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Linda Wilson
Books reviewed by Linda Wilson
Robert B Parker's Old Black Magic
Boston PI Spenser is called in to investigate a theft, 20 years ago, from an art museum in the city and is soon plunged into the at times murky world of high-end art.
Reviewed on 13 July 2019 by Linda Wilson
Once a Pilgrim
Former SAS hard man John Carr is now working in private security, his army days behind him, or so he thinks, but some wars never entirely end, as events early in Carr's military career come back to haunt him and his former comrades.
When a young woman is found dead not long after a party, there's not exactly a shortage of possible suspects for DS Cat Kinsella to wade through.
When 13-year-old Ollie Turner's guardian is murdered, he's taken in by a group of kids living a separate life under the streets of London and has to fight to prevent chaos and destruction being brought to the city's streets.
The Body in the Castle Well
When the body of a rich and well-connected American art student is found down a well in the grounds of a castle, Bruno, Chief of Police, must work out whether she fell or was pushed.
Reviewed on 29 June 2019 by Linda Wilson
A Girl Called Justice
When Justice Jones arrives at her new boarding school, she fully expects to hate it, but then she discovers there's a murder to get her teeth into, and suddenly things don't seem quite so grim.
Inspector Betty Church is not pleased to be posted to the sleepy backwater town in Suffolk where she grew up, but when a murder enlivens Sackwater, Betty is promptly in her element again.
The Scandal
A stabbing in Newcastle city centre comes as a shock to DS Frankie Oliver when the victim turns out to be someone she knows.
The Colour of the Sun
It's not every day of the summer holidays that you get to see a dead body. And it's not every day that you think you know the killer.
11 Missed Calls
Anna's mother Debbie disappeared 30 years ago, but Anna has never stopped looking for her in her mind, as she clings to whatever scraps of information she can glean. Then a strange note casts doubt on everything Anna has been brought up to believe.
The Anarchists' Club
When a woman's body is found in a shallow grave with Leo Stanhope's address in her purse, the resulting investigation threatens Leo's carefully guarded secret.
The Woman in the Woods
A tree falls in the woods, exposing the body of woman who had given birth just before her death. Private investigator Charlie Parker is engaged to look into the circumstances of her death and the whereabouts of her child.
Unearthly Things
Newly-orphaned Janie Mason is transplanted from Hawaii to San Francisco following her parents' death, but there are strange undercurrents to life in her new family's opulent mansion.
Never Be Broken
Children are being stabbed and gunned down on the streets of London. DI Marnie Rome and DS Noah Jake are expected to get results, but Noah is struggling with his own problems, just when Marnie needs him the most.
Cruel Acts
When convicted murderer Leo Stone is allowed out of prison on licence while awaiting a fresh trial, another young woman disappears, leaving the finger of suspicion to point at him.
Potkin and Stubbs
Aspiring journalist, 12-year-old Lil Potkin, finds herself with an unusual partner as she sets out to discover what happened to a young boy who's gone missing.
A Private Business
Lee Arnold and his assistant Mumtaz Hakim are hired by former stand-up comedian Maria Peters who wants to know why she's being targeted by someone determined to make her question her own sanity.
Reviewed on 11 May 2019 by Linda Wilson
Ilyas Mian wants to draw comic book heroes rather than work in his dad's shop but until he meets Kelly Mathews, Ilyas keeps his ambition to himself. Kelly understands him like no one else, but unfortunately, she's attracted to Ilyas' friend Imran, and doesn't listen to the warnings she's given about him.
Dead Man's Daughter
When DI Meg Dalton finds a child in a bloodstained nightdress in woods and the child's father dead in the house with a cut throat, she doesn't want to believe the young girl is guilty of murder, but all the evidence seems to point to her.
When Laurie Bateman sees a man fall to his death in front of a tube train, she has a need to make sense of what happens. The police seem convinced it was suicide, but Laurie is certain that's not the case, and she becomes determined to carry out her own investigations.
A group of people are holed up in a Swiss hotel when the world as they know it ends. Historian Jon Keller provides a chronicle of events that unfold in the aftermath of the disaster.
Five teens are invited to a murder-mystery evening at an old house. The prize for the one who solves the puzzle is a valuable scholarship. They all want it, but none of them expects to have to contend with the mysterious Ringmaster.
Reviewed on 27 April 2019 by Linda Wilson
Gallowstree Lane
The death of a young gang member sparks off an investigation that threatens to collide with a long-running covert operation.
Shadows of Athens
When aspiring Athenian playwright Philocles finds a murder victim on his doorstep, he hopes it's nothing personal, but events soon prove otherwise.
The New Achilles
Former soldier Alexanor is now a healer priest in the sanctuary of Epidaurus in ancient Greece, but when the brutal reality of war ends up on his doorstep, his fate becomes bound up with the man who will become dubbed the new Achilles.
The Punk Factor
Seventeen-year-old Frankie is in a punk rock girl band with her best friend. To succeed in the music industry takes hard work, and that isn't something Frankie is good at.
When Bob Skinner is asked for help by his old friend Sir James Proud, he doesn't expect to find himself trying to decide if his friend really could have been involved in covering up a murder.
The Angry Sea
Former SAS sergeant John Carr is caught up in a terror attack whilst on holiday in Spain and ends up getting his wish – to track down and take out the men responsible for the atrocity.
Red Strike
The kidnap of a former Russian intelligence officer from a safe house sparks off a chain of events that sees former SAS operatives Bald and Porter called out of retirement again.
I Stop Somewhere
Ellie Frias is over the moon when rich, good-looking Caleb Breward takes an interest in her, but the fairytale romance soon turns to horror.
Reviewed on 30 March 2019 by Linda Wilson
The Chaos of Now
Teenager hacker Eli Bennett is asked by two schoolmates to join them in an attempt to win a prestigious coding competition – and they aren't prepared to take no for an answer.
A serial killer with a strange affinity for diamonds is at work in New York targeting couples seeking the perfect engagement ring. Criminalist Lincoln Rhyme is drafted in to help make sense of the brutal murders.
We Can See You
Brook Connor seems to have it all. But her life comes crashing down in ruins when her daughter is kidnapped. She can't go to the police, as the kidnappers say they can see everything she does. The trouble is, Brook doesn't even know if she can trust her own husband.
A simple valuation job turns out to be more complex than estate agent Don Challenor had expected.
The Grave's a Fine and Private Place
Flavia de Luce's family holiday is enlivened when she finds a dead body in the river. Naturally, she's determined to investigate.
A Killing Mind
A serial killer is at work, taking grisly trophies from his victims. DI Sean Corrigan's bosses want results, and they want them fast.
SAS trooper Matt Standing receives a plea for help from the sister of someone who once saved his life, and Standing isn't someone who can turn down a friend in need.
Fourteen-year-old Roxy and Kaine are twins. Roxy's ambition is to win Wimbledon, Kaine's is to play professional football. Together, they used to be unstoppable, but that was a long time ago.
A Lethal Frost
When a local bookmaker is shot in the head and seriously injured, Denton copper, DI Jack Frost, is under pressure from his boss to find the culprit as well as having to pacify his landlords by tracking down an escaped parrot.
Reviewed on 23 February 2019 by Linda Wilson
That's Not What Happened
Three years ago, a massacre at Virgil County High School left six traumatised teens struggling to make sense of what happened. Now survivor Lee Bauer wants the truth to be told. But the truth is not always welcomed with open arms.
Rivers of London: Water Weed
Drug dealing on the River Thames takes on an added dimension when a pair of river goddesses get involved.
A Clean Canvas
When a valuable painting goes missing from a London gallery, suspicion falls on Lena's cousin Sarika, but Lena is determined to clear her name and find the real culprit.
FBI agent Rob Barrett is brought in to help interview a woman who has confessed to being involved with the disappearance and murder of a woman and her boyfriend. Everyone else thinks she's an attention-seeking liar, but Barrett believes her – and stakes his career on his judgment.
My Secret YouTube Life
Lily has everything – the perfect life, the perfect boyfriend, three million followers on YouTube but, unseen by her fans, Lily's life is starting to unravel.
Florence Lovelady returns to the town that launched her police carer, but soon starts to fear that her first murder case might not have been as cut and dried as everyone had thought.
Dead Stock
Supermarket checkout worker Bea and her friend and colleague Ant are on the case of a cat killer in Kingsleigh.
Cold as the Grave
When the desiccated body of a child is found in an Edinburgh basement, it's immediately believed to be a cold case, but when that's proved to be incorrect, life gets complicated for DCI Tony McLean.
Poisoned Ground
London PI Lee Arnold is still struggling to make ends meet. He's been called in to track down a missing fraudster and Mumtaz Hakim has gone undercover at a psychiatric unit in an attempt to clear a former employee accused of terrorist activity.
Reviewed on 26 January 2019 by Linda Wilson
The new head of security at a mining base in Antarctica is told there'll be nothing for him to do, but that prediction is soon proved wrong in spectacular fashion.
Dan 'Spider' Shepherd puts his extraordinary memory to the test when he's tasked with the search for the terrorists behind a suicide bombing at a football stadium.
Ruin Beach
When the body of a diver is found in a sea cave on the island of Tresco in the Scillies, DI Ben Kitto is called in to investigate.
Talented hacker Nova is given the task of infiltrating one of the most powerful corporations on the planet.
In Strangers' Houses
Fall Down Dead
When a woman falls to her death in the fog on the bleak moorland of Kinder Scout, DI Ben Cooper is faced with the age-old question – did she fall or was she pushed?
Danny Black has been sent to Afghanistan on a mission to hunt and kill the Taliban, but soon finds that he's the one being hunted – for a war crime he didn't commit.
Rosie Loves Jack
Rosie loves Jack, but her father wants to keep them apart, especially when Jack is sent away to a special home in Brighton. But Rosie isn't prepared to give up on her boyfriend, even when he stops contacting her.
Detectives Renée Ballard and Harry Bosch work together to reopen a cold case in the hope of finally bringing the killer of a teenage runaway to justice.
The Break Line
Max McLean, an assassin for a shady unit operating on behalf of the British government, is sent to Sierra Leone to kill a rebel leader. But there's a lot he hasn't been told…
Reviewed on 08 December 2018 by Linda Wilson
Shay is searching for the truth about the deadly virus that has swept through the country. She believes the answers are to be found in Multiverse, an isolated community of survivors.
Rivers of London Volumes 1 - 3 Boxed Set
A boxed set of three graphic novels in the Rivers of London series featuring PC Peter Grant and the 'weird shit' that keeps him in a job.
Lies Sleeping
The Faceless Man is back and it's up to DC Peter Grant and his colleagues from the Folly to stop his latest murderous spree and stop him unleashing chaos on London.
The hunt for a missing ten-year-old girl intensifies when a second girl of the same age disappears. The police believe the two are connected, and DI Nick Dixon is called back from holiday to help the investigation,
Reviewed on 24 November 2018 by Linda Wilson
It Ends With You
When a murdered girl is found in woodland, suspicion immediately falls on her boyfriend. The police think they've got the killer, but others aren't so sure.
No Time To Cry
DC Constance Fairchild's undercover operation ends abruptly when she finds the dead body of her boss who's been tortured and shot in the head. Constance is determined to find his killers.
The Well of Ice
When the local pub burns down, the heart seems to have been ripped out of the small Irish town of Glendara. Matters get worse when local solicitor Benedicta 'Ben' O'Keefe and Garda Sergeant Tom Molloy make a grim discovery on Christmas Day.
Enough Rope
When London PI Lee Arnold is asked for help by a former police colleague, he isn't keen on getting involved, but allows himself to be persuaded to investigate a kidnapping.
Blackstone Underground
The Bank of England is being threatened with an audacious break-in. It's Blackstone's job to stop this happening
The Astonishing Colour of After
Leigh is struggling to cope with the aftermath of her mother's suicide, but when a big red bird appears and speaks with her mother's voice, Leigh knows she has one last chance to connect with her mother.
When the body of a fourth woman is found on a railway line, DCI David Stone and DS Frankie Oliver have a strong suspicion that a serial killer is at work. On top of that, someone on their team is leaking information to the press.
Before I Let Go
Corey's best friend is dead, and Corey wants to know how and why that happened. Her questions don't make her popular in an isolated Alaskan community.
Reviewed on 27 October 2018 by Linda Wilson
Crook's Hollow
Someone wants Thor Loxley dead. But he doesn't know who, or why.
A Darkness of Dragons
The children of Hamelyn have never been found, but at least the man responsible for their disappearance is safely under lock and key. Until the dragons decide to take their revenge …
The Bad Neighbour
It doesn't take Ollie Clay long to realise he's made a mistake buying a rundown house in a squalid district of Leeds. But he's made his bed, and now he has to lie on it.
Private investigator Cormoran Strike and his partner Robin Ellacott have another mystery to solve, digging into a blackmail attempt on a Tory MP, as well as looking into the disturbing possibility that a distressed client really did witness the murder of a child many years ago.
Dead Man's Gift and Other Stories
A collection of two novellas and five short stories from thriller writer Simon Kernick.
DCI Anderson and DI Costello have a murder to solve and a missing man to find.
Rumpole: The Penge Bungalow Murders and Other Stories
Three BBC radio dramatisations featuring iconic defence barrister Horace Rumpole.
Fifteen-year-old Beck Keverich is forced by his obsessive mother to practise classical music until his hands hurt and he fantasises about cutting them off.
Run, Riot
Four teens are on the run in their tower block home, determined to bring a friend's killers to justice.
East London PI Lee Arnold and his friend and assistant Mumtaz Hakin set out to track down a young radicalised Muslim man in the hope that he's decided to turn his back on ISIS.
Reviewed on 15 September 2018 by Linda Wilson
Finding strangers moving into her house who claim to have bought it is only the start of Fi Barton's nightmare …
My Box-Shaped Heart
Girl meets boy, but they both have secrets, some darker than others.
All These Beautiful Strangers
Charlie Calloway's mother disappeared ten years ago. Rumour has it that her rich, powerful father was responsible. Charlie never believed the rumours, but she still wants to know the truth.
The Book Case
After an unfortunate incident at her old school, Daphne is offered a scholarship to St Rita's School for Spirited Girls where she's soon plunged into the mystery of a missing schoolgirl and a robbery at the local bank.
Girl on the Line
An account Alice Hearn's life as a female officer in the Met from idealistic beginnings to a soul-wearing ending.
The case of a body found in a peat bog is investigated by DCI Karen Pirie of Edinburgh's Historic Cases Unit.
Five women trek into the bush on a company away-day. Only four of them make it out.
Robert B. Parker's Little White Lies
Spenser is on the trail of a conman who doesn't want to be found.
Reviewed on 18 August 2018 by Linda Wilson
Where the World Ends
Every year a small group of men and boys visit a wind-swept sea stac to harvest the nesting sea birds, but this year the boat fails to return for them.
DCI John Marvel wants to investigate murders not burglaries, so when a cold case gets on his radar, he's prepared to break a few rules in pursuit of the truth.
The Anomaly
A TV film crew are on the hunt for a mysterious cavern in the Grand Canyon that has remained tantalisingly elusive for over a century.
The Amateurs: Follow Me
Internet sensation Chelsea Dawson has gone missing. Her kidnapper was formerly a member of a group who had successfully solved a cold case murder and he is now sending taunting messages to his former friends. If they don't solve the clues he's setting for them, Chelsea will die.
The Shout
After being badly injured on the job, firefighter Vicky Lewis is shunted into what she sees as a dull desk job, but she quickly learns that the Fire Investigation Unit isn't quite the dead-end job she'd expected.
The Death Knock
Women are going missing and there are fears that a serial killer might be at work in the East Anglian fens. TV journalist Frankie Latch is in the thick of the investigation, but it's not a safe position to be in.
American billionaire. Russell Pickett has disappeared and there's a reward for any information that leads to him being found – alive or dead. Sixteen-year-old Aza and her friend Daisy need the money, so some sleuthing is in order.
Silver-Tongued
The murder of a celebrity photographer sparks another investigation for Captain Franck Guerin of Paris' Brigade Criminelle.
Black Light Express
Empress Threnody Noon has been deposed. She needs the help of a thief and a psychotic war train to get her to safety, but she soon realises nowhere is safe.
Beau Blackstone
Bow Street Runner Edmund Blackstone has gone undercover to prevent the opening of the Stockton and Darlington railway being sabotaged, but he's up against stiff opposition.
Seventeen-year-old Stacey was raped, and she's determined to see her attacker brought to justice, but there's no guarantee that she'll be the one the jury believes.
Shadow Man
When TV presenter Morven Murray is found brutally murdered on the eve of her wedding, it's up to DI Lukas Mahler to find her killer.
Harry Bosch must go undercover to expose a ruthless drugs gang as well as fighting to protect his own reputation.
Dancing on the Grave
A sniper is operating on the Cumbrian fells. CSI Grace McColl and DC Nick Weston must track him down before the death toll rises even further.
The Ones That Disappeared
Three children live and work as modern slaves, in thrall to a drug gang. When freedom comes, it is both unexpected and terrifying.
The House on Half Moon Street
Leo Stanhope, a coroner's assistant in Victorian London, is searching for the murderer of Maria, the woman he loved. But Leo's investigations will endanger both his life and the secret he has to keep at all costs for Leo was born Charlotte.
A Taste for Vengeance
Bruno Courrèges, Chief of Police in St Denis, has been promoted and now must deal with a far wider area. His first case in his new role is a possible murder-suicide with links to a terrorist organisation.
Boy Meets Hamster
Dylan Kershaw is having to put up with the Holiday From Hell, with added hamsters. But the hot boy in the caravan next door is some consolation. Now all Dylan has to do is get Jayden-Lee to take notice of him.
A father is desperate to be reunited with his son, and isn't prepared to let anyone or anything stand in his way.
Blackstone's Fancy
Bow Street Runner Edmund Blackstone is charged with stopping a prize fight. The only trouble is that one of the fighters is Blackstone's own protégé, the up and coming Ebony Joe.
With the country in the grip of a deadly epidemic, Shay has turned herself in, believing she's the person who started it all. Her friend Kai disagrees and is determined to find her.
A Secret Beat
Alexia Falls chucks in a chance of college in the US to follow her heart to London and take an internship at a production company. But money worries lead her down a dangerous path.
Sweetfreak
Carey's best friend is receiving nasty messages from someone calling themselves SweetFreak. When Carey is accused of being the perpetrator, she's determined to prove her innocence, but the evidence is against her.
Bob Skinner is asked by the Security Service to look into the death of a multi-millionaire boxer.
When a colleague is attacked on her way home, Bea, who works in the same supermarket, takes an interest in the case.
Potter's Boy
The son of the village potter wants to grow up to become a fighter, not a potter. This is Ryo's story.
Ten Year Stretch: Celebrating a Decade of Crime Fiction at Crimefest
An anthology of short stories celebrating the tenth anniversary of CrimeFest, Bristol's crime fiction convention.
DCI Grace Macallan and the newly-formed Lothian and Borders Major Crime Team must track down whoever is brutally attacking and now killing prostitutes.
Don't Wake Up
A&E doctor Alex Taylor knows she's been subjected to a horrific attack. The problem is that no one else believes her.
The Truth and Lies of Ella Black
Ella Black's life is turned upside down when her parents whisk her away from school with no warning and take a flight to Rio de Janeiro. She's always had a secret to keep, but that has now got an awful lot harder.
Dr Chris Rankin is used to having patients die on her but none have been as shrouded in mystery as the man brought in unconscious after a day at Cheltenham races. Despite warnings, she isn't prepared to leave well alone.
King Solomon's Curse
Archaeologist Nina Wilde goes in search of the legendary King Solomon's mines, and ends up putting her young daughter at risk.
It's not like 17-year-old Sam to skip school. Lizzie, his father's partner, is determined to find out what is threatening the family unit she's built up.
I Am Thunder
Fifteen-year-old Muzna wants to be a writer. Her Pakistani-born parents want her to be a doctor. When the hottest boy in her new school starts to pay attention to her, Muzna can't believe her luck, but all good things come at a price..
Seventeen-year-old Lane's obsession with serial killers takes a dangerous turn when it seems that she might be in the murderer's sights.
Sarah is an orphan with the skills to become a spy, infiltrating an elite German finishing school on the eve of war to get close to the daughter of a Nazi scientist developing a nuclear bomb.
A ten-year-old boy goes missing and there are discrepancies in his stepfather's version of events. DI David Stone and DS Frankie Oliver know that the first 24 hours in any investigation of this type are vital and the pressure soon mounts.
Turn a Blind Eye
DI Maya Rahman investigates the murder of the head teacher at her old school amidst cultural tensions in London's East End.
The Death of Her
A woman is attacked and left for dead in a field in Cornwall. She has no idea who she is, but she knows her young daughter is missing.
Low-level criminal Jazz Bashara is offered a job for a price she can't afford to turn down, but it's not without its dangers, as if life on the moon wasn't already dangerous enough.
Come And Find Me
A dangerous criminal is on the run after a bloody prison riot that left men dead and horribly maimed. DI Marnie Rome and her team have the job of putting him back behind bars.
The Devil's Dice
A man is found dead near a cave system with a sinister reputation. DI Meg Dalton investigates.
A Wanted Man
Ex-soldier Ben Bracken is out of prison, but not through the normal channels. He's a man on a mission, and the mission is revenge. But the murder of an old friend's father derails his plans.
The Lavender Lady Casefile
Recently-widowed Effie James does a favour for a friend and joins a local ghost-hunting group. To her surprise, it's all a lot more interesting than she expected.
The sheriff's son assaulted Romy Grey, but no one believed her. Then when Romy goes missing after a school party, she gets little sympathy then, either. And soon another girl is missing.
Bow Street Runner Edmund Blackstone is assigned to look after the young Princess Alexandrina Victoria, but things don't quite go according to plan.
Terror Kid
A teenage computer whizz is sucked unwittingly into a dangerous terror plot.
Forensic pathologist Dr Harriet Hitchin has a new challenge when the mummified body of a former call girl ends up on her mortuary slab.
Gallows Drop
An investigation into a macabre hanging on an ancient gallows thrusts DCI Kate Daniels' private life firmly into the spotlight.
The Fear Within
A young woman goes missing from a naval warship in Portsmouth. Lieutenant Dani Lewis is called in to investigate.
Girls are disappearing, and PCSO Tom Mondrian thinks he's spotted a pattern that the investigating officers have missed, but no one listens to a lowly PCSO, especially not one with a bullet in his head.
Dead in the Dark
Ten years ago, Reece Bower's wife went missing and he was in the frame for murder. Now he's the one the police are looking for and it's his new wife who wants him found.
A Skinful of Shadows
Twelve-year-old Makepeace is caught up in both a civil war and a war for possession of her own mind, and finds friends and allies in the most unlikely places.
Nick Stone is operating on home soil for a change. He has to find a woman, snatch her and deliver her to the shadowy operator he knows as the Owl.
The Deathwatch Journal
A man awaits death in Edinburgh's Saughton Prison, but the guard who is tasked with keeping the death watch with him is not convinced of his guilt.
This Is How It Ends
Molly and Ella are bound together by more than years of friendship. They're now accomplices in covering up a fatal accident.
The Gathering Dark
A tanker carrying a toxic load crashes into a bus stop in Edinburgh. DI Tony McLean is one of the first on the scene and must unravel the tangled truth behind the carnage.
Songs About Us
Charlie Bloom is back taking photos of world famous boyband Fire&Lights, but cracks are starting to appear in the gloss and hype that surrounds the band and Charlie is faced with some difficult choices.
Every other year since Min turned eight, she's been hunted and killed by a sinister man in black. Every time, she wakes up, alive and unhurt, but knowing the nightmare was real, and it isn't ending any time soon.
From the Shadows
Robert Carter is accused of the murder of a 24-year-old woman. His defence is flimsy and he seems determined not to help himself. But young solicitor Dan Grant is determined to uncover the truth.
State Secrets
Former Chief Constable Bob Skinner has been asked to the Palace of Westminster to talk about the possibility of him accepting a peerage, which puts him in the right place at the right time to investigate a crime that will shock the nation.
Modesty Blaise: The Killing Game
Modesty and Willie go up against another set of villains in three more iconic comic strip adventures.
The Child Finder
Naomi is a private investigator who specialises in finding missing children. Her latest case is that of five-year-old Madison Culver, who went missing three years ago.
Victor is an assassin by trade and he's very good at his job. So good that even his former employers now want him dead.
99 Red Balloons
When a young girl goes missing on her way home from school, an intense police hunt fails to find any trace of her. Grace's mother wants her back, but someone else wants to keep her.
The Treatment
Unless Drew Finch can find a way out of the Residential Reform Academy, she faces the prospect of losing herself and her brother to a deeply sinister treatment that will change them both – and not for the better.
DI Ray Mason and cop-turned-PI Tina Boyd are on the trail of a group of powerful, sadistic killers, but the odds are stacked against them.
A young man travels to the realm of Faerie to find a fallen star and win the hand of a lady.
Rocco and the Nightingale
Inspector Lucas Rocco has to investigate a murder on his patch, as well as provide protection for someone the Interior Ministry wants kept alive.
Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow
Morrigan Crow has been on the Cursed Children's register from birth and is fated to die at midnight on her 11th birthday. But she is given a second chance by the enigmatic Jupiter North.
Fox Hunter
Charlie Fox is on the trail of her former lover and ex-boss Sean Meyer who appears to have gone on a murderous rampage, targeting the men who brought Charlie's army career to a brutal end.
Harry Potter: A History of Magic
The companion volume to the British Library exhibition which marks the 20th anniversary of the publication of the first of the Harry Potter books.
Sweet Little Lies
DC Cat Kinsella stopped trusting her father at the age of eight, so she's certainly not surprised when a connection emerges between him and her latest murder investigations. It's as if she's been waiting her whole life for this moment.
Indigo Donut
Indigo's mother was murdered when she was a small child, but the past has a nasty habit of coming back to haunt her.
Something is rotten at the heart of American horse-racing, and British Horse Racing Authority investigator Jeff Hinkley goes undercover to help his US colleagues.
Secrets of Death
The Peak District is home to tourists of all types, but a rash of suicides is not what it wants to play host to.
SAS trooper Danny Black leads a covert team with orders to take down a Mexican drug lord.
Spider Shepherd is sent undercover to report on whether another operative from a different agency, also working undercover, has gone rogue. In addition, he's dragged into the hunt for a possible rogue SAS soldier.
When festival goers start falling sick, journalist Zoe Beck sets out to clear the name of the man whose sausage sandwiches are being blamed for the outbreak of the mystery disease.
New Guard
In one last highly dangerous and highly deniable operation, CHERUB mission controller James Adams has to plan and execute the rescue of two kidnapped oil industry workers from war-torn Syria.
Terror 404
Disgraced hacker Amy Lane is in a private psychiatric hospital, and has to use all her ingenuity to stay safe and solve a crime.
The Furthest Station
When things that normally go bump in the night start disturbing commuters on the tube, PC Peter Grant gets dispatched to sort out the problem.
The sleepy Oxfordshire countryside is darkened by a series of macabre murders re-enacting an ancient legend.
The Empty Grave
Lockwood and Co are up against enemies old and new as the series reaches a shattering climax.
Watch Her Disappear
DI Zigic and DS Ferreira of the Peterborough Hate Crimes unit are on the hunt for the killer of a transgender woman.
Young Bond: Red Nemesis
James Bond receives a mysterious package from beyond the grave and has to work out the meaning of the cryptic notes left by his father.
City of Light, City of Poison
Nicholas de la Reynie, the first police chief of Paris, is given the job of cleaning up the streets of Paris and ridding it and its courts of poisoners and black magic.
Executing Magic in the Modern Era: Criminal Bodies and the Gallows in Popular Medicine
The early modern era saw a grisly trade in the body parts of convicted criminals and their means of execution and its uses in popular medicine.
When his former CO calls in a favour, Nick Stone ends up on a walking trip to the North Pole.
Eleven-year-old Callie Tanzer disappeared a year ago. Shay is the last person to have seen her alive. While a mysterious flu epidemic sweeps across Scotland, Shay and Callie's older brother Kai continue the search for the missing girl.
I Am Traitor
The alien invaders have already taken Amy Sullivan's brother and her best friend. Now they're coming for her.
DCI Carol Hill and psychological profiler Tony Hill are up against a forensically aware killer who is determined to stay one step ahead of them, and is succeeding all too well.
Rhyming Rings
A serial killer is at work in west London. Young journalist Jeremy Miller desperately wants to cover the story, and soon finds an unusual angle: a woman who claims to be able to experience the victims' dying moments.
You Can Run
A stolen car crashes into a house, revealing an unexpected depth of horror.
Met detectives Lockyer and Bennett are sent over to Somerset to investigate a suspicious fatal car accident and find themselves working in the shadow of a 200-year-old murder.
The Last Place You Look
PI Roxane Weary is hired to find a woman who went missing 15 years ago and who may well hold the key to saving a man from Death Row.
Genuine Fraud
Imogen has everything that Jule wants in life: she's rich, spoilt and gets everything she wants. Jule is determined to have a slice of Imogen's cake. Maybe even the whole cake …
Treacherous Strand
When solicitor Ben O'Keefe is told that one of her clients has apparently committed suicide, she isn't convinced, and is determined to do some investigating of her own.
Two Nights
Sunnie Night is asked to investigate a bomb blast from a year ago and to hunt for a teenager missing since then.
The Guggenheim Mystery
Twelve-year-old Ted Stark, his sister and cousin investigate the theft of a priceless work of art.
Robert B. Parker's Slow Burn
Boston PI Spenser investigates a fire in a disused church that left three firefighters dead. One of their colleagues is convinced the fire was arson.
The Death House
Toby lives in the Death House, isolated from the world, confined with others who have tested positive for a defective gene. There's only one way out of the house, and that's not one any of the inmates wants to take.
Where She Went
TV journalist Melanie Black wakes up in bed next to a man she doesn't know. And that's not the least of her problems. She then realises that she's dead.
Detective Renée Ballard works the night shift in Hollywood, starting cases then handing them on as each new day rolls around. But now there are two investigations that she wants to stay part of. Unfortunately, her bosses don't see things the same way.
The Bone Ritual
Inspector Ruud Pujasumatra has to contend with a brutal serial killer, the visit of an old friend and his mother-in-law's constant attempts to embarrass him.
No one could have predicted the tragedy that would strike Southfield High School, when a pupil goes on a rage-filled rampage with a gun. Or could they?
Five students go into detention at Bayview High School, but only four come out of the classroom alive.
No Dominion
The community of plague survivors on Orkney is threatened by the arrival of three strangers.
Here and Gone
Audra and her two children have escaped an abusive husband, but her road-trip across the US turns out to be a case of out of the frying pan into the fire when Sean and Louise are abducted.
Sixteen-year-old Starr is the only witness to the shooting, by a police officer, of her friend Khalil, a killing that comes close to tearing her neighbourhood apart.
The Templars' Last Secret
When the body of an unknown woman is found at the base of the walls of a ruined castle, Bruno, Chief of Police, is called to investigate.
With the help of an undercover agent, the security services are engaged in a desperate race to stop a terror attack.
Beware That Girl
Olivia is rich, well-connected and lives a life of luxury. She has everything that Kate aspires to. To meet her goals, Kate needs to get close to Olivia. But can Kate be trusted?
Death Message
The last time DS Sarah Collins came across DC Lizzie Griffiths, she was investigating her for possible professional misconduct. Now the two women have to find out if they can work together.
Ten years ago, two six-year-old boys were kidnapped. Now one of them has been found and reunited with his family. But the search for the second boy continues.
The Pearl Thief
Julie Beaufort-Stuart's ancestral home has been sold and is being turned into a school. Her family's treasures are being catalogued ready for auction, but then the archivist disappears and Julie is attacked.
The Binding Song
Newly-appointed lead psychologist Janet Palmer is faced with a spate of suicides amongst the prisoners and a worrying climate of secrecy amongst the staff at Halvergate Prison.
Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs travel to Italy on the trail of a serial kidnapper who likes to torture his victims in pursuit of some unusual goals.
The Restless Dead
Forensic anthropologist Dr David Hunter is called to give advice on a body washed up on the Essex marshes. The police seem to want an easy resolution to the case of a missing man, but Hunter isn't convinced by the evidence and wants to delve deeper.
Urban Outlaws: Shockwave
The Urban Outlaws have been infected with a deadly virus and now their arch-enemy Hector Del Sarto is threatening to infect the whole of London – and the rest of the country – as well. He also has the antidote, and the Outlaws need it, fast.
The White Road
Simon Newman has a bad reputation to live down. When he made a clandestine trip into a Welsh cave with another man, only Simon came out alive. Now he intends to make an attempt on Everest, the world's highest mountain.
Deadly Game
Special Forces soldier-turned-police officer Robert Finlay is seconded to a unit investigating the trafficking of young women from Eastern Europe into sex slavery in the UK.
Love Like Blood
The usually strait-laced DI Nicola Tanner teams up with archetypal maverick DI Tom Thorne to investigate a series of killings.
Case Not Closed is a website devoted to solving cold cases. When Aerin Kelly posts there about her sister's disappearance and murder, several members decide to help.
An underground fight ring is sucking in former soldiers living on the streets with promises of big money. But the risks are high and there's no easy way out.
Frost at Midnight
DI Jack Frost has a wedding and a murder to contend with in Denton during the hot summer of 1983. And then a woman goes missing.
The Cruelty
When Gwen Bloom's diplomat father goes missing, she's forced to take matters into her own hands if she ever wants to see him again.
Written in Bones
DI Tony McLean is given the unenviable job of discovering why a former bent copper has ended up impaled on top of a tree in an Edinburgh park.
The Rule of Fear
Sergeant Jack King is destined for higher things but, for now, his job is to bring some much-needed law and order to the notorious Grove Wood estate.
Modesty Blase: Children of Lucifer
Three new stories see Modesty Blaise and Willie Garvin go up against seemingly impossible odds in their own, inimitable way.
Hitman Lex Harper is contracted by former MI5 operative Charlotte Button to take out a former special forces soldier who has thrown his lot in with Islamic terrorists and is intending a high-profile attack on British soil.
Strike Lightning
Young James Bond and his friend Perry Mandeville team up with the indomitable Kitty Drift to foil a plot that threatens the security of their country.
Dead Woman Walking
The lone survivor of a hot air balloon crash has to go on the run to stay ahead of the ruthless killer responsible for the disaster.
Murderabilia
The son of a prominent MSP is murdered and hung from a bridge in full view of a train load of commuters. Despite being officially off the case and at home on sick leave, DI Rachel Narey is determined to uncover the identity of the killer.
Quieter Than Killing
While DI Marnie Rome and DS Noah Jake investigate a seemingly random series of violent attacks in London, Marnie also has to come face to face with the demons from her own past.
With Malice
Jill wakes up in hospital with the last six weeks of her life missing. Something terrible has happened. She just wishes someone would tell her what it is.
A Handful of Ashes
When a notorious whistleblower is found dead, she appears to have taken her own life, but force medical examiner Dr Harry Kent isn't convinced things are as straightforward as that.
The One Memory of Flora Banks
Flora Banks has been unable to make new memories since she had an operation at the age of ten. Her life is lived through the pages of a notebook that remind her who she is and where she lives. But all that changes when Flora kisses a boy.
Speaking in Bones
Some bones found near a remote mountain beauty spot lead forensic anthropologist Tempe Brennan into an investigation into a young woman's disappearance.
Life at Brunesfield Correctional Facility is grim at the best of times, but then when a new inmate arrives, strange and dangerous things start to happen.
Let the Dead Speak
A young woman returns home to find her mother missing and the house covered in her blood. Newly-promoted DS Maeve Kerrigan has to deal with both a murder inquiry without a body and abrasive DI Josh Derwent.
A disparate bunch of teenagers take on the might of a global corporation in a race to save the life of a boy they've never even met.
Heads You Die
James Bond and his friend Hugo have to go up against Scolopendra Industries to save the life of a family friend.
The Bone Field
The discovery of the bodies of two murdered women, one of whom went missing in Thailand in 1990, opens two cold cases that soon become very hot to handle.
The Chalk Pit
The disappearance of one rough sleeper and the deaths of two others all seem to have a connection to the mysterious network of old tunnels under the city of Norwich.
Pregnant teenagers are going missing, and it's Special Agent Roger Liu's job to find them.
Deep Down Dead
Bounty hunter Lori Anderson has to bring in another fugitive who's skipped bail. But the first problem is the person she's after is the man who taught her all she knows about the job. The second problem is that she has to bring him in with her nine-year-old daughter in tow.
Shadow Kill
SAS man John Porter is sent into war-torn Sierra Leone to find and bring back Ronald Soames, the Regiment's former commanding officer, the man Porter believes was responsible for trashing his career.
When a tourist from the future goes missing after a trip to a 21st century shopping mall, it falls to her travel rep to get her back safely.
Urban Outlaws: Counterstrike
The Urban Outlaws face their toughest test – breaking into a top secret facility to steal Medusa, the ultimate weapon.
All of a Winter's Night
Exorcist Merrily Watkins knows that Aidan Lloyd's funeral was too perfunctory and too impersonal. But what she doesn't know is how to put things right to enable the dead man to sleep easily in his grave.
Haunt Me
When Erin and her family move into a new house, she's not expecting to find someone already living in her bedroom, especially not the ghost of its former occupant.
Craig Macklin's parents owe money and the interest is mounting at a rate they can't keep pace with, but when Craig tries to help out, he finds that paying the money back isn't easy.
A reclusive billionaire hires Harry Bosch to find a missing woman. But there are plenty of people who don't want her to be found.
Daisy in Chains
Hamish Wolfe is in prison for the murder of three women. Lawyer and true crime writer Maggie Rose has succeeded in having convictions quashed in the past, but she has no intention of taking Wolfe on as a client, despite entreaties from his fan club.
My Husband's Son
Five years ago, Jason's son Barney went missing. But when his new wife Heidi sees a boy she thinks is Barney, Jason isn't convinced. Heidi is convinced she's right. Jason just wants her to drop the subject. Who's right?
Rise the Dark
The search for his wife's killer takes Markus Novak back to his roots in Montana where he has to go up against an attempt to cause a severe and disruptive power outage.
Silverfin
Something sinister is stirring in the deep waters of Loch Silverfin. Young James Bond investigates the disappearance of a friend's young cousin and soon ends up in a whole heap of trouble.
The Four Legendary Kingdoms
Jack West Jnr must fight for his life, and the lives of his friends, in a series of hellish gladiatorial combats.
These Shallow Graves
Miss Josephine Montfort has been destined from birth to lead a respectable life and make a good marriage. But her father's untimely death threatens to rock Jo's world to its foundations.
A Life to Kill
Coroner Jenny Cooper has to handle her hardest case to date, the inquest into the death of a young soldier in Afghanistan.
Kid Got Shot
When a teenager from his school is shot dead, Garvie Smith is reluctant to leave the investigation to the local police, especially as he's sure they're just not asking the right questions.
The Malice of Waves
Oceanographer Dr Cal McGill is called in to try to solve the mystery of a 14-year-old boy's disappearance from a remote Scottish island five years ago.
Are You Watching Me?
Liz Cafferky's championing of a drop-in centre for older men catapults her into the media limelight, but that brings with it pressures and fears that she hadn't foreseen.
Dear Charlie
Sixteen-year-old Sam has to come to terms with the fact that his older brother Charlie committed a horrific school shooting, and this isn't easy in a town determined to treat him and his family as pariahs.
Mistletoe and Murder
The members of the Detective Society are in Cambridge for Christmas 1935, and wherever Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong go, death is sure to follow.
Instead of their usual trip to a beach resort, Win Allen allows her friend Pia to talk her and two other friends into a rafting trip down a river in the depths of the Maine wilderness.
15-year-old Mikey has seen something that puts him and his family in danger, particularly the sister he loves.
Rebel Bully Geek Pariah
Four very different teenagers who don't even like each other are forced onto the run after police break up an illicit drinking party.
The Bone Collection
Four short stories featuring forensic anthropologist Dr Temperance Brennan.
The story of 20 years in the life of an undercover cop.
Sixteen-year-old Ant and her younger brother Mattie have been sent to prison for crimes they didn't commit, but under a new law, they can be held responsible for the sins of their parents and even their grandparents.
Sixteen-year-old Martha Honeydew is on death row for killing a much loved celebrity. The people get to be the ones to decide whether she lives or dies.
Dead Silent
DCI Eve Clay has to delve deep into her own past in an attempt to solve a macabre murder in a Liverpool suburb.
Modesty Blaise: The Murder Frame
Four stories featuring Modesty Blaise, one of the greatest kickass heroines of all time, and her ever-reliable companion, Willie Garvin.
The Tears of Angels
A gruesome murder forces DCI Anderson and DI Costello to reopen an old case into the violent death of two boys.
Spider Shepherd has to infiltrate a dangerous criminal organisation as well as help to counter attacks by IS terrorists.
Teenage agent Zach Darke has to go up against an old adversary to save the life of two friends.
Ex-Delta Force operative Jon Reznick is top of the list of someone with a grudge against his former unit, and whoever wants hm dead is closing in fast.
Hurricane Gold
On an island full of criminals, the young James Bond has to face a series of terrifying ordeals to win his freedom.
The Stroke of Death
Tamara Hoyland is left to deal with the aftermath of her father-in-law's death, and the return of the black sheep of the family, her grasping brother-in-law.
Nick Stone is on the run with a seven-year-old boy in tow, hampered by the fact that he has no memory of who is out to kill him, or why.
Jessica's Ghost
No one is more surprised than Jessica when someone is finally able to see her and talk to her. It's lonely being a ghost, but now she has Francis for a friend.
Lockwood & Co: The Creeping Shadow
Lucy Carlyle has left Lockwood & Co to strike out on her own, but her resolve is tested when Lockwood comes to her with a proposition.
Robert B. Parker's Kickback
Blackburn, Massachusetts, has a zero tolerance policy for juvenile crime, as teenager Dillon Yates discovers to his cost when a joke spectacularly backfires.
A woman's mutilated body gives PC Donal Lynch a possible way out of the Cold Case Squad and back onto an active murder investigation.
Jess Mastriani's power to find missing children has deserted her, but that doesn't prevent ex-boyfriend Rob Wilkins from turning up on her doorstep asking for help finding his missing sister.
A vice raid goes spectacularly wrong. But Inspector Tony McLean has never been one to stop digging, no matter how deep the hole gets.
The Midas Legacy
An ancient Codex leads Nina Wilde and Eddie Chase on a desperate race to prevent ancient artefacts of immense power from falling into the wrong hands.
The Wrong Train
A series of eight spine-shilling stories linked by an equally creepy narrative set on a deserted platform next to a railway line.
Follow Me Back
Lizzie Summersall has disappeared and it's the talk of the school.
Ghosts of Karnak
The vigilante known as the Ghost must take on some seemingly unstoppable man-machine hybrids and battle a mysterious cult determined to bring a pair of ancient Egyptian gods back to power.
When a popular blogger falls to his death, DCI Jeff Temple and his team have to weather the inevitable media storm.
The Hidden Legacy
The death of one girl and the mutilation of another leaves a lasting and painful legacy that can't remain buried for ever.
Skin and Bone
Preston Coroner Titus Cragg is called in when the body of a baby is discovered in the town's notorious tanning yard.
Street Soldier
Tough teenager Sean Harker is up to his eyes in trouble and a spell in a Young Offenders' Institute looks like only digging him deeper in the mire, but then an unexpected offer gives him the chance to turn his life around.
The Murder Road
DI Ben Cooper investigates the murder of a lorry driver whose truck gets stuck under a low bridge near an isolated Derbyshire hamlet.
The Woman Who Walked Into The Sea
Violet Wells was abandoned as a baby. When she finds out that her mother committed suicide just after giving birth, Violet is determined to learn as much as she can about the woman who gave her up.
The Silent Room
A Special Branch officer, believed to have gone rogue, is taken from a hijacked prison van after being refused bail. Most believe DI Jack Fenwick has been sprung by his dodgy mates, but his former sergeant believes he's been taken against his will and is an innocent man.
Changing the Odds
When Bristol private investigator Jack Shepherd is asked to look into the disappearance of an old friend, he soon ends up in hot water.
The Earthly Gods
Imperial agent Cassius Corbulo has to help track down three kidnapped girls as well as continuing the search for his missing bodyguard.
As Black as Ebony
Finnish teenager Lumikki Andersson is being stalked and doesn't know to whom she can turn. She's unable to decide between new boyfriend Sampsa, or Blaze, who broke her heart and has now reappeared in her life.
Captcha Thief
When a famous painting is stolen from the National Museum of Wales, police turn to ex-con Jason Carr and his hacker boss Amy Lane for help.
Die of Shame
When a member of a therapy group is murdered, DI Nicola Tanner finds the resulting wall of silence hard to penetrate.
A DNA test done on a teenage car thief throws up an unexpected connection to a case of rape and murder 22 years ago.
Sixteen-year-old K Child is caught up in a devastating bomb attack that radically changes the course of her life.
DS Kate Lewis is called in to investigate the death of a journalist on the flooded Somerset levels.
When a devastating attack takes out an M16 clandestine ops team, suspicion falls on Marc Dane, the sole survivor.
Long Time Lost
Kate Sutherland needs to stay out of the clutches of the people who don't want her to testify in a murder trial and to do that she needs Nick Miller's help.
Eden Summer
Jess Mayfield's best friend has gone missing, and no one knows why, but Jess is determined to find Eden.
When property tycoon Paul Slater threatens to tear down Suze Simon's old family home and unleash an ancient curse, Suze is faced with a dilemma. Give in to blackmail, or save her boyfriend's soul by herself.
Lawyer Mickey Haller wants former cop Harry Bosch to get a client off a murder charge. But Harry isn't keen. Investigating his former colleagues seems like a step too far, even for him.
Maverick cops DS Adrian Miles and DS Imogen Grey struggle to find the connection between a series of increasingly brutal killings.
15-year-old Billy Wilkinson went missing six months ago. His mother, Claire, is convinced he's still alive, but her case isn't helped when a press conference goes wrong and the spotlight is turned on her own family.
The war between the angels and the remnants of humanity reaches a suitably explosive climax.
A terrified teenager is the only witness to the brutal murder of three people. It's DI Rio Wray's job to keep her alive during the hunt for the killers.
The Sun King Conspiracy
A young aspiring actor finds himself in possession of a deadly secret in the court of King Louis XIV
A fatal crash at the Moscow Grant Prix leaves the Ptarmigan team facing charges of corporate manslaughter.
Paul Slater is determined to change the past and make sure that Suze and her boyfriend Jesse never meet. Suze is equally determined to stop him.
The Loneliness of Distant Beings
Life aboard the First Contact Vessel Ventura is regimented in all respects. The system has no place for teenage rebels, as Seren soon finds out.
Alone With The Dead
Rookie PC Donal Lynch is one of the first on the scene of a brutal murder. The investigation quickly stalls, but the murdered woman herself is determined to make sure her case isn't forgotten.
Songs About A Girl
Fifteen-year-old Charlie Bloom's life is turned upside down when she's asked to take a series of backstage photos of the latest boyband phenomenon, Fire&Lights.
Down Among the Dead Men
Jason Green works for crime boss Harry Irwell, but when Jason's younger brother gets into trouble, it looks like he's on his own, despite having friends in low places.
Modesty Blaise: The Killing Distance
Modesty and Willie take on mercenaries, assassins and pirates in three stories by Peter O'Donnell and illustrator Enric Romero.
A car crash in a supermarket car park leads Bob Skinner to an unexpected and shocking discovery.
The Bone Sparrow
Subhi has spent all his life in a detention centre, but then one day, something unexpected happens. Someone breaks into the camp, not out of it.
The Puppet Maker
DI Jack Brady is under pressure from all sides to find a three-year-old girl who's been abducted and track down a serial killer called The Joker.
Orangeboy
Marlon promised his mother that he would have nothing to do with drugs, but when he falls under Sonya's spell, keeping that promise suddenly becomes a lot more difficult.
The Revelation Code
A cult leader is determined to bring about a biblical apocalypse, and when archaeologist Nina Wilde is kidnapped to further his plans, it's up to her husband Eddie Chase to throw a spanner in the works.
With the killer rain still falling from the sky, teenager Ruby Morris has to survive in a hostile world.
Two children are missing from Polesford and hopes of finding them alive are rapidly fading.
Death at Whitewater Church
The discovery of a skeleton wrapped in a blanket in the crypt of a deconsecrated church puts rather a crimp in the sale, and leaves local solicitor Benedicta 'Ben' O'Keefe with some difficult skeins of local history to unravel.
The Scrivener
Coroner Titus Cragg leads an inquest into the death of a Preston pawnbroker, attempting to determine whether the man committed suicide or was murdered.
Being in love with a ghost doesn't make things easy for 16-year-old ghost-buster Suze Simon, especially not when his grave gets uncovered by accident in her own backyard.
Modesty Blaise: The Young Mistress
Modesty and Willie tangle with forgers, horse-thieves and a diabolical plot to kill an old friend in three more stories from Peter O'Donnell, all skilfully drawn by artist Enric Romero.
The Sapphire Cutlass
Rémy Brunel and the crew of the ruby airship travel deep into the forests and mountains of India on the trail of the mysterious Sapphire Cutlass.
Bristol private investigator JT Ellington is hired to retrieve some papers stolen from an orphanage, and to find the truth. That's the part of the job that proves the hardest.
Trigger Mortis
James Bond is tasked with keeping a British racing driver safe on the notoriously difficult Nurburgring circuit.
I Know Who Did It
When a woman turns up claiming to be someone who died in a car accident, detective Mark Nelson has to untangle the present from the past.
Moth Girls
Five years ago, Petra and Tina disappeared. Now their friend Mandy has to face up to the part she played in events.
Maya knows her husband is dead. She saw him killed. But when the hidden camera she's installed to keep her eye on the nanny shows him seemingly still alive, she has to get at the truth, no matter what it costs.
Tastes Like Fear
DI Marnie Rome and her team are on the look-out for two very different missing teenagers.
Make Me
Jack Reacher gets off a train in the middle of the Oklahoma prairie, and finds more than he bargained for in the strangely watchful town of Mother's Rest.
Teenager Natasha dies for 13 minutes after a plunge into an icy river. No one, not even Natasha, knows what she was doing in the woods at night or how she ended up in the water.
DI Alec Davies investigates the death of an elderly priest on the altar in a Glasgow church, while TV journalist Oonagh O'Neill delves into some of the Catholic church's unpalatable secrets.
DI Phil Brennan's marriage seems to be on the rocks and he's deteriorating fast, losing himself in the welcoming arms of too much booze. And that's not good when he's got a brutal killer to track down.
The Turning Tide
Erykah Macdonald is getting ready to leave her husband and her nice, safe suburban life behind, but her plans are thrown into disarray by an unexpected windfall.
The Crime Museum Uncovered
Take a trip behind the scenes of the Metropolitan Police's Crime Museum.
Modesty Blaise: Ripper Jax
Four more adventures for Modesty Blaise and Willie Garvin, brought to life on the page by artist Enric Romero.
'It's in the rain!' And if the rain touches you, you're dead.
Dan 'Spider' Shepherd goes undercover again, this time posing as an assassin willing to take on a contract to assassinate the Russian president.
Deathlist
After a devastating attack on a group of soldiers undergoing selection for the SAS, John Porter is given the job of tracking down the killers.
First Class Murder
Young detectives Hazel Wong and Daisy Wells take a trip on the Orient Express and soon have another case to solve.
A Siege of Bitterns
Bird-watching cop Domenic Jejeune moves from Canada to Norfolk – and investigates skullduggery in the birding world.
Jonathan Dark or the Evidence of Ghosts
Maria King receives a chilling proposal of marriage from a stalker. DI Jonathan Dark failed to save the killer's first victim, but he's determined to keep Maria alive.
Knightley & Son
Private detective team, Knightley & Son are on the track of a sinister criminal organisation known as the Combination.
Mean Spirits
Teenager Suze Simon can see and hear ghosts. The downside to that is that they can – and sometimes do – try to kill her.
The Hollow Men
Police surgeon Harry Kent is determined to find out why a troubled teenager ended up getting shot and what it was he'd wanted to make public.
Lockwood & Co: The Hollow Boy
London is in the grip of a terrifying plague of ghosts, stretching all the psychic investigation agencies – including Lockwood & Co – to breaking point.
Only To Die Again
Sam Dryden doesn't hesitate when he's asked for help by an old friend, but soon finds himself up to his neck in trouble.
A young girl and a long-serving police officer fall to their deaths from a London tower block. The only witnesses are a traumatised child and Lizzie Griffiths, a rookie cop.
The Affinity Bridge
The dashing Sir Maurice Newbury and his unflappable assistant Miss Veronica Hobbes investigate the strange cases of a spectral policeman and an airship crash in a steampunk re-imagining of Victorian London.
A whirlwind romance turns into a nightmare when Diana Jaeger's husband goes missing after a car accident.
The 100 Society
Grace Becker and her friends are determined to complete the mission they've set themselves – tagging 100 well-known locations around the city. But danger is stalking them.
The First Man
The mysterious and dangerous Le Guen's Cave has claimed another life, this time an experienced diver who had been studying the cave paintings.
The Sea Detective
Oceanographer Cal McGill uses his specialist knowledge to investigate the mystery of two severed feet washed up in two completely different locations off the coast of Scotland.
Danny Black is in command of a small team sent to carry out a hostage rescue in Nigeria. What awaits them there is far more dangerous than anything they could have expected.
Close protection specialist James Bishop is called in to help a witness in a high-profile trial stay alive long enough to give evidence.
Jane Kinnear is in a police safe house after witnessing a brutal double murder while DI Ray Mason has to catch the killer and foil an imminent terrorist attack.
Urban Outlaws: Lockdown
The Urban Outlaws have to make their way to the US in pursuit of criminal hacker Hector, who has stolen the world's most advanced computer virus.
Arsenic For Tea
Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong are at Daisy's home, Fallingford, for the school holidays. When one of the guests is taken ill in mysterious circumstances, the Wells and Wong Detective Society has its next case to investigate.
The ferries that take the dead to their onward destinations have stopped running and the souls of the dead are mounting up, with nowhere to go. It's up to 17-year-old Pierce Oliviera, the new consort of the Lord of the Underworld, to restore order.
The struggle for control of Cimmeria Academy reaches an explosive climax.
Shards of Hope
Arrow Squad leader Aden Kai has been kidnapped and his psychic abilities are being blocked. The rest of the world doesn't know if he's alive or dead, and the way things are looking, dead is going to be the most likely outcome.
James Bond gets the chance of a trip of a lifetime on a luxury airship bound for Hollywood, but trouble isn't far behind him.
The Sherlock Holmes Book
Everything you ever wanted to know about the world's most famous fictional detective.
Young Sherlock: Night Break
Young Sherlock returns to his childhood home after the death of his mother and trouble doesn't take long to seek him out when his sister's fiancé disappears without trace.
Double Or Die
One of his professors has disappeared and young James Bond has to decipher and follow a series of cryptic clues that lead him into some very dangerous places.
When a hysterical ghost appears in her bedroom in the middle of the night, Suze Simon isn't terribly pleased, especially when the woman wants a job doing, but doesn't provide much in the way of helpful information.
The Starlings & Other Stories
Twelve short stories inspired by the stark, evocative black and white photography of David Wilson.
Tom Adams Uncovered: The Art of Agatha Christie and Beyond
The story of artist Tom Adams is told through his Agatha Christie paperback covers from the 1960s and 1970s, as well as a variety of other art and illustrations.
Friends of the Dusk
A severe storm uncovers an unusual burial near the cathedral in Hereford and brings problems for Frannie Bliss, while Merrily Watkins has to contend with a modernising bishop.
Burnt Paper Sky
Allowing her eight-year-old son a few moments of freedom in the woods leads to every mother's nightmare when Rachel Finch's son disappears, presumed abducted.
One of Jess Tennant's classmates has gone missing. Jess is warned to keep her nose out of police business, but she's not going to let Inspector Dan Henderson cramp her style, even if he is her boyfriend's dad.
The Domino Killer
Joe Parker finally comes face to face with the man he believes is responsible for his younger sister's murder.
Urban Outlaws: Blackout
The Urban Outlaws are on the trail of a destructive virus, but some old enemies are determined to get to it before they do.
For Valour
When a young trooper is shot in the head during an SAS exercise, it seems a clear-cut case of the negligent discharge of a weapon. But that doesn't stop Nick Stone wanting to do some digging, especially as the accused soldier is the son of a close friend.
When teenage rebel Allie Sheridan is arrested for the third time, her parents have had enough, and she's packed off to the exclusive and mysterious Cimmeria Academy, where nothing is quite what it seems.
The Devil's Anvil
Billie Womack's ex-husband stole $80 million and the people he stole it from think she's the key to getting their hands on the money. It's Joe Hunter's job to keep her safe.
The Snake Trap
Travis Delaney has been kidnapped by terrorists and has to work with a man he hates in order to survive.
Dying Wish
When an author has a heart attack at his own book signing, he makes a bizarre last request of an old friend. He wants his house burned to the ground.
Lockwood & Co: The Whispering Skull
Lockwood & Co go up against the Fittes Agency again in the search for a deadly relic that's been stolen after being dug up from a London graveyard.
Love You To Death
Being able to talk to the dead isn't always easy, as 16-year-old Susannah Simon will testify.
Splinter the Silence
Carol Jordon, faced with the humiliation of a drink-driving charge, turns to former friend and colleague, Tony Hill, and the pair are soon immersed in a series of apparent suicides due to internet bulling. As ever, it takes Hill to spot the patterns others have missed.
Blood of My Blood
Jasper Dent – Jazz to his friends – knows he's the only person who can end a serial killer's reign of terror, but as the killer in question is his own father, it's never going to be an easy job.
Rose and Joshua's search for their missing parents continues, but events take an unexpected turn when a body is discovered buried in the garden of the house they used to live in.
The Blood Whisperer
Former crime scene investigator Kelly Jacks simply can't ignore the evidence, even though it's not her business and no longer her job.
The Killing Kind
Michael Hendricks is a contract killer, but his quarry is other killers. The only problem is that one of them has his sights fixed firmly on him.
Garrison in Southern Indiana is a town that's harbouring quite a few secrets, as Mark Novak discovers to his cost when he's sent to look into an exceedingly cold case.
Little Black Lies
A child goes missing on the remote Falklands Islands. This is not the first time it's happened and the last two children to disappear have never been found.
Shiver The Whole Night Through
A small town in Ireland is in the grip of an unusually severe winter. When popular local girl Sláine McAuley is found dead in a wood, everyone seems prepared to put this down to suicide, but 17-year-old Aiden Flood isn't convinced.
There's nothing ordinary about 17-year-old Pierce Oliviera's life. She's dating the Lord of the Underworld, being pursued by Furies and has to save her cousin from suffocating in a coffin.
After a devastating fire in a London tower block, DC Maeve Kerrigan and DI Josh Derwent have to uncover the secret world of the 11th floor.
Lockwood & Co: The Screaming Staircase
London's most ramshackle psychical detective agency are on the verge of going broke and have no option other than to take on the case that no one else wants.
The Dying Season
Chief of Police Bruno Courrèges is caught in the middle of a row between hunters and conservationists in the Dordogne town of St Denis, as well as having a suspicious death to investigate.
Urban Outlaws
A group of kids go up against some formidable opposition in a bid to stop an advanced super-computer being misused.
The Ice House
An assassin defaults on his contract and instead of killing her, goes on the run with his intended target, a ten-year-old girl.
Killer Plan
Caroline Robinson's life is turned upside down when her husband is murdered and one of her sons is kidnapped, but she can't go to the police for fear of implicating herself.
Nearly Departed
Emily believes her house is haunted. A group of her schoolfriends decide to investigate, but nothing in Woodsville is ever straightforward.
Prayer for the Dead
DI Tony McLean struggles to find a link between a series of bizarre killings in Edinburgh.
There are believed to be only four snipers in the world capable of making the shot that nearly killed the French president. One of them is American, and favours are called in to set Jack Reacher on his tail.
Against the background of growing civil unrest, former SAS sergeant Tom Buckingham has to stay close to right-wing politician Vernon Rolt and decide where his own loyalties lie.
Stealing People
A series of kidnaps strikes deep at the heart of the lives of the rich and powerful, with a £25 million price tag on each life.
The Skeleton Road
When a skeleton is discovered at the top of a long-disused building, the neat hole in the skull makes it clear that this wasn't a case of accidental death. Cold case specialist DCI Karen Pirie is called in to investigate.
Absence of Light and other stories
Charlie Fox returns in a collection of short stories and a novella spanning Charlie's career in close personal protection work.
As Chimney Sweepers Come To Dust
When a mummified body falls out of a chimney on Flavia de Luce's first night at her new school, life at Miss Bodycote's Female Academy suddenly takes an interesting turn.
The Boy That Never Was
Three-year-old Dillon was lost when an apartment block in Tangier was swallowed up by an earthquake, so when Harry thinks he sees his son on the streets of Dublin five years later, he's elated. But will anyone believe him?
The Secret Baby Room
Soon after Claire and her husband move to Manchester, she sees a woman and a baby in a derelict tower block that's due for imminent demolition.
On a school trip to Sardinia, young James Bond has to rescue a friend's sister from the clutches of a secret society.
Death is a Welcome Guest
Magnus McFall is in prison on remand for a crime he didn't commit. Around him, men start dying like flies – and it's no better outside the prison walls either, as Malcolm soon finds out.
When Chloe Dow's body is found in a pond, Garvie Smith isn't very impressed with the police investigation into her murder. The only problem is that Garvie's still at school and is meant to be revising for his exams, not sticking his nose into other people's business.
Former Royal Marine Colonel Matt Straker is brought in to investigate a possible case of deliberate sabotage within the glamorous but cut-throat world of Formula 1 racing.
Robert B. Parker's Cheap Shot
Spenser is hired to find a nine-year-old kidnap victim amidst gang violence in downtown Boston.
Bob Skinner, on holiday in Spain, is asked to help out an old friend and find a missing man.
Muna was bought from an orphanage at the age of eight by Mr and Mrs Songoli and has been forced into a life of domestic slavery. But she is a survivor …
A kidnapped man is given a choice: save his life or that of his girlfriend and baby. What decision will he make?
After the Crash
A three month old baby is the sole survivor of a horrific plane crash. Two families come forward to claim the little girl, signalling the start of a long and inconclusive investigation.
When Scarlett Rainsford is found in the UK ten years after going missing as a teenager in Greece, DCI Lou Smith tries to unravel what happened and why.
Dead Men's Bones
DI Tony McLean's superiors are keen to tidy away the case of a prominent Scottish MP who murdered his wife and two daughters before killing himself, but McLean wants to get the bottom of what drove the man to murder and suicide.
Monsieur Pamplemousse and the Tangled Web
Monsieur Pamplemousse and his loyal canine sidekick Pommes Frites investigates dastardly goings-on at a restaurant where the owner has turned up dead.
Veerle De Keyser is being hunted and she knows it. But how can a man who's meant to have died first in prison and then in a fire at a ruined castle be in a position to threaten her now?
A Dark Inheritance
Rescuing a dog from almost certain death on a clifftop sets in train a series of events that turns teenager Michael Malone's life upside down and promises to bring him closer to the truth behind the mysterious disappearance of his father three years ago.
A Line of Blood
When Alex Mercer finds his neighbour dead in the bath, he's caught up in a train of events that threaten everything he holds dear.
Putting the Boot In
Someone is trying to put third division team Athletic out of business. Private investigator Duffy is hired to find out why.
When Pierce Oliviera died there was no shining light at the end of a tunnel, just a gloomy cavern and a lot of confused people being herded into two different lines. But Pierce has never been very good at doing what she's told. And she doesn't stay dead, either.
The Wolves of London
Alex Locke is doing his best to put his unsuccessful foray into crime behind him and live a normal life, but when one of his daughters is threatened, Alex has to turn to an old acquaintance from prison for help, and things go rapidly downhill from there.
Archangel's Shadows
Guild Hunter Ashwini Taj investigates the murder of a young woman found drained of life and mummified. Something nasty is definitely lurking in the shadows of New York.
When Henry Dudlow was 13, he started to see demons. Now he's 15 and a half and knows that something needs to be done about them, but it's not easy when you're the only person who can see them.
Immortal Remains
When four girls from a posh school are killed in a series of seemingly unrelated accidents, Bethan and her friends believe there's more to the deaths than meets the eye.
Forensics The Anatomy of Crime
Crime writer Val McDermid takes a fascinating look behind the scenes at the world of forensic science and how it has developed over time.
The Crime Writer's Guide To Police Practice and Procedure
A guide to police practice and procedure for crime writers.
The Jackdaw
A masked man abducts a wealthy banker and he gives ordinary people watching on the internet the choice of whether the victim lives or dies. Naturally, there's not much sympathy and the verdict is death, sparking an instant internet sensation.
A plane bound for New York from Stockholm is hijacked on its way across the Atlantic. Unless Sweden and the USA accede to the terrorist's demands, the plane will be blown up.
Robot Overlords
Humanity has lost the battle for its autonomy and robots are in control of the earth. The survivors are being confined to their homes for seven years but the robots claim they'll then leave peacefully. Robots never lie, so they say, but can they be trusted?
When Sam Dryden encounters a terrified young girl, his natural instinct is to help her, but he never expected the terrifyingly organised and relentless pursuit that immediately follows.
A top security prison is not usually somewhere people want to break into. But for hit-man Simon Johanssen, it's different. He's got a job to do, and it's up to old friend Charlotte Alton to help him.
When a sniper ambushes a motorcade of Russian security force members, Ryan Drake has to decide how far he'll go to protect Anya, the woman he once had to break out of a top security prison.
The Dead In Their Vaulted Arches
After being missing for over a decade, Flavia de Luce's mother is finally coming home to Buckshaw, but the fact that she's returning in a lead-lined coffin is enough to dampen anyone's enthusiasm.
The New Enemy
Liam Scott, a new recruit to the elite reconnaissance platoon, is on his way to Somalia on a mission to gather intelligence about terrorists active in the area.
The Shut Eye
Anna Buck has fallen apart at the seams since her son Daniel went missing. She's convinced she can still hear his voice and so when Anna hears of a psychic who might be able to help, she jumps at the chance.
Fiddle City
Ex-copper Duffy is hired to get to the bottom of a series of thefts in Heathrow Airport, otherwise known as Fiddle City.
The Execution
Jeremy Fisk of the NYPD Intelligence Division has to work with Cecilia Garza, his opposite number in Mexico, to counter a threat to Mexico's newly-appointed president on a visit to the US.
When 15-year-old Skye ends up in care, the children's home is more like a young offenders' institution and she has no one to turn to apart from a friend she met online. But it's not her friend who comes to pick her up – it's someone else entirely.
Butterfly Grave
When Joshua's uncle is injured in a fall, Rose and Skeggsie accompany him to Newcastle, but Joshua is certain they're being followed. Is there a connection with the mysterious disappearance of his father and Rose's mother?
A Trick of the Mind
Ellie is convinced she's been responsible for a hit and run accident and is determined to make amends, but her decision to become involved with the victim has far-reaching consequences.
A Twist of the Knife
A collection of short stories bringing together vengeful spouses, ghosts and police procedurals, including the first-ever case for Roy Grace.
The Ice Twins
A year after one of Sarah Moorcroft's twins died in a tragic accident, the horrible realisation dawns that she might have made a terrible mistake about the identity of the dead twin.
The Night Hunter
Elvie McCulloch's sister disappeared while out for a run. When a woman who disappeared in similar circumstances turns up dead in dramatic circumstances, Elvie starts to fear the worst for Sophie.
When Patrick Doyle's past comes back to haunt him, his daughter Franny finds herself caught up in a deadly game, not knowing that her own life is on the line.
Mickey Bolitar is still searching for his father, but he's not the only one who has gone missing.
LAPD detective Harry Bosch is still working cold cases. When a man dies almost a decade after being shot, the case lands on Harry's desk and his bosses are expecting results, as are the politicians.
The Final Minute
Matt Barron has lost his memory in a car accident but he's not sure if the people who are meant to be helping him can really be trusted, and when his past does start to catch up with him, nothing is quite what it seems.
When troubled teenager Emma Thorley went missing, the police and everyone else assumed she'd run away again, but 11 years later when a body is found in woods near Blyth, it looks like there was another, far more deadly reason for her disappearance.
Hour of Darkness
A female naked body is washed up near Edinburgh baffles police until a woman is found to be missing from a bloodstained flat.
Killing For Keeps
When two hideously brutal killings take place within a few hours of each other, it's not hard to find the link between the two, but bringing the killers to justice proves a lot harder for DCI Kate Daniels and her team.
Adam thought he was finished with adventure when he turned 13, but when bad things start to happen to people he's connected with, his life is about to be turned upside down again.
Killing Rachel
Rose and Joshua believe their parents are still alive, even though no one else does. Joshua is determined to work out a set of cryptic clues and Rose is caught up with events surrounding the death of Rachel, a former schoolfriend.
Kingdom of Darkness
Nina Wilde has given up her job and is working through a bucket list of things she's always wanted to do while she still has time to do them. But when one last job comes along, helping safeguard the secrets of Alexander the Great's tomb, Nina can't stay away despite her husband Eddie's misgivings.
The Burning Mind
Harper Flynn nearly died in an attack on a club. A year later, she's convinced that one of the gunmen is after her, but no one else believes in his existence.
The Facts of Life and Death
When a series of lone women are terrorised and forced to call home so that their mothers can witness their ordeals, the police have no useful leads. Then the sinister game starts to escalate.
A man has been brutally murdered in the toilets of a seedy nightclub. But when a woman goes missing, DI Harland is told to prioritise the woman's case – and his new boss wants results.
While the country reels in shock from a series of suicide bombings, SAS trooper Danny Black is seconded to a covert assassination squad put together to neutralise the treat.
When a friend of Kat's buys her a subscription to an online dating service, it's meant to be a bit of fun, but events take an unexpected turn when Kat comes across someone from her past.
The Nemesis Program
Ben Hope wants a fresh start, including marriage and a future in the clergy, but events conspire against him, whether he likes it or not.
Sherlock Homes: The Man Who Never Lived And Will Never Die
A sumptuously illustrated and authoritative tour into the world of Sherlock Holmes to accompany the Museum of London's exhibition.
Tight-Lipped
Jean-Jacques Marsay and his wife Carine Dufour live a life that many in Paris envy, but their seemingly charmed existence is darkened when a woman close to them is murdered.
Danny Shanklin is still on the run, falsely accused of a massacre outside a London hotel. He has to track down the people who framed him, as well preventing a disaster of even greater proportions.
Young Sherlock: Stone Cold
Sherlock has been sent to Oxford to catch up on his studies but, along with his friend Matty, they're soon caught up in a mystery involving missing body parts.
Dead Time
When Rose and Joshua's parents go missing, everyone is baffled, including the police, but Joshua is determined to find them again.
Foxglove Summer
Peter Grant takes a trip to rural Herefordshire to assist in the search for two missing children.
A group of sceptics and believers are brought together for a week in a supposedly haunted house, under the all-seeing eye of the TV cameras.
Pray For The Dying
When a senior figure is shot at a charity concert, Bob Skinner is already on the scene, having taken down one of the gunman. What follows next is a career move that he's been dead set against for a very long time.
Murder Most Unladylike
The Wells and Wong Detective Society investigates its first case, the murder of one of the teachers at Deepdean School for Girls.
The Shroud Maker
The body of a woman is found floating out to sea in a small boat. The cause of death is pretty obvious – she's been strangled. DI Wesley Peterson has to work out whether there's a link between this death and the disappearance of another woman the previous year.
Dan 'Spider' Shepherd is in big trouble. A rescue mission goes horribly wrong and he ends up in the hands of al-Qaeda. But fortunately for Spider, his M15 controller Charlotte Button is a woman who doesn't always feel bound to follow the rules.
The Danger Game
A routine enquiry for Delaney & Co leads to a brutal beating for one of their employees and takes Travis deep into the world of gang warfare on the Slade Lane estate.
A series of apparently anti-American acts of violence and extremism threaten the UK's much-vaunted special relationship with the US. DCI John Kerr has the task of identifying the connections and stopping the escalating violence.
Robert B. Parker's Wonderland
When a developer trying to buy the condo where Henry Cimoli has an apartment resorts to dubious tactics, Henry calls in a favour from Spenser.
Art of Deception
A mummified body is found in the remains of a deserted summerhouse in a country park. Kate Hanson and Birmingham's Unsolved Crimes Unit have to delve into the past to make sense of the present.
As Jasper Dent proclaims in one of his tattoos, he hunts killers. It's an unusual job for a teenager, but he's well-qualified, as he's the son of America's most notorious serial killer.
SAS trooper Danny Black leads a small team of fellow soldiers riding shotgun for an MI6 agent who is attempting to make contact with one of the rebel factions in war-torn Syria.
Paths of the Dead
The body of a young man is found at a Neolithic stone circle in Glasgow. DI Michael McNab thinks the killing is drug-related but forensic scientist Rhona Macleod isn't convinced.
Lost Worlds 2: Shadow Creatures
In the search for new DNA and a cure for his paralysis, Calum Challenger and his friends plan to hunt down a shadowy creature in Hong Kong. But when Calum's taken hostage and taken to New Mexico, no one knows he's gone. And he's not the only one in trouble.
Wild People
When a young woman dies in the back of Glyn Capaldi's car after a botched operation to catch a gang of car thieves, he's determined not to let her death be swept under the carpet as nothing more than a tragic accident.
Seconds Away
Mickey Bolitar and his friends find themselves in deep water again when one of their group is shot.
When Kieran discovers the body of a homeless man in the river, everyone seems determined to put this down to nothing more than an accident, but he's sure there's more to the man's death than that.
The Death Collector
Joe Parker's job is at risk, so it's not the best time to get embroiled in a possible miscarriage of justice from several years ago. His brother Sam is under pressure to spend more time with his wife and family, but then another case comes along and promises are set aside.
The Demons of Ghent
People are falling from the tops of buildings in Ghent. Did they fall or were they pushed? Veerle suspects the latter might be true, but she's already in enough trouble at home and really shouldn't get involved.
The Ballad of Mila
Two gangs are fighting for control of Venetia in north-east Italy. Mila Zago is a woman out for revenge, skilfully playing both sides off against each other as the body count mounts up around her.
The Lifers' Club
When archaeologist Alan Cadbury starts to look into the case of a so-called honour killing, he doesn't expect to end up under threat, but someone wants to make sure he keeps his nose – and his trowel – out of things that don't concern him.
Can Anybody Help Me?
Yvonne is struggling after the birth of her first child. She's moved to Dublin because of her husband's job and hasn't yet built up a support network, so instead, she turns to an internet site for help. But not everyone on there is all they seem.
Meda's on her own now her mum's dead, but she still does her best to live up to the values her mum instilled in her. But it can be hard at times, especially the bit about not eating people's souls.
That Dark Remembered Day
When Stephen is told his mother isn't well, he knows he has to face up to his past and return to the village where he grew up, but he dreads going back. The past is something he simply doesn't want to have to deal with, but that isn't an option any more.
The Death Trade
Sean Dillon, former IRA enforcer-turned-member of the security service, has to find a way of getting to a Iranian nuclear scientist before al-Qaeda do.
The Final Silence
When Rea Carlisle forces open a locked door in the house of her dead uncle, she finds a scrapbook with a difference, not full of family photos, but of things like fingernails and hair, mementos of his victims.
When a girl at Mickey Bolitar's school goes missing, he teams up with an unlikely group of friends to track her down.
Finn McGuire is caught in the middle of a gang war that's getting nastier by the minute and is in danger from both sides.
Six people foil the hijacking of a plane and become instant celebrities, but New York police investigator Jeremy Fisk is convinced that there is more to the attempted hijacking than meets the eye.
The Valhalla Prophecy
Archaeologist Nina Wilde and ex-SAS husband Eddie Chase are in a race against time with the bad guys to find Valhalla, the legendary Hall of the Slain.
1965. Bristol. When a young black woman goes missing the police don't seem particularly interested. But local councillor Earl Linney wants her found, and thinks former Barbados cop JT Ellington is the man for the job.
Beth Jordan comes round after a serious car accident to discover she's been filmed on numerous mobile phones. The footage quickly goes viral on the internet, but then steadily starts to disappear. Beth needs to know why.
Up and coming young jockey Duncan Claymore wants revenge on the men who ruined his father's life and now he's in a position to get it.
The New Watch
A new type of Other is stalking the world, threatening not only the Light and the Dark, but also the Twilight itself. It's up to Higher Light Magician Anton Gorodetsky to see what can be done to neutralise this threat.
Sarah Midnight is a demon hunter, caught up in a deadly war and not knowing who to trust: Sean, who's already lied to her, or the mysterious Nicholas who she knows almost nothing about. If she makes the wrong choice, she could die.
A Dark and Twisted Tide
Lacey Flint has had enough of being a detective. A transfer to the Marine Unit suits her very nicely, but trouble seems to follow Lacey around no matter where she goes, and when bodies start to turn up in her beloved river, she can't just sit on the sidelines.
Inspector Bruno Courrèges has to juggle an investigation into the brutal death of an undercover French cop with the clandestine return to France of Sami, a young Muslim man who appears to have been involved in terrorist activities in Afghanistan.
Hard Kill
When an American diplomat goes missing, ex-Special Forces soldier Jon Reznick is asked to join the team charged with finding him.
Two people are trapped with no food or water. There's only one way out – kill or be killed.
The Bones Beneath
Tom Thorne, newly reinstated to the murder squad, gets landed with a job that he really doesn't want: accompanying psychopathic murderer Stuart Nicklin to a remote island off the Welsh Coast to look for the body of his first victim.
The Burning
Coroner Jenny Cooper has to dig deep for the truth in a horrific case of family annihilation in the Wye Valley.
Web of Darkness
Lily is thrilled when an incredibly attractive boy wants to be friends with her on Facebook and accepts his invitation despite the fact that she's never met him. But is he really all he makes out to be?
Former forensics expert Enzo Macleod is determined to get to the bottom of a series of unsolved murders. First up is the disappearance – and presumed death – of a man who went missing in Paris 20 years ago.
A killer is at large in London and police officers are being targeted. DC Maeve Kerrigan and DI Josh Derwent need to find the link between the cases before the body count mounts even higher.
Young Gifted and Dead
When a teenager at an exclusive boarding school, St Jude's Academy, is found dead in a lake in the grounds, the school is keen for her death to be judged a suicide. But one of the dead girl's roommates isn't so sure. Is there more to Alyssa's death than meets the eye?
Casting the First Stone
Diana Porteous, young widow, art collector and semi-reformed thief gets involved in the shadier side of the fine art world.
Dead Line
Daniel Trent is a specialist in hostage negotiation, but this time it's personal. It's his own girlfriend who has gone missing, and to find out the truth of her disappearance, Trent first has to negotiate the freedom of the man he thinks is responsible.
Her mother has run off to Spain with a bloke, leaving 15-year-old Chantelle to look after her younger brother and keep the debt collectors at bay. But her brother is in with a gang and Chantelle is on over her head and sinking fast
Cross and Burn
Carol Jordan has cut Tony Hill out of her life. Or at least she thinks she has. Women who bear a resemblance to Carol are turning up dead, and there's a very unlikely suspect in the frame.
Finn Maguire owns and runs his own gym. He's finding his feet after the murder of his stepfather and is doing pretty well, but his partner, Delroy, is being targeted by loan sharks and it's not in Finn's nature to stay out of trouble for very long.
The Hangman's Song
Edinburgh is suffering a spate of suicides, all by hanging, all seemingly unconnected. Acting Superintendent Duguid wants them all wrapped up nice and tidily and, more importantly, quickly, but DI McLean doesn't agree. He thinks there's more to the deaths than meets the eye.
Spider Shepherd is undercover again, this time as a close personal protection advisor to a Russian oligarch whose friends who are being targeted by a sniper. It's Spider's job to advice on security, but he's also considering some extra-curricular activity of a type his employers would very much frown on.
Sweet Damage
When Tim finds what seems to be the perfect flat for a cheap rent, he's expecting a catch, but doesn't expect it to come in the form of Anna, the beautiful and mysterious owner.
The Harper Connelly Omnibus
When Harper Connelly was struck by lightning she gained the ability to find dead bodies. It's not the easiest way to earn a living, but there's always plenty of demand for her services.
The Lawless Kind
Joe Hunter goes across the border to Mexico to bring back a child that's been abducted by its father. The only problem is that the father is high up in one of the powerful drug cartels and has no intention of giving up the boy without a fight.
A Lovely Way to Burn
With people dying like flies from a flu-like plague, what does one death matter among thousands? Despite what's happening in the rest of the country, TV presenter Stevie Flint is determined to find out the truth about her boyfriend's sudden death.
The Ultimate Truth
Travis Delaney's parents have been killed in a car crash. At the funeral, Travis is convinced he's being watched and his attempts to get to the bottom of that mystery are going to prove to be dangerous.
Under a Silent Moon
DCI Louisa Smith is called to a murder scene in a farm cottage where a young woman has been beaten to death. Then someone in the same village seemingly commits suicide by driving into a quarry and Louisa has to determine whether there's any connection between the two events.
World After
The angels are in control of the world, with scattered groups of human resistance doing their best to fight back. Against the backdrop of a ruined world, Penryn is searching for her sister again.
Deep Shelter
DC Nick Belsey is driven down into the miles of abandoned tunnels under the streets of London in search for a missing woman. As it was his fault she was there in the first place, his job will be on the line if that embarrassing fact comes out.
Detective Lucy Black of Northern Ireland's Public Protection Unit is called in to identify the body of a dead teenager. Someone is preying on vulnerable girls and Lucy needs to find a missing teenager before she too ends up dead.
Saving Silence
When Imogen saves Sam from a hit and run, her problems are only just starting. She has information someone wants and they're quite willing to resort to violence to get it off her.
The Shadow Collector
Lilith Benley has served 18 years in prison for the murder of two teenagers although she still protests her innocence. When a woman is found murdered nearby, it seems like the past isn't going to stay buried.
The families of children, already no strangers to violence, are being targeted and killed. Can a remote boarding school in the Maine wilderness provide a safe haven or will it prove to be just another hunting ground?
Most boys can expect a present of some sort when they turn 14, but in Adam's case he'll be lucky to be still alive. The People, and their sinister leader, Coron, are after Adam, and they're very ruthless indeed.
Never Coming Back
A family go missing under unusual circumstances, disappearing from their family home as though they've simply vanished in mid air. Private investigator David Raker is determined to find out what's happened to them and why.
A Song for the Dying
Former Detective Inspector Ash Henderson is still in prison for the murder of his brother, a crime he didn't commit, but a killer from his past has stuck again, and Ash's particular brand of skills are needed on the outside. But can he stay out of the clutches of the vengeful Mrs Kerrigan?
Angelfall
The world has been reduced to ruins. All Penryn is trying to do is stay alive and look after her disabled sister and mentally unstable mother. That's easier said than done when the earth is still under attack from angels.
Veerle longs to escape from her controlling, neurotic mother and the boredom of life in suburban Brussels. A secret society devoted to exploring hidden places provides exactly what she needs, but it also brings danger.
Bet Your Life
A boy is found in Port Sentinel, badly beaten and left for dead. Jess Tennant doesn't want to get involved, but when her cousin and a friend plead with her to do some detective work, Jess finds herself inexorably drawn into the mystery of what really did happen to the seemingly popular and exceedingly rich Seb Dawson.
Young Sherlock Holmes: Knife Edge
Sherlock has nearly found his way back to England after his adventures in the Far East, but before he gets home, he has to stop over a little longer that he intended in Ireland to help his brother Mycroft investigate the strange case of a man who claims he can talk to the dead.
Ryan Drake and his Shepherd team specialize in finding people and bringing them back. This time they're off to Afghanistan to bring back a senior CIA operative held by insurgents.
Stay Alive
A family canoeing trip leads to terror for teenager Jess Grainger when she ends up helping a mysterious woman escape from the men with guns who are clearly trying to kill her. Jess soon discovers that they'll kill anyone who gets in their way.
The Toy Taker
Someone is taking children from the safety of their houses in the middle of the night, getting in through locked doors while their parents are sleeping. It's DI Sean Corrigan's job to find them.
National Transportation Safety Board investigator Tom Patrick is first on the scene when the engine of an aircraft on the ground at Los Angeles airport tears itself apart killing three men and injuring six more. And it's not the only 737 that has problems as the death toll starts to rise.
Six years ago, Natalie, the love of Jake Fisher's life, dumped him and married another man. At her wedding, Jake promised to stay away from her, but six years later when he discovers that her husband has died, he finds that promise becomes harder and harder to keep.
Natural Causes
A series of high-profile murders in Edinburgh need to be investigated, but DI Tony McLean is obsessed with an older death, the brutal killing of a young woman entombed in the cellar of an old house, unearthed during building works.
The Shadow Tracer
On the day her daughter's school bus is involved in an accident, Sarah Keller's world comes apart at the scenes, but not for the obvious reasons. Sarah flees the hospital, accused of abducting her own daughter. Pursued by both the FBI and some very nasty criminals, it's Sarah's job to keep them both safe.
Monument to Murder
Two sets of skeletal remains are found beneath a sand dune near Bamburgh Castle on the Northumberland coast. It's a case that couldn't get much colder, but DCI Kate Daniels is determined to catch the killer.
Robert Naysmith is playing a dangerous game and it's been made more so by the secret he's shared with his girlfriend, Kim. Can she live with the knowledge that he's a killer or will she betray him?
Something in the Blood
When Honey Driver is given the job of acting as liaison between the Bath Hotels Association and the local police, she isn't expecting to get involved in a murder investigation. But it's certainly more exciting than worrying about washing up and fending off her matchmaking mother.
Hard Road
Jon Reznick is a hard man doing a difficult job. When he fails to carry out an assassination, he unwittingly makes his 11-year-old daughter a pawn in a very dangerous game.
DS Glyn Capaldi, still in exile in the Welsh valleys, is called out to a skeleton discovered during excavations for a wind farm. The body is missing its head and hands. Glyn's belief that there's a local connection doesn't convince his superiors.
A Cry in the Night
When two children go missing in the Lake District in winter, DS Zoe Barnes and her boss DI Sam Taylor are called in to investigate. Tensions in a small village are running high and there's even talk of witchcraft.
Marriage to the feckless Mark isn't a bed of roses, but Amy loves him and their children, but someone is determined to break up her marriage and doesn't care how far Amy's life gets ruined in the process.
A body of a half-naked woman is discovered in a park in Edinburgh. It looks like murder, and when a second body is found, also unclothed, DS Alice Rice wonders if the two cases are connected.
The Doll's House
A crime scene has been posed to look like the interior of a doll's house, complete with a badly mutilated victim. DI Phil Brennan has to struggle with an unfamiliar team and an increasingly distant wife, as well as a series of seemingly unrelated murders.
The Swedish Girl
When a student is brutally murdered in a shared house, her flatmates come under suspicion and at first it looks like this will be an open and shut case, but policeman's daughter, Kirsty Wilson, isn't so sure.
Calum Challenger is in search of the Almasti, a creature unrecognised by science which is believed to live in the wilds of the Caucasus mountains. With the help of a motley bunch of allies, he goes up against a shadowy corporation in a race to find them first.
When a missing person enquiry turns into a murder hunt, DI Sean Corrigan is certain that there's a serial abductor is at work and it's only a matter of time before another woman turns up dead.
Morning Frost
Denton is its usual hotbed of crime and this time it comes with added body parts, as a farmer ploughing his fields soon discovers. On top of that, DS Jack Frost has to cope with shootings and the death of his wife.
Precious Thing
TV reporter Rachel Walsh is called to a press conference about a missing woman, only to discover that it her oldest friend who's gone missing.
Death at the Clos du Lac
When a man is found dead in a swimming pool at an exclusive and secretive sanatorium, Inspector Lucas Rocco wants to know why he ended up like that, and he's not inclined to take any notice of being warned off the case.
Witness Protection officer Ros Gilet has to keep the feisty Tyra Rea out of the hands of Ukrainian crime boss, Yaroslav. Not an easy task, and at times, Tyra seems to be her own worst enemy.
The Resistance Man
Against a backdrop of rural France, Inspector Bruno Courrèges, Chef de Police in St Denis, has to deal with a series of burglaries that culminates in a vicious murder.
Speaking From Among the Bones
When the tomb of St Tancred in the village of Bishop's Lacey is opened after 500 years, naturally young sleuth Flavia de Luce wants to be there, and succeeds in taking the first look into the tomb. But the body she finds isn't the one everyone expected her to see.
The Magus of Hay
The discovery of an old man's body at the foot of a waterfall looks like it could have been an accident, but DI Frannie Bliss isn't so sure, and when he sees the contents of the dead man's home, he calls in diocesan exorcist Merrily Watkins, for a second opinion.
Stop Dead
DI Geraldine Steel investigates when a businessman is brutally killed and his wife and her young lover are automatically suspects, but then another murder takes place by the same method.
The Stranger You Know
A serial killer is at work, and there are echoes of a cold case from 20 years ago. Maeve Kerrigan is shocked when suspicion falls on her obnoxious colleague DI Josh Derwent.
Everyone Lies
When drug addicts start turning up dead, the police don't seem to be taking much notice until a minor celebrity dies, then the case gets handed to DI Kate Simms, who ends up asking for help from the man who ruined her career five years ago.
The Voice of the Spirits
An elderly art collector is found dead in his gated mansion with a hole in his forehead and a tribal mask from Papua New Guinea over his face. Commandant Michel de Palma is called to investigate.
Already Dead
The Peak District is drenched in rain and a naked body is found in a drainage ditch. DS Ben Cooper is still off work after the arson attach that killed his fiancée and DS Diane Cooper has her work cut out to keep his private life out of her investigation.
Next to Die
Brothers Joe and Sam Parker have chosen different paths in life. It's Sam's job to catch criminals and it's Joe's job to defend them.
The Sea on Fire
It should have been a simple trip to the Red Sea for dive guides Kim and Garland, but add drugs and booze to the equation and things start to go badly wrong.
Rules of Honour
When his best friend's father is brutally murdered, Joe will be there for him, although he doesn't want Rink to lower himself to the same level as his father's murderers, but it soon becomes clear that there is no simple morality they can cling to.
The Dying Hours
Tom Thorne, now busted back into uniform, is convinced that there's more to a cluster of deaths among the elderly than simply suicides. But he's the only one who wants to investigate further.
Cold Killing
DI Sean Corrigan is convinced that he's got a serial killer on his hands, but as there is no apparent link between the crimes, he's got an uphill struggle to convince anyone else of his theory.