The warship God's Bright Light drops anchor in the Thames and during the night, the entire watch of the ship disappears without trace. After a series of deaths and strange incidents, Sir John and Brother Athelstan are drawn into the mysteries, and find themselves in the thick of a bloody battle

In 1523, Benjamin Daunbey and Roger Shallot are summoned to London. A Florentine envoy has been murdered and King Henry is determined to unmask the perpetrators. To discover the identity of the assassin they must travel to Florence - it sounds simple but the reality is murderously different.

In the summer of 1303, murder makes its presence felt in the King's university city of Oxford. Sir Hugh Corbett reluctantly agrees to the King's request that he go to Oxford to resolve the murderous mysteries - and soon finds his own life at risk

First there was Clarice Starting in The Silence of the Lambs. Then came Patricia Cornwell's Kay Scarpetta. Now there's a new name, a new heroine who dares to go where brave men don't - in the thriller of the year.

Undercover cop Grace Flint is the best in the business. Ice-cool under pressure, seemingly fearless, driven by a need to put herself into the most dangerous situations. Until an operation to trap international moneylaunderer Frank Harting goes wrong - and Grace is almost killed. After reconstructive surgery, Grace is physically restored to an icy beauty, but when she insists on returning to duty, she picks up Harling's trait, and finds herself on a collision course with her worst nightmare...

Paul Eddy has been an investigative journalist for more than 25 years and was editor of the Sunday Times Insight Team. He lives in France.

It's an ordinary Thursday evening In July when Shelley Lunt, wife of a merchant banker, is found hanging from a light fitting in a flat off Liverpool's Sefton Park. Unfortunately for Johnny Ace - local DJ turned Private Eye - the flat happens to belong to him.
Although everything points to suicide, Shelley's sister Linda is convinced that she would never have taken her life. Determined to learn more of the mysterious circumstances surrounding Shelley's death, Linda hires Johnny to investigate.
But Johnny barely gets started before he encounters major problems of his own. He is suddenly woken one morning by six policemen smashing their way into his fat. They are looking for stolen goods - and they find them. Out on bail, Johnny is determined to find out who has framed him and why. And whether it's connected with Shelley's death...
But one by one, Johnny's witnesses are found dead. Reluctantly sucked into the city's gang wars, he follows a trail to the Pennines, Wales and London, trying to find evidence to save himself. But Liverpool is the place for the final showdown - where he must fight to save his life in a vicious battle against desperate odds.

The fall that ended Paul Raven's career seemed like one of racing's tragic but unavoidable accidents. That is until Paul discovers that his and other accidents are all apparently connected to a poker school. Caught up in this dangerous game, Paul finds that the stakes are high - and deadly.

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When amateur jockey Archie Best receives a surprise legacy from an old family friend, it proves to have unwelcome strings. The strange bequest points an accusing finger at Clive Drury, an influential and affluent businessman. Archie sets out to substantiate the extraordinary claims.

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He was a jockey called Jose Ramirez. His arms were scarred with needle tracks, but it was a knife that killed him. Alistair Rye was the last man to see him alive. Now the police are after him. Two people knew he was innocent - himself and his wife. She could clear him. And she would. Wouldn't she?

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A leading jockey in his home country, Jake Felton comes to England to further his career and avoid confrontation with New York's racing mafia. But his plans to combine racing with the life of an English squire come to a sticky end when he falls prey to a series of accidents that seem deliberate

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On one horse race rests Kelly Connor's career as a jockey; the bigggest gamble in the unsavoury life of trainer Harry Short; the livelihood of playboy Ibn Fayound; and the sweetest, most dangerous deal of bookmaker Jack Butler's life. Connor is led into a conspiracy of blackmail and murder.

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Divorced jockey Mike Powell has lost a fortune buying and selling horses, when he is killed in a car crash. His ex-brother-in-law, Jed Harvard, discovers that Mike's estate has been left to a stranger, and decides to look into Mike's shady past - where all is not what it seems.

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It’s every punter’s dream to beat the bookmakers and Toby Brown is doing it regularly. The son of a top trainer, Toby has a telephone tipping service that is slowly bringing the old enemy to its knees.
A plea from the bookmakers prompts a Jockey Club investigation which uncovers a plot of murder and jealousy where the stakes being played for mean more than just money - and where one horse, Better By Far, lives up to its name. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Ex-National Hunt Champion Jockey John Francome is a broadcaster on racing for Channel 4. He lives in Berkshire

Emer Gillespie's first novel Virtual Stranger (published 1998) received some great reviews:
'Gillespie's writing is brutally compelling and the mystery convincing and tightly plotted' The Times
'Gillespie is definitely a name to watch' Daily Telegraph

A visit to a Causton Amateur Dramatic Society production is not Detective Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby's idea of good entertainment, but loyalty to his wife prevails. And when the leading man takes his role too much to heart in a gruesome final act, Tom finds his professional skills are called upon.

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The members of Midsomer Worthy's Writers' Circle realize that their invitation to bestselling author Max Jennings is ambitious. But Jennings accepts, and before the night is over, the Circle's secretary is dead. So why was Jennings willing to speak to a group of amateur writers and where is he now?

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Roz Gilmour is a happy woman: two children, a loving husband, a successful career, and a comfortable home. But there are people who dislike her - if only because of the ease and success with which she lives her life. And one whom she has unwittingly snubbed, is insane. And intent on revenge.

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When a death at the big house is announced to the village of Compton Dando, few people are surprised, as "The Golden Windhorse" is home to some new-age oddballs. When the coroner deems the death an accident, it is something of a disappointment. But then another death is reported.

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When Simone, the pleasant, vague wife of businessman Alan Hollingsworth, vanishes from the village of Fawcett Green, her ever-vigilant neighbours, the Brockleys, suspect the worst. The discovery of a body draws Chief Inspector Barnaby to the village, testing his powers of deduction to the full.

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Badger's Drift is a tranquil English village, home to Miss Emily Simpson, a kindly, well-liked spinster. When she is murdered, Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby is asked to investigate. He soon uncovers an unexpectedly seamy side to the village - including old rivalries, old loves and new scandals.

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