribly amenable to their enquiries… Set in a village called Fethering where the murder rate is climbing steadily, Simon Brett’s very English mysteries star a pair of amateur sleuths and unravel with satisfying elegance and plenty of urbane wit.
Jacob Hunt is a teenager - brilliant at maths, extraordinarily organised and with a wicked sense of humour. But Jacob has Asperger’s and when his tutor is found dead, all the hallmark behaviours of Jacob’s syndrome start looking a lot like guilt to the police. And Jacob’s mother must ask herself the hardest question in the world: is her child capable of murder? Another topical bestseller from Jodi Picoult whose unique marriage of thorny issues with riveting storylines has made her a household name.
When the horribly mutilated body of a were-panther is found, Sookie agrees to use her telepathic talent to track down the murderer. What she doesn’t realise is that there’s a far greater danger threatening Bon Temps - a race of unhuman beings, older, more powerful and far more secretive than the vampires or the werewolves, is preparing for war… Dead and Gone is the latest book in the bestselling True Blood series.
They are the Reapers, the elite among killers. Men so terrifying that their names are mentioned only in whispers. The assassin Louis is one of them. But now Louis, and his partner, Angel, are themselves targets. And there is no shortage of suspects. A wealthy recluse sends them north to a town that no longer exists on a map. A town ruled by a man with very personal reasons for wanting Louis’s blood spilt. There they find themselves trapped, isolated, and at the mercy of a killer feared above all others: the assassin of assassins, Bliss. Thanks to former detective Charlie Parker, help is on its way. But can Angel and Louis stay alive long enough for it to reach them?
From the acclaimed master of action and suspense come three very different but equally exciting and gripping adventures. Travel with Alistair Maclean to the high-octane world of 1970s Formula One, the Gypsy Caravans of Provence and the world’s greatest circus in Cold War Europe… Hang on to your seat, wherever you go with Alistair Maclean, the journey is guaranteed to be fast and furious!
In this collection, Bernard Knight combines his 40-year career as a Home Office pathologist, during which he performed over 25,000 autopsies, with an encyclopedic knowledge of the 12th century to deliver an immensely gripping series of medieval thrillers that will appeal to all fans of the murder mystery genre. Featuring Crowner John, Devon’s first county coroner, the series twists and turns through a range of malicious murders and sinister threats and set against an incredibly authentic backdrop, the plots quickly absorb the reader and leave them guessing to each satisfyingly unexpected ending. This collection will certainly provide enough fuel to feed the addiction of a murder mystery fan throughout the long dark winter!
Starring a fine cast of characters from Bulldog Drummond and Carruthers to Sherlock Holmes and Gabriel Syme, fans of crime fiction will be delighted to get their hands on this fabulous set of classics. In addition to household names, like Arthur Conan Doyle, Charles Dickens and Edgar Allan Poe, you’ll also find lesser known - but equally worthy - inclusions, such as Mary Elizabeth Braddon’s classic Victorian spine-tingler Lady Audley’s Secret and G.K. Chesterton’s chilling and spellbinding classic The Man Who Was Thursday. Each one a masterpiece in its own right, as a collection the ten crime classics come together to form a library of some of the best ever books published in this genre. Miss it at your peril!
There’s no holiday from crime for PC Hamish Macbeth. He has a full agenda of things he has to make right before the church bells toll… there’s a frightened old woman who needs help, stolen holiday goods to be retrieved and the town needs a great big dose of good old-fashioned festive cheer.
Six years in the writing, The Lost Symbol is Dan Brown’s extraordinary sequel to his internationally best-selling Robert Langdon thrillers, Angels & Demons and The Da Vinci Code. Nothing is ever what it first appears in a Dan Brown novel.
Set over a breathtaking 12 hour time span, the book’s narrative takes the reader on an exhilarating journey through a masterful and unexpected landscape as Professor of Symbology, Robert Langdon, is once again called into action. Expertly researched and written with breakneck pace, The Lost Symbol once again demonstrates why Dan Brown is the world’s best-selling thriller writer.