The crime was committed on stage at the Unicorn Theatre, when an unloaded gun fired a very real bullet. The victim was Arthur Surbanadier, an actor clawing his way to stardom using blackmail...

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...

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...

Lake Waihoe, New Zealand was the ideal place for the world–famous soprano to rest after her triumphant tour. Chief Superintendent Alleyn and his wife were among the house guests. But after a...

Troy Alleyn wasn’t sure why she accepted the commission to paint the portrait of the well-known actor Sir Henry Ancred. She arrived at Ancreton Manor to find Sir Henry in poor health and...

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...

Dreams of stardom had lured Martyn Tarne from far-away New Zealand to make the dreary, soul-destroying round of West End agents and managers in search of work. The Vulcan Theatre had been her last...

Most people who get promoted at work are pleased, but for Detective Sergeant Jessica Daniel it comes with the knowledge that she is replacing her mentor who was stabbed in a bar fight. She barely...

Two stand-alone BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramas adapted by Alexander McCall Smith from his much-loved seriesWarm, humorous and uplifting, Alexander McCall Smith’s hugely popular novels featuring...

Whilst relaxing with her husband at the Majestic pool one hot August bank holiday, Harriet Martens does not expect the refreshing glass of Campari soda at her side to conceal a deadly drug. When...

The theatrical tour is going well, the audiences have been enthusiastic, and so it is hardly surprising that there’s a good atmosphere at the after–performance party. One of the many guests is...

It was a horrible death – Maurice Questing was lured into a pool of boiling mud and left there to die. Chief Inspector Roderick Alleyn, far from home on a wartime quest for German agents, knew...

When Dr Susan Chandler’s radio talk show explores the phenomenon of women who disappear and are later found to have become victims of killers who prey on the lonely and insecure, she exposes...

When Troy Alleyn is commissioned to paint the portrait of Hilary Bill-Tasman, she finds herself involved in a Christmas country-house party of a most unusual kind. If Hilary herself is eccentric,...

Back in Washington DC after successful missions in Edinburgh and Tangier, assassin Will Robie sees his latest assignment, to eliminate a US government employee, go badly wrong. But what had she...