The main aim of detective stories is to entertain but the best cast a light on human behaviour and d..

White Waltham 1943. As Italy surrenders and victory looms on the horizon Ellie's doing what she does..

This was meant to be the perfect trip. The Northern Lights. A luxury press launch on a boutique crui..

Leah Turner's father has been killed in an accident at the laundry and it falls to her to become sol..

Ireland AD 672. The abbey of Muman at Imleach Iubhair is being renovated when its guests' hostel bur..

Rome AD 63. Vespasian has been ordered to a far-flung empire in Africa to free two hundred Roman cit..

533 AD. The last Vandal ruler consults an ancient oracle on how to defeat the invading Byzantine arm..

The LAPD find a man dead at home. Nothing suggests foul-play but elements of the victim’s house sh..

1915. Patrolling is the last thing on the minds of Women Police Service recruits Annie Maggie and Po..

Summer 1953. The sun is shining on Little Green Street the bunting is being brought out and Britain ..

He is one of the world's most ruthless terrorists codenamed Saladin. Ten years ago he blew a plane o..

Eve Singer needs death. With her career as a TV crime reporter flagging she’ll do anything to sati..

It's 1987 and after a decade as head teacher at Ragley-on-the-Forest School Jack Sheffield is lookin..

1560 and rumour shrouds the death of the one woman who stands between Lord Robert Dudley and marriag..

January 1941 As the residents of Goodwill House feel the hard bite of winter land girl Charlie Somit..