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Next Door to Murder
Anthea Fraser
A Rona Parish Mystery
Journalist Rona Parish continues her popular series on local family businesses with a piece on the Willow furniture emporium. For once, there don't seem to be any skeletons in the Willow family cupboards. But when Louisa, the daughter of Rona's reserved elderly neighbours, comes to Rona with a plea for help, it seems there may be a dark secret closer to home, and all Rona's journalistic instincts are aroused . . .
Thicker Than Water
Anthea Fraser
An intriguing mystery from this popular author
James Markham jilts his fiancé for a woman about whom he appears to know very little. Callum Firbank has always been evasive about his childhood, and his wife realizes she knows little about her husband's upbringing or family. Jill Irving has everything she could wish for, but she too has secrets in her past. What links these three very different people, and who is the mysterious stranger whose appearance in their lives seems to cause such terror5 . . .
Dead End
Brian Freemantle
A terrifying medical thriller
Geneticist Richard Parnell is researching genetic treatments to fight the world's most dangerous diseases. Navigating his way through the internal politics of the US drugs company that employs him, Parnell discovers it is engaged in dealings that could endanger the lives of millions. But the money men are reluctant for the story to get out, and soon it seems Parnell's own life may be in danger . . .
Time to Kill
Brian Freemantle
A tense revenge thriller
Jack Mason, once Russia's most successful CIA embedded traitor, has spent the last fifteen years in a penitentiary planning his vengeance on the defector who exposed him. Former KGB Colonel Dimitri Sobell has made a life for himself in America. Until he gets an official letter advising him of the man's impending release, he'd virtually forgotten Jack Mason. But Mason hasn't forgotten, and when these two men are pitted against each other, only one outcome is possible the death of whoever makes the one fatal mistake . . .
Something in the Blood
J.G. Goodhind
The launch of a new mystery series set in Bath
Honey Driver runs a hotel in Bath. As boss she's in charge one day and washing dishes the next, resisting her mother's match-making attempts and managing multiple responsibilities. Then one day things change. Honey lands the job of liaising with the police on behalf of Bath Hotels Association. And when an American tourist goes missing, Honey is called in to help . . .
A Taste to Die For
J.G. Goodhind
The new Honey Driver mystery
Chefs can be arrogant, competitive and downright murderous at times, so when Bath International Taste Extravaganza (BITE for short) organize a best chef competition, Honey Driver, the Hotels' Association police liaison officer, senses trouble. Her instinct proves correct when the winning chef is found dead in his own kitchen. Then a second, and a third . . .
Walking with Ghosts
J.G. Goodhind
A Honey Driver Mystery
When hotel owner and police liaison officer Honey Driver accompanies a friend on a ghost walk, the ghosts fail to appear – but one of the walkers is later found hanged. The supernatural has nothing to do with the murder, but it is connected to the past: the sinking of the Titanic and the international demand for old artefacts. But does Honey have a ghost of a chance of solving her latest case? . . .
Bombers' Moon
Iris Gower
The new novel from Wales' best-selling author
Swansea, 1941. Meryl Jones is evacuated to Carmarthen, where she falls for half-German Michael – but Michael seems to like her sister, Hari, better. Then the military police come for Michael. Meryl helps him escape, and their relationship blossoms. But, as the war ends, Meryl knows that the man she loves will have to make a fateful choice between her and her sister . . .
House of Shadows
Iris Gower
An atmospheric mystery from Wales' best-loved author
The Second World War is over. Artist Riana Evans falls in love with a dilapidated mansion in Wales, despite its rumoured ghosts, and is delighted when its elderly, eccentric owner sells it to her for a pittance. The 'ghosts' prove good for business inspiring her paintings in an almost supernatural way and providing welcome atmosphere at a series of profitable ghost-spotting weekends. But it soon becomes clear that there's someone 'or something' who'll do anything to make sure Riana never discovers the secrets the house hides . . .
The Strange Return of Sherlock Holmes
Barry Grant
The original super-sleuth, Sherlock Holmes, is back on the case
When James Wilson retires from journalism, he decides to settle down in Herefordshire with a room-mate, a Mr Cedric Coombes, and at first thinks little of his new friend's eccentric behaviour. But he can't shake the feeling that he knows him from somewhere else. As Coombes displays his magnificent deductive prowess, and becomes embroiled in the police investigation of the apparent murder of a man in bathtub, Wilson, or should we say Watson, begins to wonder just who this Coombes really is . . .
