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Swimming in the Shadows
Diane Janes



A young woman's past is about to catch up with her in this gripping tale of suspense.

Jennifer Reynolds is a young woman who has escaped a deeply unhappy past, inventing a new life for herself in the Yorkshire Dales as Susan McCarthy. Then a TV programme is broadcast, re-opening the Jennifer Reynolds 'missing persons' case. The next day a local teenage girl is found murdered. Jennifer's idyllic new life is suddenly under threat.

Stick or Twist
Diane Janes



The attempted kidnap of a wealthy heiress throws up a series of unanswered questions in this twisting tale of suspense.

After narrowly escaping death at the hands of a ruthless kidnapper, Jude Thackeray seemed unlikely to trust any man again. Then she met Mark Medlicott and now romance is back on the agenda. But is Mark who - and what - he seems? The answers are far from clear in this twisting tale of suspense.

The Magic Chair Murder
Diane Janes



Introducing amateur sleuths Frances Black and Tom Dod in the first of an intriguing new historical mystery series set in the north of England.

1929. The night before she's due to make a speech to the Robert Barnaby Society on the subject of the famous writer's 'magic chair', committee member Linda Dexter disappears. When her body is discovered two days later, fellow members Frances Black and Tom Dod determine to find out the truth about her death. Does the answer lie in the dead woman's past?

The Poisoned Chalice Murder
Diane Janes



Amateur sleuths Frances Black and Tom Dod return to investigate a trio of deaths in a sleepy English village in the second of an intriguing new historical mystery series.

Three sudden deaths have occurred in the sleepy village of Durley Dean. Are they tragic accidents? Tom Dod's Aunt Hetty isn't so sure. All three took a stand against the new vicar of St Agnes Church and his controversial changes. But is there really a killer among the parishioners? Fran and Tom are soon plunged into a new mystery.

The Missing Diamond Murder
Diane Janes



Frances Black leaves her domestic worries behind and travels to Devon to solve a family mystery featuring a suspicious death and a missing diamond.

1930. In order to escape her domestic worries, Frances Black travels to Devon to help the Edgertons with their family mystery concerning a suspicious death and the disappearance of a precious diamond. As Fran investigates, she uncovers family scandal, skulduggery and revenge, but can she solve the mystery of the missing diamond?

Off-Street Parking
Bill James



A stand-alone mystery from a bestselling author.

DC Sharon Mayfield is on routine surveillance when she spots a dead man in a car. The car's locks are sealed with superglue and Claude Huddart's face has been mutilated. As with most murders, there's a puzzle to be solved, but the pieces don't fit. Why is informant Jeremy Dince (if that's his real name) being so helpful? And there's just something that doesn't feel right about the grieving Alice Huddart...

World War Two Will Not Take Place
Bill James



Set during an alternative version of 1938 with Bill James' trademark satirical take on events.

England,1938. War looms, but the Prime minister's talks with Hitler in Munich seem to result in a pact of peace. Now Mount, a secret service officer, is sent on an undercover mission to Berlin. But with all this talk of peace he starts to wonder whether his mission has any point. All until a meeting with Toumlin and two good-time girls from the local bar results in a broken chair. Could this chair have been not only the key to his mission but also the key to peace?

Vacuum
Bill James



A Harpur and Iles police procedural from master crime writer Bill James.

After his son and wife were shot, Mansel Shale has turned to God - leaving DCS Colin Harpur with a problem. Shale has abandoned his drugs empire, leaving his business in the hands of an inexperienced assistant. Harpur can see protracted, warring viciousness on the horizon, and something must be done...

Play Dead
Bill James



The 30th outing for Harpur & Iles - Colin Harpur and his boss, Assistant Chief Constable Desmond Iles, uncovered an unpalatable truth: there is corruption in the ranks.

Good detective work allowed the pair to arrest and charge a fellow policeman, who murdered an undercover officer in an attempt to keep a crook-police racket secret. But their work is not yet done. Who ordered the execution? Why? Just how high did the conspiracy go? And - and most importantly - does the crooked power group behind the assassin still flourish?

Noose
Bill James



The past is an inescapable noose around a young man's neck, in this blackly comic, satirical novel from renowned crime writer Bill James.

Britain, 1956. A young actress seemingly tries to commit suicide over a tangled love affair, but is taken to hospital and her life saved. The story is just the sort of thing that journalist Ian Charteris likes to cover. It should be a routine assignment. It would be, if it wasn't for the identity of the young woman. She may - just may - be Ian's sister.

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