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London in the early nineties is a hotbed of political activism and intrigue, prey and predator, and times are changing fast - too fast for DCI Rick Bailey, who is starting to think he cannot keep up. But then a young woman goes missing in the run-up to Christmas, and he's convinced Alice's disappearance is related to an unsolved murder that has haunted him for the last three years.\n\nHe stumbles upon a suspect connected to all the clues, among them a care worker facing betrayal and abuse, a cemetery worker hearing music that does not play, an activist running from himself and a blind man who sees more than anyone else.\n\nWho will lead them to Alice before the church bells ring?\n\n_____\n\nPraise for S. J. Butler:\n\n'S.J. Butler writes like a dream and tells tales from the stuff of nightmares . . . This is high-octane crime fiction' TONY PARSONS\n\n'Class warfare in all its glory or goriness' TONY MILLINGTON\n\n'? ? ? ? ? This story gets hold of you and makes you shudder. Five stars'\n\n'? ? ? ? ? An extraordinarily fantastic literary thriller. A huge five star read for me' \n\n'? ? ? ? ? Plenty of twists to keep you guessing! Just brilliant'\n\n'? ? ? ? ? Gritty, well written, a real page turner' \n\n'? ? ? ? ? Gem of a debut'\n\n'? ? ? ? ? Great twists and turns . . . Can't wait to read more of S. J Butlers books!!'\n\nAn addictive and nail-biting crime thriller from the author of Between the Lines and Deadly Lesson. Perfect for fans of Biba Pearce, Robert Bryndza and Patricia Gibney.

When it's in your blood, there's no other way.\n\nTHE LIFE by the 'undisputed queen of crime writing' (Guardian) and Sunday Times No.1 bestseller Martina Cole is an unflinching novel that exposes a world that many would rather ignore...\n\nThe Baileys are born into the Life.\n\nBrothers Daniel and Peter rule London's East End with threats and violence. Only a fool would cross them, but there are always those in the shadows who will try.\n\nAnd when their enemies strike, every Bailey pays the price. But none more so than Daniel's only daughter, Tania. The Life is in her blood, and now it's her weapon for revenge.\n\nFor more novels that will take you deep into the dark and dangerous criminal underworld, check out Martina Cole's THE GRAFT, THE BUSINESS and REVENGE

'Andrew Taylor is a master story-teller' Daily Telegraph \n\nFrom the No.1 bestselling author of The Ashes of London and The Fire Court, this is the first instalment in the acclaimed Lydmouth series\n\nWorkmen in the small market town of Lydmouth are demolishing an old cottage. A sledgehammer smashes into what looks like a solid wall. Instead, layers of wallpaper conceal the door of a locked cupboard which holds a box - and in the box is the skeleton of a young baby. \n\nItems within the box suggest that the baby was entombed early in the nineteenth century, but when another man is also found dead, the evidence suggests that the baby's death is more recent and that a killer is on the loose. For Journalist Jill Francis, newly arrived from London, this looks like her first story to chase ... \n\n'An excellent writer. He plots with care and intelligence and the solution to the mystery is satisfyingly chilling' The Times\n\n'The most under-rated crime writer in Britain today' Val McDermid \n\n'There is no denying Taylor's talent, his prose exudes a quality uncommon among his contemporaries' Time Out

'Andrew Taylor is a master story-teller' Daily Telegraph \n\nFrom the No.1 bestselling author of The Ashes of London and The Fire Court, this is the fifth instalment in the acclaimed Lydmouth series\n\nWhen Mattie Harris's body is found drowned in the river, everyone in Lydmouth knows something is wrong. Mattie wasn't a swimmer - it can't have been a simple accident. She was drunk on the last night of her life - could she have fallen in? Or was she pushed? \n\nMattie was a waitress, of no importance at all, so when Lydmouth's most prominent citizens become very anxious to establish that her death was accidental, Jill Francis's suspicions become roused. In the meantime she is becoming ever closer to Inspector Richard Thornhill, and discovering that the living have as many secrets as the dead...\n\n'An excellent writer. He plots with care and intelligence and the solution to the mystery is satisfyingly chilling' The Times\n\n'The most under-rated crime writer in Britain today' Val McDermid \n\n'There is no denying Taylor's talent, his prose exudes a quality uncommon among his contemporaries' Time Out

A must-read for fans of Clare Mackintosh and Paula Hawkins.\n\n'Sophie Hannah is genuinely Christie's heir' The Scotsman\n'Hugely entertaining, full of uncomfortable truths' London Evening Standard\n\nWhat if having a best friend was the most dangerous thing you could do?\n\nA killer that the police are calling 'Billy Dead Mates' is murdering pairs of best friends, one by one. \n\nBefore they die, each victim is given a small white book... \n\nFor months, detectives have failed to catch Billy, or work out what the white books mean. And then a woman, scared by what she's seen on the news, comes forward.\n\nStand-up comedian Kim Tribbeck has one of Billy's peculiar little books. A stranger gave it to her at a gig she did a year ago. Was he Billy, and does he want to kill her? Kim has no friends and trusts no one, so how - and why - could she possibly be Billy Dead Mates' next target?\n\nThis is the next chilling novel from the queen of psychological crime - a literary puzzle set to unlock the dark side of the mind . . .

'Andrew Taylor is a master story-teller' Daily Telegraph \n\nFrom the No.1 bestselling author of The Ashes of London and The Fire Court, this is the seventh instalment in the acclaimed Lydmouth series\n\nLove and need make unexpected bedfellows, and both are blind. As the grip of a long hard winter tightens on Lydmouth, a dead woman calls the dying in a seance behind net curtains. Two provincial newspapers are in the throes of a bitter circulation war. A lorry-driver broods, and an office boy loses his heart. \n\nBritain is basking in the warm glow of post-war tranquillity, but in the quiet town of Lydmouth, darker forces are at play. The rats are fed on bread and milk, a gentleman's yellow kid glove is mislaid on a train, and something disgusting is happening at Mr Prout's toyshop.\n\nReturning to a town shrouded in intrigue and suspicion, Jill Francis becomes acting editor of the Gazette. Meanwhile, there's no pleasure left in the life of Detective Chief Inspector Richard Thornhill. Only a corpse, a television set and the promise of trouble to come.\n\n'An excellent writer. He plots with care and intelligence and the solution to the mystery is satisfyingly chilling' The Times\n\n'The most under-rated crime writer in Britain today' Val McDermid \n\n'There is no denying Taylor's talent, his prose exudes a quality uncommon among his contemporaries' Time Out

'Jane Casey's police procedurals go from strength to strength!' Sunday Times\n'If you have not read Jane Casey, start immediately' Marian Keyes\n'The most dangerously addictive series in crime fiction. . .' Erin Kelly\n___________________\n\nArson, accident or murder?\n\nAfter a fire rips through a North London tower block, two bodies are found locked in an eleventh-floor flat. But it is the third victim - the MP Geoff Armstrong - that requires the presence of detective Maeve Kerrigan and the murder squad.\n\nIt appears that Armstrong, trapped by the fire, chose to jump to his death rather than wait for rescue. But why? And what was the controversial right-wing politician doing there in the first place?\n\nAs Maeve picks through the wreckage, she will uncover a secret world where everyone has something to hide . . .

'Andrew Taylor is a master story-teller' Daily Telegraph \n\nFrom the No.1 bestselling author of The Ashes of London and The Fire Court, this is the third instalment in the acclaimed Lydmouth series\n\n\nAfter the coldest night of the year, they find the man's body. He is dangling from the Hanging Tree on the outskirts of a village near Lydmouth, with his trousers round his ankles. Is it suicide, murder, or accidental death resulting from some bizarre sexual practice?\n\nJournalist Jill Francis and Detective Inspector Thornhill become involved in the case in separate ways. Jill is also drawn unwillingly into the affairs of the small public school where the dead man taught. Meanwhile a Peeping Tom is preying upon Lydmouth; Jill has just moved into her own house and is afraid she is being watched. And there are more distractions, on a personal level, for policeman and reporter . . .\n\n'An excellent writer. He plots with care and intelligence and the solution to the mystery is satisfyingly chilling' The Times\n\n'The most under-rated crime writer in Britain today' Val McDermid \n\n'There is no denying Taylor's talent, his prose exudes a quality uncommon among his contemporaries' Time Out

The brand new 2022 historical crime thriller from the award-winning author of STASI CHILD.\n\n*** 'A tense, smartly plotted new police procedural' - DAILY MAIL ***\n\n1942. HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE - It is the most heavily bombed city outside of London, but for the sake of national morale the Hull Blitz is kept top secret.\n\nNewly posted Detective Chief Inspector Ambrose Swift cannot believe the devastation he finds. But for Swift and his deputies - Sergeant Jim 'Little' Weighton and Women's Police Auxiliary Kathleen Carver - it's murder, not the war, that looms large.\n\nWhen a series of sadistic killings is blamed on locally-stationed American GIs, Swift soon discovers not all is what it seems. The stench of racism and corruption goes to the very top.\n\nBut finding the real killer will prove just as dangerous as the falling bombs. Because powerful forces cannot let the war effort be undermined - not even by the truth . . .\n___________________________________\n\nPraise for David Young:\n\n'Excellent' - The Times\n\n'Thrilling' - William Ryan\n\n'Masterful' - Daily Express\n\n'Fast-paced' - The Sun\n\n'Superb. Reminded me of Robert Harris at his best' - Mason Cross\n\n'Up there with Martin Cruz Smith and the other greats of the field' - Abir Mukherjee

The brilliant third novel from the acclaimed author of THE COLOURS OF DEATH.\n\nDuring a remote meeting, a Portuguese official watches from Lisbon as his colleague, Emanuel Francisco, a diplomat based in London's Portuguese embassy, dies of what looks to be a heart attack. When no one comes into the room to Francisco's aid, he tries frantically to contact the consulate to get immediate help.\n\nNo one picks up.\n\nWhen local police finally arrive hours later, they walk into a disturbingly silent and horrific scene. Everyone inside the building is dead.\n\nInspector Isabel Reis, a Gifted Inspector with Portugal's PolÍcia Judiciária, has developed a reputation for closing sensitive cases involving powerful people. When the gravity of what has happened in London is revealed, she's called up to assist the Met's CID in the investigation.\n\nTwo things quickly become very clear: this was a mass killing, and only one person escaped. The person the embassy was secretly protecting within its walls.\n\n\nNow Isabel must quiet her turbulent mind and come face to face with a killer more ruthless than she has ever seen before . . . The answers lie with the sole survivor.

This book presents more hard hitting cases from the authors of \"Glasgow Crimefighter\". As legendary Glasgow detective Les Brown re-investigates cases from Stratford in east London to Wick, via Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Ayrshire and Renfrewshire, he finds that, often, the official police line doesn't quite add up...The body of a young electrician is dragged from a harbour. The police say the death was an accident, but a mysterious man confesses to murder. What is the truth? A young Scotsman is found dead on the pavement near to a multi-story London car park. Did he jump or was he pushed? Then there's the rape and strangling of 14-year-old Pamela Hastie and the killing of 11-year-old Tracy Waters...two of the most horrific and puzzling cases in West of Scotland crime. And the mystery of 12-year-old Moira Anderson's death in Coatbridge, the strange case of rape at a holiday camp, and the disturbing facts of a series of unsolved murders of street prostitutes.These and many more Real Hard Cases are re-opened by Les Brown, in this intriguing new book co-written with Robert Jeffrey, author of a best-selling string of true crime titles, including \"Glasgow's Hard Men\", \"Gangland Glasgow\" and \"Glasgow's Godfather\".

SOME THINGS SHOULD REMAIN BURIED . . .\n\nThe Sunday Times bestselling first book in a brand new thriller series by the Queen of Crime Drama, Lynda La Plante.\n__________________\n\nDC Jack Warr and his girlfriend Maggie have just moved to London to start a new life together. Though charming, Jack can't seem to find his place in the world - until he's drawn into an investigation that turns his life upside down.\n\nIn the aftermath of a fire at an isolated cottage, a badly charred body is discovered, along with the burnt remains of millions of stolen, untraceable bank notes.\n\nJack's search leads him deep into a murky criminal underworld - a world he finds himself surprisingly good at navigating. But as the line of the law becomes blurred, how far will Jack go to find the answers - and what will it cost him?\n\nIn BURIED, it's time to meet DC Jack Warr as he digs up the deadly secrets of the past . . .\n__________________\n\nPRAISE FOR BURIED:\n\n'It's quite a challenge to make a detective constable the lead character in a crime novel, but Lynda La Plante does a cracking job of it in BURIED. DC Jack Warr is clearly destined for higher things, and I look forward to following his progress' - PETER ROBINSON, No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author of the DCI Banks series \n\n'A compelling, clever plot with a brilliant cast of diverse characters. Utterly riveting' - RACHEL ABBOTT, million-selling author of ONLY THE INNOCENT\n\n'Lynda La Plante practically invented the thriller' Karin Slaughter

‘Hannah Richell's The Search Party is a compelling thriller told with real emotional insight and depth. An absolute page-turner!’ Lucy Clarke\n\n Five old friends.\nOne glamping weekend.\nA storm that will change everything.\n\n Max and Annie Kingsley have left the London rat race to set up a glamping site in the wilds of Cornwall. They invite old university friends – TV star Dominic, doctor and new mum Kira, and free-spirited Jim and Suze – and their children for a trial weekend but the reunion quickly veers off-course.\n First, there’s The Incident around the campfire on the first night. The following afternoon, a storm quickly develops off the rugged North Coast. When one of their group goes missing, all hell breaks loose. And as the winds batter the bell-tents, emotions run high and tension mounts for all the characters.\n Who is lying in hospital, who has gone missing and who is the body on the beach below the cliffs . . .?\n\nGripping, cleverly structured and brimming with secrets and lies, this is a masterclass in narrative tension and a chilling exploration of the ways in which aspiration and anxiety collide. It will keep you guessing until the last page. \n\n 'In this compelling, beautifully-observed story of a Cornish glamping trip gone spectacularly wrong, Hannah Richell never lets up with the tension and suspense. This is a best-in-class family thriller you'll read in one sitting’ Kate Riordan, author of Heatwave

From behind her came a noise, and she whirled around. Two pairs of cold, murderous eyes stared back at her from beneath hooded cloaks. She stood cemented in place, even as her brain screamed at her to run…\n\nIt’s their usual Thursday girls’ night in, and best friends Skye, Elena, and London are enjoying hanging out at Skye’s house in New Mexico, eating junk food, drinking wine, and playing with Skye’s little children, Carter and Abigail.\n\nUntil the intruders arrive.\n\nHearing the horrific screams from Elena and Skye, London hides the children, tiptoes out to see what has happened… and disappears.\n\nAfter Carter raises the alarm, Detective Alyssa Wyatt is called in to investigate a bloodbath that appears to have no motive, no evidence, and worse still – no sign of London.\n\nAs Alyssa and her team dig deeper, the truth is always out of their reach… but what is clear is that they need to find London, and fast.\n\nAnd as they uncover a link between the murders and a sinister local cult, can Alyssa find the young woman who has vanished without a trace – before London joins the list of victims?\n\nMeet Detective Alyssa Wyatt. Mom, Wife… and a serial killer’s worst nightmare.\n\nAn utterly addictive, dark and twisty detective novel with a twist that will leave you gasping. If you’re a fan of Kendra Elliot, Lisa Regan or Angela Marsons, you’ll fall in love with Charly Cox’s stunning detective series.\n\nReaders are loving The Devil's Playground:\n\n‘This one came with a twist that I just did not see coming and it was one of those moments that I had to read two or three times…! I had tears in my eyes so many times in this book.’ ????? Reader Review\n\n‘I was seriously terrified at times but could not stop reading…A tale filled with what one could only describe as your worst nightmares come to life.’ ????? Reader Review\n\n‘Believe me, you will want the criminals caught, and to find out why they did what they did! If you are looking for a new, well-written series, this is for you!’ ????? Reader Review\n\n‘Bone chilling! murder, devil worshippers, and a crazy race to find the killer keep the pages flying. If you’re in the mood for an intense thriller that holds no punches this is it.’ ????? Reader Review\n\n‘Omg this book is absolutely amazing! I went through it in a day and loved every second of it. This will keep you up reading through the early hours.’ ????? Reader Review\n\n‘Holy SMOKES! What a ride. From the first page my heart was pounding. I could not look away. This book was so good. And I literally teared up at the end. So dang awesome.’ ????? Reader Review\n\n‘Best one in the series! Gritty, dark, fast paced. Highly recommend!’ ????? Reader Review\n\n‘OMG WHAT A READ!!! Bone chilling, visceral and bloody terrifying. The best in the series so far. This very talented author is well on the way to being known as the Mistress of the Dark.’ ????? Reader Review\n\n‘When I saw that another book was coming out in this series I literally squealed with...

Filled with terrifying tales of gruesome murders, grand theft and kidnappings, this compendium of the worst side of humanity is guaranteed to chill the blood\n\nDid you hear about London's Victorian, all-female gang? What about the Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist? Do you know the story of the killer nun? Prepare yourself for the urge to sleep with the light on and to double-check you've locked the door, because this collection of True Crime Stories is not for the faint-hearted. \n\n Spanning criminal activity from across the world, this book will take you on a journey to the darkest reaches of human nature. Ranging from white-collar criminals and con artists to kidnappers and killers, there's plenty to shred your nerves.\n\n Whether you're a true crime junkie or just morbidly curious, let these stories of charismatic criminals and their sinister deeds ensnare your interest and send a shiver down your spine.

'Andrew Taylor is a master story-teller' Daily Telegraph \n\nFrom the No.1 bestselling author of The Ashes of London and The Fire Court, this is the second instalment in the acclaimed Lydmouth series\n\nWhen a spinster of the parish is found bludgeoned to death in St John's, and the church's most valuable possession, the Lydmouth chalice, is missing, the finger of suspicion points at the new vicar, who is already beset with problems.\n\nThe glare of the police investigation reveals shabby secrets and private griefs. Jill Francis, struggling to find her feet in her new life, stumbles into the case at the beginning. But even a journalist cannot always watch from the sidelines. Soon she is inextricably involved in the Suttons' affairs. Despite the electric antagonism between her and Inspector Richard Thornhill, she has instincts that she can't ignore . . .\n\n'An excellent writer. He plots with care and intelligence and the solution to the mystery is satisfyingly chilling' The Times\n\n'The most under-rated crime writer in Britain today' Val McDermid \n\n'There is no denying Taylor's talent, his prose exudes a quality uncommon among his contemporaries' Time Out

'Brilliant'\nPaula Hawkins\n\nIn 1964, the eccentric American novelist Patricia Highsmith is hiding out in a cottage in Suffolk, to concentrate on her writing and escape her fans. She has another motive too - a secret romance with a married lover based in London. \n\nUnfortunately it soon becomes clear that all her demons have come with her. Prowlers, sexual obsessives, frauds, imposters, suicides and murderers: the tropes of her fictions clamour for her attention, rudely intruding on her peaceful Suffolk retreat. After the arrival of Ginny, an enigmatic young journalist bent on interviewing her, events take a catastrophic turn. Except, as always in Highsmith's troubled life, matters are not quite as they first appear . . .\n\nMasterfully recreating Highsmith's much exercised fantasies of murder and madness, Jill Dawson probes the darkest reaches of the imagination in this novel - at once a brilliant portrait of a writer and an atmospheric, emotionally charged, riveting tale.

A father is murdered in the dead of night in his London home, his head wrapped tightly in tape, a crude sad face penned over his facial features. But the victim's only child is left alive and unharmed at the scene. \n\nMet Police detectives Grace Archer and Harry Quinn have more immediate concerns. Notorious gangster Frankie White has placed a target on Archer's back, and there's no one he won't harm to get to her.\n\nThen a second family is murdered, leaving young Uma Whitmore as the only survivor. Once again the victim's face is found wrapped and inked.\n\nWith a serial killer at large, DI Archer and DS Quinn must stay alive long enough to find the connection between these seemingly random victims. Can they do it before another child is made an orphan?

Definitive account of the famous 1963 Great Train Robbery - and its aftermath. \n\nIn the early hours of Thursday 8th August 1963 at rural Cheddington in Buckinghamshire, £2.6 million (£50 million today) in unmarked £5, £1 and 10-shilling notes was stolen from the Glasgow to London nightmail train in a daring and brilliantly executed operation lasting just 46 minutes. Quickly dubbed the crime of the century, it has captured the imagination of the public and the world's media for 50 years, taking its place in British folklore and giving birth to the myths of The Great Train Robbery. Ronnie Biggs, Buster Edwards and Bruce Reynolds became household names.\n\nBut what really happened? This is the story of four talented villains who took the criminal world by storm, of the 'perfect crime'. It is also the story of ruthless policemen, determined to hunt the robbers down and to make sure nobody slipped through the net, not even the innocent. It is the story of an Establishment under siege, and of one mistake which cost the robbers 307 years in prison.\n\nFifty years later, here is the story set out in full for the first time, a true-life crime thriller, and also a vivid slice of British social history.

THE FIRST CAMPION MYSTERY\n\n'Margery Allingham stands out like a shining light'\nAgatha Christie\n\nA suspicious death and a haunted family heirloom were not advertised when Dr George Abbershaw and a groupof London's brightest young things accepted an invitation to the mansion of Black Dudley. \n\nSkulduggery is most certainly afoot, and the party-goers soon realise that they're trapped in the secluded house. \n\nAmongst them is a stranger who promises to unravel the villainous plots behind their incarceration - but can George and his friends trust the peculiar young man who calls himself Albert Campion?

'MASTERFULLY PLOTTED' WOMAN'S OWN\n\nWhen an arson attack strikes in south London, leaving three people dead, it quickly becomes clear that the youngest victim, Danielle Low, was the intended target.\n\nWith no clear motive, and the killer at large, DCI Banham must act fast. But working with his partner, DI Alison Grainger, has its own challenges that threaten to stall the investigation. Then another body is found in similar circumstances and he knows that there is someone far more sinister at work.\n\nAs they begin to unravel a dark web of secrets, the case unexpectedly leads close to home and with time of the essence, and the killer always one step ahead, can DCI Banham and his team work together to put a stop to the depravity before another life is lost?\n\nSet in the gritty backstreets of London, The Burning Question is the latest thrilling instalment in the DCI Banham series by the much-loved author and actress Linda Regan. For fans of Lynda La Plante and Martina Cole.

'Andrew Taylor is a master story-teller' Daily Telegraph \n\nFrom the No.1 bestselling author of The Ashes of London and The Fire Court, this is the fourth instalment in the acclaimed Lydmouth series\n\nThe Korean war rumbles in the background throughout this novel as a reporter is found murdered at the Bathurst Arms, squatters are evicted from a military camp and there are new developments in the three-year-old hunt for a missing teenager. And in spite of all that's going on, Jill Francis, a local journalist, and DI Richard Thornhill find they can no longer resist their feelings for each other.\n\n'An excellent writer. He plots with care and intelligence and the solution to the mystery is satisfyingly chilling' The Times\n\n'The most under-rated crime writer in Britain today' Val McDermid \n\n'There is no denying Taylor's talent, his prose exudes a quality uncommon among his contemporaries' Time Out

Victim. Prostitute. Gangster's Wife. Survivor.\n\nTara grew up in squalor on the island of Alderney. When she was only four, she was sexually abused by one of her mother's many lovers, a horror that continued for five long years. As a teenager, desperate to escape the toxic environment at home, she fled to London - but was swiftly drawn into working as a prostitute. She became involved with some of London's most notorious gangsters - even marrying one - but when she realised the danger she was inflicting on her children, she knew she had to find a way to get out. \n\nThis is the inspiring story of one woman's will to survive, and to fight for a better life.

Five old friends.\nOne glamping weekend.\nA storm that will change everything.\n\n Max and Annie Kingsley have left the London rat race to set up a glamping site in the wilds of Cornwall. They invite old university friends – TV star Dominic, doctor and new mum Kira, and free-spirited Jim and Suze – and their children for a trial weekend but the reunion quickly veers off-course.\n First, there’s The Incident around the campfire on the first night. The following afternoon, a storm quickly develops off the rugged North Coast. When one of their group goes missing, all hell breaks loose. And as the winds batter the bell-tents, emotions run high and tension mounts for all the characters.\n Who is lying in hospital, who has gone missing and who is the body on the beach below the cliffs . . .?\n\nGripping, cleverly structured and brimming with secrets and lies, this is a masterclass in narrative tension and a chilling exploration of the ways in which aspiration and anxiety collide. It will keep you guessing until the last page.

When a stranger is stabbed to death, Fran's own life is put in danger...\n\nAmateur sleuth Fran Varady has to stay ahead of a killer in Running Scared, the third exciting mystery in Ann Granger's Fran Varady series. The perfect read for fans of LJ Ross and Elly Griffiths. \n\n'One of crime fiction's most engaging heroines' - Yorkshire Post \n\nAspiring actress and part-time private investigator Fran Varady knew there would be maximum disruption when her friend Ganesh decided to modernise his uncle's newsagents, starting with the washroom. But she isn't prepared for the nightmare that begins when an agitated passer-by asks to use it: hours later, he's found stabbed to death, leaving a message for Fran to meet him, and a mysterious roll of film hidden behind the old pipes... Fran realises that whoever wanted the negatives knows where they were hidden. And, probably, where they are now. \n\nWith her police protection more a hindrance than a help, an old friend, Tig, on the verge of collapse, and the builders wreaking havoc in the shop, can Fran find out why someone is prepared to murder for the negatives - before they find her?\n\nWhat readers are saying about Running Scared:\n\n'The heroine is a very convincing and likeable character, living almost on the fringes of society'\n\n'Loved this book as I have in all the Fran Varady books; gripping plot as normal with a twist at the end'\n\n'From the start I felt like I know the characters! It's a great read, very believable storyline and some humour as well'

'If you are susceptible to Miss Marple and Harriet Vane you must read The Adventures of Maud West. You will never know the difference between fact and fiction again.' - Jill Paton Walsh, author of the Peter Wimsey/Harriet Vane mysteries.\n\nMaud West ran her detective agency in London for more than thirty years, having started sleuthing on behalf of society's finest in 1905. Her exploits grabbed headlines throughout the world but, beneath the public persona, she was forced to hide vital aspects of her own identity in order to thrive in a class-obsessed and male-dominated world. And - as historical researcher Susannah Stapleton reveals - she was a most unreliable witness to her own life.\n\n Who was Maud? And what was the reality of being a female private detective in the Golden Age of Crime?\n\n Interweaving tales from Maud West's own 'casebook' with social history and extensive original research, Stapleton investigates the stories Maud West told about herself in a quest to uncover the truth.\n\n With walk-on parts by Dr Crippen and Dorothy L. Sayers, Parisian gangsters and Continental blackmailers, The Adventures of Maud West, Lady Detective is both a portrait of a woman ahead of her time and a deliciously salacious glimpse into the underbelly of 'good society' during the first half of the twentieth century.

A terrifyingly vivid portrayal of the murderous impulses hiding in the squalor of North London from multi-million copy and SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author Ruth Rendell. Readers of PD James, Ann Cleeves and Donna Leon will be hooked...\n\n'Rendell weaves the interlocking desires into a frightening tapestry of warped minds . . . A tale as chilling as any Rendell has written' -- The Times\n'Masterfully spooky. Don't read this alone' -- Red\n'A top-notch thriller that will, I promise, have you nibbling your nails' -- Daily Mail\n'Goodness me! This was good. Masterful plotting. Never a dull page. Fabulous characterisations...' -- ***** Reader review\n'This book is a masterpiece of intrigue' -- ***** Reader review\n'I couldn't put it down' -- ***** Reader review\n'One of the most amazing books I have ever read' -- ***** Reader review\n****************************************************************\nIn traditional fairy tales the handsome prince rescues the beautiful princess from her wicked stepmother, and the couple live happily ever after.\n\nTeddy Brex emerges from a loveless, isolated childhood as a handsome but autistic young man.\n\nFrancine Hill, emotionally and mentally scarred by the murder of her mother, grows into a beautiful young woman, who must endure the over-protectiveness of an increasingly obsessive stepmother.\n\nTeddy Brex does ride to her rescue, but he is a man who has already committed two murders.\n\nIn Rendell's dark criminal London, can anyone be trusted? It's a world in which innocent dreams can turn into the most terrible living nightmares...

'Mark Ellis delivers diamonds - an intriguing, masterly juggling of an intricate plot and an enviable command of detail.' JOHN LAWTON\n\n'An atmospheric, compelling evocation of war-torn London in the wake of the Blitz, where DCI Frank Merlin fights against a tidal wave of crime' Geoffrey Wansell, Crime and Thriller Reviewer, DAILY MAIL\n\nSummer, 1942.\nThe Second World War rages on but Britain now faces the Nazi threat with America at its side.\n\nIn a bombed-out London swarming with gangsters and spies, DCI Frank Merlin continues his battle against rampant wartime crime. A mangled body is found in the Thames just as some items of priceless art go mysteriously missing. What sinister connection links the two?\n\nMerlin and his team follow a twisting trail of secrets and lies as they investigate a baffling and deadly puzzle .\n\n'This is to my shame the first Mark Ellis book I've read. If the others evoke a vanished London so impressively, are graced with such complex plots and deep characterisation, and, above all, are written so well I shall have to read them all.' THE TIMES - PICKS OF THE WEEK\n\n'Extraordinarily atmospheric and compelling, DEAD IN THE WATER is a wonderfully intelligent and complex story' CHRIS LLOYD, HWA Gold Crown Award winner.\n\n'A very satisfying puzzle, expertly crafted' HISTORICAL NOVEL SOCIETY\n\nPraise for the DCI Frank Merlin series:\n\n'Masterly . . . compelling . . . one of the most attractive characters to emerge in recent detective-thriller fiction' ANDREW ROBERTS, SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR\n\n'Against the backdrop of Blitz-hit London, this stylish thriller sees Scotland Yard's Frank Merlin investigate a tangled conspiracy' SUNDAY MIRROR

Set in 1850s Wales, London and the Crimea, Jane Evans is a novel about the real first woman on the drove, who also nursed under Florence Nightingale. Fleeing her harsh life in rural Wales, Jane ends up nursing wounded soldiers in inhuman conditions in the Crimea. Can she survive the dangers and return to Wales and what will await her there? -- Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru

Two men are found dead in London's Battersea Park. One of the bodies has been laid out like a crucifix - with his eyes removed and placed on his open palms.\n\nDetective Inspector Grace Archer and her caustic DS, Harry Quinn, lead the investigation. But when more bodies turn up in a similar fashion, they find themselves in a race against time to find the sadistic killer.\n\nThe hunt leads them to Ladywell Playtower in Southeast London, the home to a religious commune lead by the enigmatic Aaron Cronin. Archer and Quinn suspect Cronin's involvement but his alibis are watertight, and the truth seemingly buried. If Archer is to find the killer, she must first battle her way through religious fanatics, London gangsters - and her own demons . . .

Twins Ron and Reg Kray were without doubt the most powerful, violent and deadly gangsters that London has ever known. They ran protection rackets, clubs and casinos, as well as fraudulent 'long firms'. They blackmailed, intimidated and killed - for many years with impunity thanks to their powerful cronies in the Establishment. Working with all five main Mafia families in New York, they were expanding their business worldwide when they were imprisoned for murder in 1968.\n\n Featuring revealing new material, The Krays: A Violent Business is the story of their lives - and of the secrets and scandals the British government still doesn't want you to know about.

Longlisted for the Crime Writers' Association Historical Fiction Dagger, 2019\n\nA Walter Scott Prize Academy Recommended Read 2019\n\n'Rich, intelligent and dark in equal measure, leaving you wrung out with terror. Historical fiction at its most sumptuous.' Rory Clements\n________________________\n\nHeresy. Conspiracy. Murder...\n\nLondon, 1590: Amidst a tumultuous backdrop of Spanish plotters, Catholic heretics and foreign wars, Queen Elizabeth I's control over her kingdom is wavering.\n\nAnd a killer is at work, preying on the weak and destitute of London... \n\nIdealistic physician Nicholas Shelby becomes determined to end these terrible murders. Joined in his investigations by Bianca, a beautiful but mysterious tavern keeper, the pair find themselves caught in the middle of a sinister plot. \n\nWith the killer still at large, Bianca finds herself in terrible danger. Nicholas's choice seems impossible - to save Bianca, or save himself...\n\n'Wonderful! Perry's Elizabethan London is so skilfully evoked, so real that one can almost smell it.' Giles Kristian