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Aftermath
Peter Turnbull
The latest Hennessey and Yellich mystery
When five corpses in various states of decomposition are found chained to the walls of a kitchen garden, Hennessey and Yellich quickly begin their investigation. The recently deceased owner of the house was housebound for the last twenty-five years, and so would have had no idea of the appalling crimes taking place yards away. At first, there doesn’t seem to be much to go on â€" the victims appear to have little in common â€" but Hennessey and Yellich know that the dead must hold the clues they need . . .
Deep Cover
Peter Turnbull
A Harry Vicary Mystery - the second novel in a brand-new crime series set in London from the author of the Hennessey and Yellich mysteries
When the snow thaws on London's Hampstead Heath after a harsh winter, a ghoulish discovery is made that marks the start of a very dangerous case for Detective Inspector Harry Vicary and his team. A body of a man is found on top of a shallow grave containing the battered remains of a young woman. He appears to have frozen to death - but what is his connection to the remains below? Vicary's investigation leads him deep into London's criminal underworld . . .
The Altered Case
Peter Turnbull
A skeleton-filled grave leads DCI Hennessey's team back to the aftermath of the English Civil War in this gripping mystery
When a deep grave containing five skeletons is found in the corner of a field, DCI Hennessey and his team of officers from the Vale of York police station are called in to investigate. The burial site had lain undiscovered for over twenty years, and the resulting police inquiry soon uncovers a multiple murder that seems to have its roots in a legal dispute between two families going back to the aftermath of the English Civil War. But have the victims been discovered too late to catch the killer?
The Garden Party
Peter Turnbull
"Fans of Sally Spencer and Cynthia Harrod-Eagles will enjoy this one" Library Journal on Aftermath
A note that is discovered hidden in a wall cavity of a London hotel leads Detective Inspector Harry Vicary and his team to a burial site containing the charred bones of two men. Their investigation quickly leads them into a dark and brutal world, but who were the dead men and how did they meet their fate? To solve the case Vicary must uncover what happened at a notorious gangland garden party - a party from which two men never returned . . .
Secrets of our Hearts
Sarah Harrison
A classic title from a best-selling author, with a brand-new foreword
They were both outsiders in their way. But it was in the class-ridden community of a boys' public school in 1929 that the first spark of conflict was struck between Butler, the rich man's son, and Maitland, the gardener's boy. When Singapore falls to the Japanese in 1942, their paths cross again, in the notorious Changi internment camp, and the hatred between Butler and Maitland resurfaces, transcending the brutalities of captivity to develop its own murderous momentum . . .
A Pact of Silence
David Armstrong
The new DI Frank Kavanagh thriller
In the long, hot summer of 1969, two young men are involved in the accidental killing of their boss in a Shropshire market town. Traumatized, they conceal his body, but leave behind a vital clue. Four decades later, DI Frank Kavanagh and DC Jane Salt's relationship is in trouble, and Jane, desperate to escape the bad atmosphere between them, escapes to a friend's home in that same Shropshire town - only to find herself in peril . . .
The Dower House
Malcolm MacDonald
From war-torn Europe they came to Britain, yearning to start a new life. Together, they found it.
Spring, 1947. A concentration camp survivor, noted sculptor Felix Breit, arrives in London, hoping to rebuild his life and career. His opportunity comes when two English architects invite him to join a community they are creating at the Dower House, a Georgian country house in Hertfordshire. He is soon joined by Faith Bullen-Ffitch, an ambitious young publisher, but as the house fills with families, Felix realises he has fallen for Angela Wirth, a fellow camp survivor. But dare they ever admit their love, knowing the horrors in their pasts? . . .
Strange Music
Malcolm MacDonald
They came to England to start a new life - but the horrors of the past are never far behind . . .
In spring 1949, Felix Breit and his new wife Angela, both concentration camp survivors, join eight other families in a post-war experiment in communal living in the Dower House, an imposing Georgian mansion in Hertfordshire. But the closeness of community life can stir up petty resentments, personality clashes and inappropriate flirtations - at the height of this drama of sex and power, an unexpected figure from the past arrives with disturbing news .
Promises to Keep
Malcolm MacDonald
They came to England to start a new life - but to embrace the future they must confront the past
November, 1956. Despite concerns on the national and international stage, life for the ambitious nine young families who live in the Dower House, including concentration camp survivor Felix Breit, his wife Angela and their four children, is good. But when a menacing figure from Angela's past turns up - a former death camp guard who was especially brutal to her - it becomes clear that both Angela and Felix will have to face up to the truth of their German heritage if they are to embrace their English future.
Extinction
Carol Anne Davis
A dark and disturbing tale of twisted passions and dangerous desires
Outwardly suave and charming, psychotherapist Adam Neave's role as a voluntary bereavement counsellor offers him the perfect opportunity to target his female victims at their most vulnerable, safe in the knowledge that the police can pin nothing on him. But is his newest client, attractive young widow Olivia Marsden, really what she seems? When, despite herself, Olivia finds herself falling under the charismatic Adam's spell, events start to spiral dangerously out of control . . .
