Collection: Mystery

As with every other Monday morning, Ophelia Baker had gone down to the wash-house to do the weekly wash. However, she had been stopped in her tracks by the fact that someone had left a large, wooden crate in the middle of the floor. On closer inspection, Ophelia found that the crate contained wha...

The summer of 1908 is proving to be a busy time for Inspector Jake Fraser of the Aberdeen City Police. An Aberdeen Grammar School teacher has been murdered, a police colleague commits suicide, leaving behind a case in which Jake now believes the wrong man was sent to the gallows, the Suffragette ...

This book is written from the perspective of Andrew Olden, an Irish man looking back on his youth, which included studying for an MA in philosophy at Strasbourg University when the 1968 French student protests erupted.

The year is 1974, three girls are missing, the work of one man or more? Edward Dunford, correspondent for the Yorkshire Post, is putting the pieces together.

1979. It is the winter of discontent, and reporter Allie Burns is hunting for the story that will make her name. There are few women in the newsroom and she needs an explosive scoop for the boys' club to take her seriously. Allie and fellow junior reporter Danny Sullivan aren't afraid to raise ha...

It's 1989 and Allie Burns is back. Older and maybe wiser, she's running the northern news operation of the Sunday Globe, chafing at losing her role in investigative journalism and at the descent into the gutter of the UK tabloid media. But there's plenty to keep her occupied. The year begins with...

Christmas is coming, but crime never stops for the Women's Murder Club. Sergeant Lindsay Boxer is looking forward to spending time with her family over the holidays. But when she receives a tip-off that the biggest heist ever to hit San Francisco is being planned for Christmas Day, everything cha...

As the only woman homicide inspector in San Francisco, Lindsay Boxer has to be tough. But nothing she has seen prepares her for the horror of the honeymoon murders, when a brutal maniac begins slaughtering newlywed couples on their wedding nights.