In separate locations in Leek, Staffordshire, three separate tableaux are being performed. DI Joanna Piercy is writing to her lover Matthew to try and explain recent events; her sidekick Mike…

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Bernard Prior was never popular with the rest of his family. And when his second cousin, Sheila Malory, is warned that he is visiting members of the Prior family in…

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When Dr Clive Jordan’s dazzling career is brought to an abrupt end by a bullet, his colleagues are devastated – especially the female ones. If the doctor hadn’t been as…

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Detective Inspector Charlie Priest is officially on sick leave, but this brief break from work comes to an abrupt end when Mrs Marina Norris’s chauffeur is found dead from unnatural…

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Detective Inspector Charlie Priest believes in doing things by the book. It’s just that, in the heat of the chase, he sometimes turns over two page at once. His unorthodox…

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London 1931. When controversial artist Nick Bassington-Hope is found dead, the police believe it is an open and shut case and his death from a fall is recorded as ‘accidental’….

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When one of five restaurant-owning brothers vanishes into thin air, Monsieur Pamplemousse’s detective skills are called into play. A delicious blend of gastronomic delight, teasing mystery, and pure comedy. Recommend…

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London 1930. Maisie Dobbs, the renowned psychologist and investigator, receives a most unusual request. She must prove that Sir Cecil Lawton’s son Ralph is really dead. This is a case…

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Critic/sleuth Monsieur Pamplemousse has a lot on his plate when he investigates a terrible and strangely popular hotel. Recommend This:…

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The dramatic theft of an 18th Century painting is discovered just moments before the old manor house uniquely depicted in the background of the portrait is set alight; coincidence? Does…

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In their affluent San Francisco high school, Flannery Culp’s group, the Basic Eight, are dismissed as a pretentious clique, but to Flan they are indispensable. She needs Kate, despite her…

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Stranded in Portsmouth, John Pearce has once again failed to secure the release of those who depended on him – his fellow Pelicans. They have been shipped off to the…

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As autumn creeps across the Swedish city of Uppsala, retired scholar Ulrik Hindersten disappears without a trace. The bludgeoned corpses of two local farmers are unearthed within days of each…

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Part naval swashbuckler, part mystery story, “The Dying Trade” tells the story of smuggling and death in the Mediterranean at the time of the Napoleonic Wars. Harry Ludlow and his…

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It wasn’t quite the homecoming ex-privateer Harry Ludlow had anticipated. Having cheated death and made a handsome profit into the bargain, Harry and his brother James expected their return home…

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 1795. As war spreads across the globe, Harry Ludlow joins the struggle for the richest trade in the world. When half his crew is illegally pressed into the Royal Navy…

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1795. The discovery of an abandoned Spanish merchant ship off the coast of America plunges the Ludlows into a far-reaching conspiracy fueled by jealousy, ambition and nationalistic fervor. The Bucephalas…

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Every week, agents and publishers in this country receive hundreds of manuscripts from would-be authors. Of these, fewer than one per cent will make it into print. David Armstrong was…

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 It is the year 1910 and the bloodstained body of an unknown woman is found on the grounds of Sir Henry Chetwynd’s Shropshire estate. A reluctant heir to the estate,…

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When Monsieur Pamplemousse got an urgent summons from the Director of Le Guide, he knew that there was trouble at the top. His faithful canine companion, Pommes Frites, noticed it…

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You think you’re having a bad day?  Joanne Baldwin has lost her job as a Weather Warden and saving the world doesn’t usually come with a decent pension plan.  It…

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