Inspector Ghote embarks on one of his strangest cases when he is ordered to prevent a murder – the killing of a precious flamingo in the Bombay zoo. And then there is the racehorse, fancied to...

In a riveting new thriller from America’s Queen of Suspense, a young woman is ensnared into returning to a place she had wanted to leave behind forever – her childhood home. There, at the age...

'Death on the Air & Other Stories' serves both as the perfect introduction to Ngaio Marsh and as a nostalgic journey for the aficionado. It is the only collection of Ngaio Marsh short stories,...

Two stand-alone BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramas adapted by Alexander McCall Smith from his much-loved series.

Warm, humorous and uplifting, Alexander McCall Smith’s hugely popular...

For forty-six years Sterling Brooks has been awaiting his summons into Heaven. A few days before Christmas, the day of judgement finally arrives. The Heavenly Council settles on a test for...

When the body of a young girl is found dumped on the banks of the Thames, even the police are shocked by the brutality of her murder. Horrifically mutilated, severed in half and drained of blood,...

Winner of the CWA Duncan Lawrie Dagger Award

Marianne Shearer is at the height of her career, a successful barrister, respected by her peers and revered by her clients. She has...

Kay Lansing was the daughter of the landscape gardener to the wealthy and powerful Carrington family.

One morning, six-year-old Kay sneaks into a chapel in the grounds of the...

Margaret and Steve Frawley celebrate the third birthday of their twin girls Kelly and Kathy with an afternoon party in their new home. That evening, they attend a black-tie dinner. On returning...

The music rose to a climax. Lord Pastern aimed his revolver and fired. The figure in the spotlight fell and what had been intended as a coup-de-théâtre had become murder...

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The crime of rape calls out for vengeance, but when the accused is a police officer the outcry and the penalty are worse. Prosecutor Helen West doesn’t even like the officer accused, the...

Harriet Martens, named ‘The Hard Detective’ by the media because of her unrelenting opposition to every sort of evil-doing, has been secretly summoned to London to investigate corruption in...

Warm, humorous and uplifting, Alexander McCall Smith’s hugely popular novels featuring Precious Ramotswe, proprietor of Botswana’s only female private detective agency, have become...

Ex-SAS soldier Nick Stone is working in the USA when an old friend, Kevin, tips him off about the Canary Wharf bombing. Nick flies to see him, only to find that Kevin and his family have been...

Rachel Doe is a shy accountant at a low ebb in life when she meets charismatic Ivy Schneider, nee Wiseman, at her evening class and her life changes for the better. Ivy is her polar opposite:...