The coat was expensive. A woman's cashmere coat with the maker's name 'Margo' prominently displayed, it was dropped into the back of Paul Temple's car - possibly by the people responsible for the...

Autumn in Paradise, Massachusetts, is usually an idyllic time - but not this year. A Hollywood movie company has come to town, and brought with it a huge cast, crew, and a troubled star. Marisol...

Having delivered a particularly stirring speech at his recently deceased colleague’s funeral, Monsieur Pamplemousse is more than a little disturbed when the coffin explodes during the ceremony....

The Chinese government wanted advice on crime prevention and detection, and Scotland Yard’s Chief Superintendent Howard Fortune has assembled a team that includes the best detection experts, bar...

Poor Charles Paris: as an actor, he is reaching rock-bottom; but as a detective, he’s brilliant, as he demonstrates again in his latest adventure.


He is now reaching the lowest...

Ex-detective Nick Charles plans to spend a quiet Christmas holed up in a hotel suite with his glamorous wife Nora, their pet Schnauzer and a case of good Scotch. But then a bullet-riddled corpse...

Henry Parker Britland IV is wealthy and worldly—a beloved former president who is enjoying early retirement. His new wife, Sunday, is beautiful, smart and has just been elected to Congress in a...

Set in Venice, two unsuspecting tourists - Colin and Mary - are vulnerable prey for those who know their way around. When searching for a restaurant, the couple encounter a polite man called...

Early one September three friends spend the weekend at a remote cabin by Dead Water Lake. With only a pale moon to light their way, they row across the water in the middle of the night. But only...

Suffering from bald patches thanks to a hair conditioner spiked with depilatory cream – supplied by the murderess in her last investigation – Agatha escapes to the coastal resort of Wyckhadden...

At Mullion Castle, sumptuous stately home, we meet the Earl and his family, who include his delightful daughters Patty and Boosie, and dotty Great-aunt Camilla.

Old school chum, Charles...

The body found under the hedge was that of a middle-aged woman. The grey eyes were wide and staring, and in them Detective Chief Inspector Wexford thought he saw a sardonic gleam. But that must...

On Friday next, pub owner Jack Steadman would hang for the murder of Alfie Goode, drunkard and ne'er-do-well. The case was open-and-shut to everyone but Miss Harriet Unwin, who had less than a...

Tidying up the famous yew tree hedge at Aumerle Court was never Pete Carter’s favourite job. He liked it even less this Monday morning when he reached the exact centre of the maze – an...

There were two things seriously wrong when someone found Mr Meredith in the library of Ornum House and greeted him with a 'Good morning'. For one thing, it was five o'clock in the afternoon; and...